Papua New Guinea

Population (million)6.19 [2011]
Urban population (%)13.00 [2010]
Labor force (million)3.809 [2010]
ICT sector workforce (million) 
Median age (years)21.8 [2011]
GDP (PPP) USD billion14.93 [2010]
GDP - per capita (PPP) USD2,500 [2010]
Exchange rates (1 USD = )2.752 kina (PGK) [2010]
Electricity - consumption (billion kWh)2.7 [2007]
Telecommunication services revenue 
Trade in ICT goods 
ICT industry Revenue 
ICT investment  
R&D expenditure by ICT industries 
Telephones - main lines (million)0.060 [2009]
Telephones - mobile cellular (million)0.900 [2009]
Internet hosts (million)0.004 [2010]
Internet users (million)0.125 [2009]
Broadband Users (million) 
Fixed Internet subscribers (million) 
Broadband subscribers (fixed&mobile) (million) 
Business use of broadband 
Personal Computers (million) 
Households with a home computer (million) 

Area (sq km)462,840
Climatetropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation
Ethnic groupsMelanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian
ReligionsRoman Catholic 27%, Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%, other Protestant 8.9%, Bahai 0.3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3.3% (2000 census)

Note: PPP - Purchasing Power Parity;
Source: The World Factbook; UNCTAD; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION;


Source: The World Factbook