Oceania · MelanesiaPG · +675
Country profile / PG
Papua New Guinea
Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Locally: Papua Niu Gini · Papua Niugini
Capital
Port Moresby
Region
Oceania
ISO
PG
Local time in Papua New Guinea
live · IANAPort Moresby
Pacific/Port_Moresby
Bougainville
Pacific/Bougainville
Reference ledger
CapitalPort MoresbyAdministrative seat
LanguagesEnglish, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin3 listed
CurrenciesPapua New Guinean kina1 listed
Time zonesPacific/Port_Moresby, Pacific/Bougainville2 IANA identifiers
Area462,840 km²Ranked 56 of 241 by area
Dialing+675International calling prefix
A sense of scale
area percentileLarger than 77% of places in this atlas.
At 462,840 km², Papua New Guinea ranks 56 of 241 records by land area. This comparison uses the same bundled source for every profile, so the scale is internally consistent.
#56by area in this atlas
Land neighbors
1Use these identifiers accurately
The two-letter code PG is the compact ISO identifier used in addresses, locale selectors, and many data feeds. The dialing prefix +675 belongs at the start of an international phone number. Time zone names such as Pacific/Port_Moresby should be preferred over a fixed UTC offset because they carry daylight-saving rules.
Open Papua New Guinea in Google Maps ↗RegionOceania
ISOPG
Borders1
Time zones2