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PAPUA NEW GUINEAhistorical demographical data of the administrative division |
| PROVINCE | capital | surface/sq.km | surface/sq.mi | c2000 | c1990 | c1987 | c1980 | c1971 | code | code | code | pos. | particulars | variants of the name | ||||
| source: | CA | GL/SY | GL/SY | GL | GL/SY | GL | ISO | FIPS | ||||||||||
| Central | Port Moresby | 29500 | 11390 | 184,0 | 140,6 | 135,0 | 117,2 | 117,3 | CE | CPM | PP01 | se | ||||||
| Chimbu | Kundiawa | 6100 | 2360 | 259,7 | 183,8 | 186,8 | 178,5 | 160,2 | CH | CPK | PP08 | ce | formed 1966 from parts of Gulf and the Highlands provinces | Simbu | ||||
| East New Britain | Rabaul | 15500 | 5980 | 220,1 | 184,4 | 157,8 | 133,5 | 113,8 | EN | EBR | PP10 | ne | split from New Britain in 1966 | |||||
| East Sepik | Wewak | 42800 | 16530 | 343,2 | 248,3 | 260,0 | 220,9 | 181,9 | ES | ESW | PP11 | nc | split from Sepik in 1966 | |||||
| Eastern Highlands | Goroka | 11200 | 4320 | 433,0 | 299,6 | 310,3 | 277,2 | 239,6 | EH | EHG | PP09 | ce | ||||||
| Enga | Wabag | 12800 | 4940 | 295,0 | 238,4 | 180,1 | 164,5 | EG | EPW | PP19 | cn | formed 1973 from parts of Southern Highlands and Western Highlands | ||||||
| Gulf | Kerema | 34500 | 13320 | 106,9 | 68,1 | 72,6 | 64,2 | 58,6 | GU | GPK | PP02 | sc | ||||||
| Madang | Madang | 29000 | 11200 | 365,1 | 270,3 | 251,1 | 211,2 | 171,0 | MD | MPM | PP12 | nc | ||||||
| Manus | Lorengau | 2100 | 810 | 43,4 | 32,8 | 30,5 | 25,8 | 24,9 | MN | MRL | PP13 | nc | ||||||
| Milne Bay | Alotau | 14000 | 5410 | 210,4 | 157,3 | 153,8 | 127,8 | 109,5 | MB | MBA | PP03 | se | former capital Samarai (until ca 1978) | |||||
| Morobe | Lae | 34500 | 13320 | 539,4 | 363,5 | 364,4 | 310,5 | 249,0 | MR | MPL | PP14 | ec | ||||||
| National Capital District | Port Moresby | 240 | 90 | 254,2 | 193,2 | 145,3 | 122,8 | 76,5 | NC | NCD | PP20 | se | split from Central in 1974 | |||||
| New Ireland | Kavieng | 9600 | 3710 | 118,4 | 87,2 | 78,9 | 65,7 | 59,5 | NI | NIK | PP15 | ne | ||||||
| North Solomons | Arawa | 9300 | 3590 | 175,2 | 159,5 | 159,1 | 128,9 | 96,4 | NS | NSA | PP07 | ne | Kieta, Bougainville ; former capital Sohano (until ca 1978) | |||||
| Northern | Popondetta | 22800 | 8800 | 133,1 | 96,8 | 92,2 | 77,3 | 66,5 | NO | NPP | PP04 | se | Oro | |||||
| Sandaun | Vanimo | 36300 | 14020 | 185,7 | 135,2 | 130,1 | 114,1 | 94,0 | SA | SAN | PP18 | nw | split from Sepik in 1966 | West Sepik (until ca 1989) | ||||
| Southern Highlands | Mendi | 23800 | 9190 | 546,3 | 302,7 | 262,4 | 235,6 | 192,9 | SH | SHM | PP05 | cw | ||||||
| West New Britain | Talasea | 21000 | 8110 | 184,5 | 127,5 | 110,6 | 89,2 | 61,5 | WN | WBK | PP17 | ne | split from New Britain in 1966 | |||||
| Western | Daru | 99300 | 38340 | 153,3 | 108,7 | 93,6 | 78,9 | 70,9 | WE | WPD | PP06 | sw | Fly | |||||
| Western Highlands | Mount Hagen | 8500 | 3280 | 440,0 | 291,1 | 304,8 | 262,9 | 346,0 | WH | WHM | PP16 | c | ||||||
| TOTAL: | Port Moresby | 462840 | 178710 | 5190,8 | 3689,0 | 3479,4 | 3006,8 | 2489,9 |
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