| PAPUA NEW GUINEAN GEOGRAPHY STATS: |
| Top Stats |
| | All Stats |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Area > Comparative
slightly larger than California |
Area > Comparative to US places
slightly larger than California |
|
Area > Land
|
452,860 sq km |
|
[53rd of 238]
|
|
Area > Land (per capita)
|
76.345 sq km per 1,000 people |
|
[29th of 227]
|
|
Area > Total
|
462,840 sq km |
|
[59th of 250]
|
|
Area > Total (per capita)
|
78.027 sq km per 1,000 people |
|
[28th of 231]
|
|
Area > Water
|
9,980 sq km |
|
[40th of 239]
|
|
Area > Water (per capita)
|
1,682.466 sq km per million people |
|
[24th of 225]
|
|
Capital city with population
|
Port Moresby - 250,000 |
|
|
Climate
tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation |
|
Coastline
|
5,152 km |
|
[31st of 271]
|
|
Elevation extremes > Highest point
|
Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m |
|
|
|
Elevation extremes > Lowest point
|
Pacific Ocean 0 m |
|
|
|
Forested Land
|
67.6% |
|
[11th of 193]
|
|
Geographic coordinates
|
6 00 S, 147 00 E |
|
|
Geography > Note
shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast |
|
Land area > sq. km
|
452,860 km²
|
|
[53rd of 206]
|
|
Land area > sq. km (per capita)
|
76.924 km²
per 1,000 people |
|
[27th of 206]
|
|
land border lengths > P-S > Number of neighbours
|
1
|
|
[26th of 26]
|
|
land border lengths > P-S > Total Borders
|
820 km
|
|
[23rd of 27]
|
|
Land boundaries > Border countries
|
Indonesia 820 km |
|
|
|
Land boundaries > Total
|
820 km |
|
[125th of 166]
|
|
Land boundaries > Total (per capita)
|
138.239 km per million people |
|
[105th of 164]
|
|
Land use > Arable land
|
0.49% |
|
[204th of 258]
|
|
Land use > Other
|
98.11% |
|
[48th of 258]
|
|
Land use > Permanent crops
|
1.4% |
|
[104th of 258]
|
|
Largest city population
|
247,000 |
|
[132nd of 174]
|
|
Largest city population (per capita)
|
0.045 per capita |
|
[159th of 174]
|
|
Largest city with population
|
Port Moresby - 250,000 |
|
|
Location
Oceania, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia |
Map references
Oceania |
Maritime claims
measured from claimed archipelagic baselines |
Maritime claims > Continental shelf
200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
|
Maritime claims > Exclusive fishing zone
|
200 nautical mile |
|
[15th of 33]
|
|
Maritime claims > Territorial sea
|
12 nautical mile |
|
[141st of 191]
|
Natural hazards
active volcanism; situated along the Pacific "Ring of Fire"; the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes; mud slides; tsunamis |
Natural resources
gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries |
|
northernmost point > Latitude
|
01°15'S |
|
|
|
Population density
|
10.39 people per sqkm |
|
[203rd of 256]
|
|
Population density > people per sq. km
|
13 people/m²
|
|
[178th of 204]
|
|
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land
|
2,178.82 people/km² of arable lan |
|
[8th of 188]
|
|
Surface area > sq. km
|
462,840 km²
|
|
[53rd of 206]
|
|
Surface area > sq. km (per capita)
|
78.619 km²
per 1,000 people |
|
[26th of 207]
|
|
tallest mountains > Mountain
|
Mount Wilhelm |
|
|
Terrain
mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills |
del.icio.us
Feeds |
Contact