Papua New Guinea
Independent State of Papua New Guinea · Melanesia
Papua New Guinea is a country in Melanesia, with Port Moresby as its capital, home to about 10,762,817 people. Papua New Guinea shares a land border with one country, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Port Moresby |
|---|---|
| Region | Melanesia |
| Currency | Papua New Guinean kina (PGK K) |
| Calling code | +675 |
| ISO codes | PG / PNG / 598 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇵🇬 |
| Population | 10,762,817 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 462,840 km² |
| Languages | English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin |
| Internet domain | .pg |
| Demonym | Papua New Guinean |
Bordering countries
About Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a United Nations member state in Melanesia. Its capital and seat of government is Port Moresby. It shares land borders with 1 country. The official currency is the Papua New Guinean kina (K), using the code PGK.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Papua New Guinea for Port Moresby’s own facts and history.
To call Papua New Guinea from abroad, dial the country code +675. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes PG (alpha-2) and PNG (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 10,762,817.
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How Papua New Guinea compares
- Area: 462,840 km², ranking 54 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 10,762,817, ranking 91 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 23 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 1, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Papua New Guinea
2 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, black). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.