Papua New Guinea
Oceania · Melanesia
Key facts
- Capital
- Port Moresby
- Region
- Oceania
- Subregion
- Melanesia
- Population (2025)
- 10.8 million (10,762,817) · rank 91 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 462,840 km² · rank 56 of 193
- People per km²
- 23 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Papua New Guinea, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Papua New Guinea in the map data: 1.
- Indonesia capitals 4,450 km apart
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Angola, Timor-Leste, Portugal, Vanuatu.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Papua New Guinea is asked in each selection:
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby |
| Italiano | Papua Nuova Guinea | Port Moresby |
| Magyar | Pápua Új-Guinea | Port Moresby |
| Suomi | Papua-Uusi-Guinea | Port Moresby |