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Papua New Guinea

Governor General:Bob Dadae
Prime Minister:James Marape
Capital city:Port Moresby
Languages:Tok Pisin (official), English (official), Hiri Motu (official), some 836 indigenous languages spoken (about 12% of the world's total); most languages have fewer than 1,000 speakers note: Tok Pisin, a creole language, is widely used and understood; English is spoken by 1%-2%; Hiri Motu is spoken by less than 2%
Government:No data
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Population, persons:10,423,036 (2024)
Area, sq km:452,860
GDP per capita, US$:3,116 (2022)
GDP, billion current US$:31.6 (2022)
GINI index:41.9 (2009)
Ease of Doing Business rank:120

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