Papua New Guinea
The land of a thousand tongues and the bird of paradise
Passport card
Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
- Capital
- Port Moresby
- Continent
- Oceania
- Currency
- Kina
- Languages
- English, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu and Sign Language
- People
- About 1 crore
- Size
- About 4.6 lakh km²
- Leader
- Prime Minister James Marape
- Free since
- 16 September 1975
- Time
- 4½ hours ahead of India: at 12 noon in India, it is 4:30 pm in Port Moresby
⭐ The flag was designed in 1971 by Susan Karike, a schoolgirl, in a competition!
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Papua New Guinea
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Papua New Guinea
Turn the globe with your finger. Papua New Guinea has 1 neighbour on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Papua New Guinea and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is more than 7 times the size of Papua New Guinea.
- PeopleIndia has about 150 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 1 crore in Papua New Guinea.
- DistancePort Moresby is about 8,600 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimePapua New Guinea is 4½ hours ahead of India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 4:30 pm in Port Moresby.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Papua New Guinea, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Papua New Guinea
- A fresh mix from the country's 107 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Papua New Guinea's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Papua New Guinea back on the map
Papua New Guinea and its neighbour have fallen off the map. Can you put them both back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Papua New Guinea worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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