Papua New Guinea - Introduction

Papua New Guinea (officially: Independent State of Papua New Guinea) is a country in Oceania, precisely in Melanesia, with a population of about 10.6 Millions inhabitants today (2024-12-15). The capital city of Independent State of Papua New Guinea is Port Moresby, and the official country TLD code is .pg. Papua New Guinea has cca2, cca3, cioc, ccn3 codes as PG, PNG, PNG, 598 respectively. Check some other vital information below.

Papua New Guinea , Coat of Arms
Names
Common Papua New Guinea
Official Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Common (Native) Papua New Guinea
Official (Native) Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Alternative spellings PG, Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini
Translations ⬇️
Languages
eng English
hmo Hiri Motu
tpi Tok Pisin
Geography
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Papua New Guinea is located in Melanesia and has a total land area of 462840 km². It is bounded by Indonesia and the capital city is Port Moresby

Region/Continent Oceania
Subregion Melanesia
TimeZone UTC+10:00
Capital city Port Moresby
Area 462840 km²
Population 2024-12-15 10.6 Millions
Bordered Countreies Indonesia
Demonym
eng Male: Papua New Guinean / Female: Papua New Guinean
fra Male: Papouasien / Female: Papouasienne
Lat/Lng -6, 147
Historical data and more
The National Flag of Papua New Guinea

The flag of Papua New Guinea is divided diagonally, from the upper hoist-side corner to the lower fly-side corner, into a lower black and an upper red triangle. On the hoist side of the lower black triangle is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation made up of one small and four larger five-pointed white stars. A golden Raggiana bird-of-paradise is situated on the fly side of the upper red triangle.

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Currency
Name Papua New Guinean kina
Code PGK
Symbol K
Other info
Idependent yes, officially-assigned
UN Member country yes
Start of Week monday
Car Side left
Codes
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 PG
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 PNG
ISO 3166-1 numeric 598
International calling code +675
FIFA 3 Letter Code PNG
All Important Facts about Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea is found in Melanesia