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Papua New Guinea: area, population and density
Papua New Guinea has 452,860 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 10,762,817; calculated population density is 24 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Papua New Guinea ranks 54th of 196 by land area, 92nd by population and 164th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 452,860 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 10,762,817World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 24 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Papua New Guinea in the country comparison set
Papua New Guinea has 452,860 sq km of land area and a population value of 10,762,817 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 54th by land area, 92nd by population, and 164th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
Country outline: Natural Earth Admin 0 at 1:10m. The drawing is fitted to this profile panel; use a comparison page for a shared-area scale.
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