| Name | Papua New Guinea |
| Long name | Independent State of Papua New Guinea |
| Population (source) | census |
| Population (people) | 5,190,783 (2000) |
| Constitutional form | Constitutional monarchy |
| Drives on | Left |
| Head of state authority | Ceremonial |
| Main continent | Oceania |
| Number of airports | 562 |
| Airports - with paved runways | 20 |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | 542 |
| Area (m²) | 462,840 |
| Birth rate (births/1,000 population) | 26 |
| Calling code | |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight (%) | 18 |
| Current Account Balance (US$) | -4,817,999,872 |
| Death rate (deaths/1,000 population) | 7 |
| Debt - external (Billion US$) | 5 |
| Economic aid donor (Billion $) | |
| Electricity consumption (billion kWh) | 3 |
| Electricity consumption per capita (kWh per person) | 437 |
| Electricity exports (million kWh) | 0 |
| Electricity imports (million kWh) | 0 |
| Electricity production (billion kWh) | 3 |
| Exports (Billion $) | 7 |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) (US$) | 2,600 |
| GDP (purchasing power parity) (Billion $) | 17 |
| GDP real growth rate (%) | 9 |
| Gross national income (US$) | 51 |
| Human Development Index | 0 |
| Health expenditures (% of GDP) | 3 |
| Heliports | 2 |
| HIV AIDS adult prevalence rate (%) | 1 |
| HIV AIDS deaths | 1,300 |
| HIV AIDS people living with HIV AIDS | 34,000 |
| Hospital bed density (beds/1,000 population) | |
| Capital city | Port Moresby |
| Currency | Papua new guinean kina |
| Imports (Billion $) | 6 |
| Industrial production growth rate (%) | 10 |
| Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births) | 42 |
| Inflation rate consumer prices (%) | 9 |
| Internet hosts | 4,847 |
| Internet tld | .pg |
| Internet users | 125,000 |
| Investment (gross fixed) (%) | 19 |
| Iso 3166 code | PG |
| ISO CODE | PNG |
| Labor force | 3,896,000 |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) | 66 |
| Literacy (%) | 57 |
| Manpower available for military service | 1,568,210 |
| Manpower fit for military service | 1,130,951 |
| Manpower reaching militarily age annually | 67,781 |
| Is democracy | Yes |
| Market value of publicly traded shares (US$) | 8,999,000,064 |
| Maternal mortality rate (deaths/100,000 live births) | 230 |
| Merchant marine | 24 |
| Military expenditures percent of GDP | 1 |
| Natural gas consumption (cubic meters) | 130,000,000 |
| Natural gas consumption per capita (cubic meters per person) | 21 |
| Natural gas exports (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Natural gas imports (cubic meters) | 0 |
| Natural gas production (cubic meters) | 130,000,000 |
| Natural gas proved reserves (cubic meters) | 226,500,001,792 |
| Net migration rate (migrant/1,000 population) | 0 |
| Obesity adult prevalence rate (%) | |
| Oil consumption (bbl/day) | 33,000 |
| Oil consumption per capita (bbl/day per 1000 people) | 5 |
| Oil exports (bbl/day) | 8,029 |
| Oil imports (bbl/day) | 14,770 |
| Oil production (bbl/day) | 30,570 |
| Oil proved reserves (bbl) | 88,000,000 |
| Physicians density (physicians/1,000 population) | 0 |
| Population below poverty line (%) | 37 |
| Population census (people) | 5,190,783 (2000) |
| Population density (Number of people per square kilometer) | 14 |
| Population estimate (people) | |
| Population growth rate (%) | 2 |
| Public debt (% of GDP) | 22 |
| Railways (km) | |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (US$) | 4,445,000,192 |
| Roadways (km) | 9,349 |
| Stock of direct foreign investment abroad (US$) | |
| Stock of direct foreign investment at home (US$) | |
| Telephones main lines in use | 121,200 |
| Telephones main lines in use per capita | 2 |
| Telephones mobile cellular | 1,909,000 |
| Telephones mobile cellular per capita | 32 |
| Total fertility rate (children born/woman) | 3 |
| Unemployment rate (%) | 2 |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 (%) | |
| Waterways (km) | 11,000 |
| Valley | Ramu Valley |
| Helicopter | |
| Canyon | |
| Artillery | |
| Crater | Dakataua, Rabaul caldera |
| Religion | |
| Continent | Oceania |
| Border | Frontière entre l'Indonésie et la Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée |
| Plateau | |
| Marsh | |
| Demonym | papua new guinean |
