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Papua New Guinea
Urban population

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Global rank#139out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

1.7 M1.3 M884 K476 K69 K196019932025Papua New Guinea · 2025: 1.70MPapua New Guinea

Analytical takeaways

  • Papua New Guinea records 1.70M for Urban population in 2025, ranking #139 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Urban population increased from 69,084 in 1960 to 1.70M in 2025, a gain of 1.63M.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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