Papua New Guinea
Population 2026
10,947,852
Overview
- Yearly change
- +1.72%
- Density
- 24 per km²
- Land area
- 452,860 km²
- Capital
- Port Moresby
- Currency
- Kina (PGK)
- Official languages
- EN-PG, HO, MEU, TPI
- Urban population
- 15.8%
- Continent
- OC
Demographics
- Births
- 257,4922026
- Deaths
- 72,6602026
- Birth rate
- 24.3per 1,000
- Death rate
- 6.6per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 3.07
- Life expectancy
- 66.3At birth, years
- Median age
- 23.0
- Net migration
- -284
Age distribution
- 0–1433.1%
- 15–6463.3%
- 65+3.6%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $32.5B
- GDP per capita
- $3.0K
- GDP growth
- +5.6%
- Inflation
- 4.4%
- Unemployment
- 2.6%
- Exports
- $2.8B
- Imports
- $2.3B
- Tourism receipts
- 0.0%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture17.0%
- Industry36.5%
- Manufacturing1.6%
- Services42.0%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture36.9%
- Industry7.9%
- Services55.3%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port MoresbyNational Capital | 283,7332022 |
| 2 | LaeMorobe Province | 76,2552026 |
| 3 | ArawaBougainville | 40,2662015 |
| 4 | Mount HagenWestern Highlands Province | 33,6232026 |
| 5 | PopondettaOro Province | 28,1982026 |
| 6 | MadangMadang Province | 27,4192026 |
| 7 | KokopoEast New Britain Province | 26,2732026 |
| 8 | MendiSouthern Highlands Province | 26,2522026 |
| 9 | KimbeWest New Britain Province | 18,8472026 |
| 10 | GorokaEastern Highlands Province | 18,5032026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10,947,852 | 257K | 72.7K |
| 2020 | 9,815,743 | 256K | 67.0K |
| 2010 | 7,633,524 | 235K | 55.6K |
| 2000 | 5,537,068 | 191K | 43.1K |
| 1990 | 3,896,482 | 143K | 33.0K |
| 1980 | 3,131,516 | 119K | 29.2K |
| 1970 | 2,505,632 | 110K | 31.5K |
| 1960 | 1,995,115 | 90.0K | 33.7K |
| 1950 | 1,543,441 | 70.9K | 33.1K |