Country: Papua New Guinea
Population: 6,888,000
Capital: Port Moresby
Currency: Kina (PGK )
Top level domain: .pg
Int. Phone access: 675
ISO2 code: PG
ISO3 code: PNG
IOC code: PNG
Papua New Guinea
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 Languages: Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca Religions: Roman Catholic 27%, Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%, other Protestant 8.9%, Bahai 0.3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3.3% (2000 census) United Nations member since: 1975-10-10 | |
Olympic achievements
Olympic Summer Games: 8 times. Medals:  0  0  0Olympic Winter Games: 0 times. Medals: 0 0 0 | |
Provinces / RegionsCentral, Gulf, Milne Bay, Northern, Southern Highlands, Western, North Solomons, Chimbu, Eastern Highlands, East New Britain, East Sepik, Madang, Manus, Morobe, New Ireland, Western Highlands, West New Britain, Sandaun, Enga, National Capital, | |
Major CitiesPort Moresby, | |