Area: 462.963 Kmē
Population: 5.049.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 11 pop/Kmē

System of government: Parliamentary Democracy
Capital: Port Moresby (192.000 pop.)
Major cities: Lae 80.700 pop.
Ethnic majority: Papuan 84%, Melanesian 16%
Border countries: Indonesia WEST

Principal mountains: Mount Wilhelm 4509 m
Principal rivers: Fly 1100 Km, Sepik 1100 Km, Ramu 650 Km
Principal lakes: Lake Murray 430 Kmē
Principal islands: New Guinea 372.219 Kmē (Papua New Guinean part, total 785.000 Kmē), New Britain 37.812 Kmē, Bougainville 8754 Kmē, New Ireland 7252 Kmē
Climate: Equatorial

Language: English (official), Pidgin-English, Hiri motu
Religion: Protestant 63%, Catholic 31%, Indigenous Beliefs
Currency: Kina (PGK)