COUNTRY GUIDE · Oceania
Papua New Guinea
Explore the geography, landmarks, and distinctive stories of Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea at a glance
- CAPITAL
- Port Moresby
- REGION
- Oceania
- POPULATION
- 10,700,000
- AREA
- 462,840 km²
- LANGUAGE
- English
- CURRENCY
- Kina (PGK)
COUNTRY SUPERLATIVE
Language Diversity
Papua New Guinea has more living languages than any other country.
DID YOU KNOW?
A surprising detail about Papua New Guinea
Birds-of-paradise, famous for extraordinary courtship displays, are found in Papua New Guinea.
Geography and nearby countries
PinPointr places Papua New Guinea in its Oceania region. Its reference dataset lists an area of 462,840 km² and a population of approximately 10,700,000. The country is not listed as landlocked in PinPointr’s geography reference.
Listed land neighbors
Country statistics are fixed PinPointr gameplay references and may differ from current government or international estimates. Country highlights and illustrations are educational material, not official travel advice.