Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea (PNG) occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; the western half is part of Indonesia.

Government type: parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm. Chief of state: King CHARLES III (since 8 September 2022); represented by Governor General Grand Chief Sir Bob DADAE (since 28 February 2017).

Facts

Capital	Port Moresby
Region	Oceania, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia
Area	total : 462,840 sq km; land: 452,860 sq km; water: 9,980 sq km
Population	10,273,996 (2025 est.)
Languages	Tok Pisin (official), English (official), Hiri Motu (official), some 839 living indigenous languages are spoken (about 12% of the world’s total)
Currency	kina (PGK)
Time zone	to be filled
ccTLD	.pg

Refugees

Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.

Camp	Population	Origin	Location	Notes
to be filled	to be filled	to be filled	to be filled	to be filled