Papua New Guinea
Country in Melanesia
Papua New Guinea is a country in Melanesia, with its capital in Port Moresby. About 10.8 million people live there (2025), making it the 91st most populous of the 195 countries. At 462,840 km², it is the 54th largest country by area. It borders Indonesia.
Papua New Guinea at a glance
- Capital
- Port Moresby
- Population (2025)
- 10.8 million
- Area
- 462,840 km²
- Density
- 23 per km²
- Official languages
- English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin
- Currency
- Papua New Guinean kina
- People
- Papua New Guinean
- Calling code
- +675
- Internet domain
- .pg
- Coast
- Has a coastline
Where is Papua New Guinea?
How Papua New Guinea compares
Population rank
91st of 195
2nd of 14 in Oceania
Size rank
54th of 195
2nd of 14 in Oceania
Crowding
23 per km²
More crowded than 16% of countries
- Similar in size: Cameroon (475,442 km²).
- Similar population: Tajikistan (10.8 million).
- Papua New Guinea is the only place that uses the Papua New Guinean kina.
- English is also an official language in 58 other countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana and 52 more.
- Hiri Motu is not an official language anywhere else.
- Tok Pisin is not an official language anywhere else.
The flag of Papua New Guinea
Would you recognise Papua New Guinea?
How players do with Papua New Guinea
Every answer in DodoThinks games is counted anonymously. This is how players have done with Papua New Guinea so far, from 20 answers up to November 2026.
Its flag
45% right
5th hardest of 145 · 20 answers
- Players recognise the flag of Papua New Guinea in 45% of tries, one of the lowest scores of any flag.
Countries that border Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea borders 1 country: Indonesia. That is more than any other country in Oceania.
IndonesiaQuick quiz: Papua New Guinea
3 questions. Tap an answer to check it.
1. Which is the flag of Papua New Guinea?
That's the flag of Papua New Guinea.
2. What is the capital of Papua New Guinea?
Port Moresby is the capital of Papua New Guinea.
3. Which of these borders Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea borders Indonesia.
Questions about Papua New Guinea
Is Papua New Guinea a country?
Yes. Papua New Guinea is an independent country and one of the 193 member states of the United Nations.
What is the capital of Papua New Guinea?
The capital of Papua New Guinea is Port Moresby.
Which countries border Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea borders 1 country: Indonesia. That is more than any other country in Oceania.
How many countries border Papua New Guinea?
1. Papua New Guinea shares a land border with 1 country, more than any other country in Oceania.
How big is Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea covers 462,840 km², about the same size as Cameroon (475,442 km²).
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