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Papua New Guinea AI Report

Date: December 19, 2025

Papua New Guinea is a mid-size country with 0.1% of the world's population. Papua New Guinea is a democratic, republic country. It has 1 world heritage site.

Papua New Guinea is the 89^th ranked country in population and 176^th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world. Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Literacy Rate (%)

Total Military Force

The Average Literacy Rate (%) of 195 countries in the world is 86. Papua New Guinea is the 25^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This indicates that the educational infrastructure in this country is worse than it is in other countries.

Papua New Guinea is the 39^th worst ranked in Total No. of Doctors out of all the 195 countries.This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population

The Average Total No. of Pharmacists of 195 countries in the world is 19,528. Papua New Guinea is the 40^th worst ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population

Out of 195 countries in the world, Papua New Guinea is the 44^th worst ranked in Total Military Force . This may indicate that the country is facing lesser threats compared to other countries.

Culture

Nature

Internet

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Hiri Motu	# People	512	1	1128
2	Tok Pisin	# People	666	1	1130
3	Hiri Motu as a % of total Hiri Motu speakers	% People	0	1	1128
4	Tok Pisin as a % of total Tok Pisin speakers	% People	0	1	1125
Below World Average
1	English as a % of total English speakers	% People	0	27	1235
2	English	# People	3,175,743	23	1233
3	Filipino	# People	242,148	8	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	2	1125
2	Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.%	% People	14	8	1126
3	Pop. without Electricity access	# People	3,455,508	25	1126
Below World Average
1	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	194	1232
2	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	188	1231
3	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1230
4	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	141	1232
5	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	123	1232
6	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	117	1235
7	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	65	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	9	1127
Below World Average
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	178	1230
2	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	135	1231
3	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	155	1231
4	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	49	1233
5	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	49	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Tree density .	Density	828	14	1125
2	Tree density.	Density	22,685	15	1125
3	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	19	1125
4	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	19	1129
5	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	23	1125
Below World Average
1	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	174	1230
2	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	156	1232
3	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	137	1233
4	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	129	1233
5	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	147	1231
6	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	145	1231
7	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	143	1230
8	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	141	1233
9	Honey Produced /Total Honey Produced %	Weight	0	103	1233
10	Rice prod.	Tons	5,090,580	108	1232
11	Honey prod.	Tons	16,211	106	1235
12	Goat Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	196,989	105	1232
13	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	68	1231
14	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	2	65	1231
15	Oil Prodcuced/Total Oil Produced %		5	53	1232
16	Oil Prod.	Barrels/day	4,369,531	56	1234
17	Natural Gas Prod.	Million cubic meters	216,389	40	1230
18	Natural Gas Produced/Total Natural Gas Produced %	Mass	5	40	1230
19	Gold Produced/Total Gold Produced %.		4	17	1235
20	Gold Prod.	Weight	125	17	1232
21	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	16	1230
22	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	16	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	18	1128
Below World Average
1	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	178	1233
2	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	178	1231
3	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,228	162	1230
4	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	6,447	142	1231
5	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	99	1232
6	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	597	107	1231
7	No. of Companies Listed in NYSE	Count	65	32	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	18	1127
2	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	57	1128
Below World Average
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	178	1235
2	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	92	1230
3	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	89	1230
4	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	87	1234
5	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	79	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	40	1126
2	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	40	1126
3	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	50	1130
Below World Average
1	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	154	1230
2	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	145	1234
3	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	138	1234
4	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	127	1230
5	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	125	1232
6	Unemployment Rate.	% People	7	117	1233
7	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	109	1234
8	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	103	1233
9	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	103	1233
10	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	98	1234
11	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	98	1233
12	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	95	1233
13	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	84	1234
14	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	62	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	No. of people HIV infected/Total pop.	# People	5,202	30	1129
Below World Average
1	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	166	1233
2	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	163	1232
3	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	157	1230
4	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	156	1233
5	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	120	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Instagram Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	180	1231
2	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	69	179	1231
3	Instagram Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	16	179	1230
4	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	31	178	1233
5	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	31	178	1230
6	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	24	177	1235
7	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	12	175	1235
8	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	14	176	1235
9	Twitter users	# People	2,908,615	161	1233
10	Instagram Users	Absolute	3,609,530	157	1234
11	Facebook users	# People	6,739,260	155	1234
12	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	32	146	1235
13	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	142	1235
14	Internet Users	# People	28,115,900	122	1234
15	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	106	1231
16	LinkedIn users	# People	6,652,451	113	1230
17	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	112	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	177	1230
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	126	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	171	1235
2	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	165	1235
3	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	129	1231
4	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	105	1235
5	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	97	1230
6	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	59	1230
7	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	39	1230
8	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	30	1234
9	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	13	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below World Average
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	167	1233
2	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	152	1231
3	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	144	1232
4	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	127	1232
5	Police Officers	# People	138,224	88	1231
6	Judges Per 100K	People Per 100K	11	87	1232

Language

Official Language:
1. English : 434,000
2. Tok Pisin : 130,000

Mother Tongue : English

Literacy Rate (%) : 64.20

Basic Details

Country Capital	:	Singapore
GDP Per Capita	:	2,564
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	142^nd/195
Life Expectancy	:	66
Unemployment Rate	:	2
Number of Internet Users	:	2,829,378
Internet Users Rank	:	122^nd/195
Area	:	683
Area Rank	:	176^th/195
Total Population	:	10,763
Total Population Rank	:	89^th/195

Continent: South East Asia and Oceania

Cities with > 100K popln: 2

Sr.	City	Total City Population (2023)
1	Port Moresby	464,451
2	Lae	189,939

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