Papua New Guinea
Independent State of Papua New Guinea · Papua Niu Gini · Papua Niugini
Papua New Guinea (PG, PNG) is a country in Melanesia, with Port Moresby as its capital. The currency is the Papua New Guinean Kina (PGK, PGK). The international dialling code is +675; mobile numbers are written like 7012 3456. There are 2 time zones: Pacific/Port_Moresby and Pacific/Bougainville. Official languages: Tok Pisin, English, and Hiri Motu.
CurrencyPGKPGK
Dial code+675e.g. 7012 3456
Time zone2 zonesUTC+10:00 … UTC+11:00
LanguageTok Pisin+2 more
CapitalPort Moresby
Population10M462.8K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Independent State of Papua New Guinea
- Native name
- Papua New Guinea · Papua Niu Gini · Papua Niugini
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- PG
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- PNG
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 598
- IOC code
- PNG
- Demonym
- Papua New Guinean
- Capital
- Port Moresby
- Region
- Oceania › Melanesia
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Melanesia
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .pg
- Coordinates
- -6, 147
- Area
- 462,840 km²
- Population
- 10,046,200
- GDP
- $42.9B ($4.3K per person)
- Literacy
- 62.4%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Papua New Guinean Kina PGK
- Symbol
- PGK
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- PGK 1,234.50
Former currencies: AUD
Languages
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific/Port_Moresby | UTC+10:00 | none | Papua New Guinea Time | |
| Pacific/Bougainville | UTC+11:00 | none | GMT+11:00 |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +675
- Dial-out prefix
- 00|140[1-3] preferred 00
- Trunk prefix
- none
- National number length
- 7–8 digits
- Emergency number
- 0 pattern 000|11[01]
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 312 3456 | +675 312 3456 | XXX XXXX | 7 |
| Mobile | 7012 3456 | +675 7012 3456 | XXXX XXXX | 8 |
| Toll free | 180 1234 | +675 180 1234 | XXX XXXX | 7 |
| VoIP | 275 1234 | +675 275 1234 | XXX XXXX | 7 |
| Pager | 270 0123 | +675 270 0123 | XXX XXXX | 7 |
Show the 2 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 18|[2-69]|85[02-46-9] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{4})(\d{4}) | [78] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City} {Postal code} {State/province}
- Required fields
- Street address, City, State/province
- Predefined regions
- 22
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{3}- Examples
- 111
Calendar, units and conventions
Number and date formats
As written by the Tok Pisin (Papua New Guinea) locale (tpi-PG), amounts in PGK.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (PGK)
- PGK 1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- (PGK 1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- 1,234,567.89 Papua New Guinean kina
- Compact short
- 1.2M
- Compact long
- 1.2 million
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometers per hour
- Temperature
- 21.5°C
- Date, full
- Friday, March 27, 2026
- Date, long
- March 27, 2026
- Date, medium
- Mar 27, 2026
- Date, short
- 3/27/26
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 PM
- Time, short
- 3:04 PM
- Date and time
- Mar 27, 2026, 3:04 PM
- Month and year
- March 2026
- Weekday
- Friday
- Relative time
- yesterday · in 3 days · 2 hours ago
- List: and
- A, B, and C
- List: or
- A, B, or C