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Papua New Guinea

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Capital
Port Moresby
Currency
kina
Continent
Oceania
Area
462,840 km²
Country information: Wikidata · Q691 ↗ · Official languages: English, Hiri Motu, Papua New Guinean Sign Language, Tok Pisin
AT A GLANCE

The essential numbers

Latest available · Reference years vary
Population ↗
10.76M · 2025
people
World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL
GDP ↗
32.5B · 2025
current US$
World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
GDP per capita ↗
3,019.53 · 2025
current US$ / person
World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Inflation ↗
4.42 · 2025
%
World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Unemployment ↗
2.57 · 2025
% of labor force
World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Fertility rate ↗
3.07 · 2024
births / woman
World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
Life expectancy ↗
66.26 · 2024
years
World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN
LOOKING BACK

Change over time

Population

All countries ↗
people · 2006–2025
2025Papua New Guinea: 10.76M
Papua New Guinea · Population6.35M7.55M8.76M9.96M11.16M2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.POP.TOTLGaps indicate missing observations.
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Papua New Guinea · Population · people
YearPapua New Guinea
202510,762,817
202410,576,502
202310,389,635
202210,203,169
202110,012,896
20209,815,746
20199,609,010
20189,394,513
20179,178,714
20168,961,718
20158,743,246
20148,523,441
20138,302,698
20128,081,390
20117,859,346
20107,633,523
20097,406,438
20087,183,002
20076,963,345
20066,747,720

GDP

All countries ↗
current US$ · 2006–2025
2025Papua New Guinea: 32.5B
Papua New Guinea · GDP5.94B13.18B20.43B27.67B34.91B2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Papua New Guinea · GDP · current US$
YearPapua New Guinea
202532,498,658,653.84
202430,803,971,189.41
202330,816,328,065.65
202231,653,230,962.45
202126,113,409,477.73
202023,848,447,849.61
201924,750,626,029.88
201824,109,780,708.03
201722,742,699,138.36
201620,758,876,952.62
201521,723,437,010.1
201423,210,823,987.31
201321,261,338,064.88
201221,295,168,665.72
201117,985,138,065.85
201014,250,786,674.78
200911,619,456,449.27
200811,670,892,800.53
20079,545,028,944.35
20068,354,911,040.7

GDP per capita

All countries ↗
current US$ / person · 2006–2025
2025Papua New Guinea: 3,019.53
Papua New Guinea · GDP per capita1,051.771,611.012,170.242,729.473,288.712006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Papua New Guinea · GDP per capita · current US$ / person
YearPapua New Guinea
20253,019.53
20242,912.49
20232,966.06
20223,102.29
20212,607.98
20202,429.61
20192,575.77
20182,566.37
20172,477.77
20162,316.39
20152,484.6
20142,723.18
20132,560.77
20122,635.09
20112,288.38
20101,866.87
20091,568.83
20081,624.79
20071,370.75
20061,238.18

Inflation

All countries ↗
% · 2006–2025
2025Papua New Guinea: 4.42
Papua New Guinea · Inflation-0.412.635.688.7311.782006201220192025
Source: World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZGGaps indicate missing observations.
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Papua New Guinea · Inflation · %
YearPapua New Guinea
20254.42
20240.6
20232.3
20225.25
20214.48
20204.87
20193.93
20184.37
20175.42
20166.67
20156
20145.22
20134.96
20124.54
20114.44
20106.01
20096.92
200810.76
20070.91
20062.37

Unemployment

All countries ↗
% of labor force · 2006–2025
2025Papua New Guinea: 2.57
Papua New Guinea · Unemployment1.92.212.522.823.132006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZSGaps indicate missing observations.
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Papua New Guinea · Unemployment · % of labor force
YearPapua New Guinea
20252.57
20242.63
20232.65
20222.69
20213.03
20202.9
20192.65
20182.65
20172.58
20162.48
20152.51
20142.54
20132.7
20122.63
20112.62
20102
20092.09
20082.17
20072.17
20062.29

Fertility rate

All countries ↗
births / woman · 2006–2025
2025Papua New Guinea: —
Papua New Guinea · Fertility rate2.963.293.613.934.262006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Papua New Guinea · Fertility rate · births / woman
YearPapua New Guinea
2025No data available
20243.07
20233.1
20223.17
20213.22
20203.27
20193.32
20183.38
20173.43
20163.5
20153.56
20143.63
20133.68
20123.75
20113.82
20103.88
20093.94
20084.02
20074.08
20064.15

Life expectancy

All countries ↗
years · 2006–2025
2025Papua New Guinea: —
Papua New Guinea · Life expectancy61.5962.8764.1465.4166.682006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Papua New Guinea · Life expectancy · years
YearPapua New Guinea
2025No data available
202466.26
202366.13
202265.27
202164.36
202065.08
201965.33
201865.11
201764.92
201664.7
201564.47
201464.2
201363.93
201263.64
201163.38
201063.06
200962.77
200862.51
200762.21
200662.02
Source: World Bank ↗Snapshot · Sep 21, 2026Methodology ↗

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