Papua New Guinea

OceaniaCapital: Port Moresby
2026 population
10.2M
Rank #96 globally
Area
463k km²
Metros tracked
6
9% of population in metros
Composite score
2.5
Rank #171 globally

National Teams

Papua New Guinea on the international stage. Click a card for the full record.

Rugby League
Papua New Guinea
Semis 1
Best Semi-finalist
No World Cups
Men's FootballOFC
Papua New Guinea
FIFA #168
ELO #167
WC apps 0
No World Cups
CricketAssociate
Papua New Guinea
T20I #22
Matches 134

Administrative subdivisions

22 entries listed under Papua New Guinea across 3 types. Click any to see its metros and footprint.

Regions (20)

Hela1Madang1Morobe1Western Highlands1CentralChimbu (Simbu)East New BritainEast SepikEastern HighlandsEngaGulfJiwakaManusMilne BayNew IrelandOro (Northern)Sandaun (West Sepik)Southern HighlandsWest New BritainWestern (Fly)

Autonomous Regions (1)

Bougainville1

Capital Territories (1)

National Capital District1

Papua New Guinea metro footprint

6 metros
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6 polygons

Polygons shaded by composite tier. Hover for rank, click to open the metro page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.

6 tracked metros

RankMetroScoreTier
#860Port Moresby★ Capital▲ Largest2.0Emerging Metro
#2431Mount Hagen0.3Local Metro
#3349Lae0.0Local Metro
#3519Madang0.0Local Metro
#3535Buka0.0Local Metro
#3711Tari0.0Local Metro