Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea at a glance

People: 10.8 million; 2025
Income per person: $3,020 a year; 2025
Life expectancy: 66.3 years; 2024
Live in cities: 16%; 2025
Land area: 452,860 km²; 2024

Data: The World Bank: World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0). Compiled from World Population Prospects (UN), national statistical offices and other sources.

Forest area, % of land area (sovereign states)
The world's 20 most forested countries
Crowded, wealthy Japan and South Korea are both over 64% forest, more than Brazil's 59%.
Source: World Bank WDI (FAO forest data), 2023 · 2023 data, updated Jul 2026
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