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
  • National statistics office
  • 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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    • June 2024
      Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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      Accessed On: 04 June, 2024
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      Global Surface Summary of the Day is derived from The Integrated Surface Hourly (ISH) dataset. The ISH dataset includes global data obtained from the USAF Climatology Center, located in the Federal Climate Complex with NCDC. The latest daily summary data are normally available 1-2 days after the date-time of the observations used in the daily summaries. Data cited at: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/global-summary-of-the-day/archive/