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Land area in Papua New Guinea

The land area of Papua New Guinea was 452,860 km² in 2024.

Measure: Land area Unit: Square kilometres Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Papua New Guinea, 2024 452,860 Square kilometres
Change from 2023 0% 2023: 452,860 km²
World, 2023 129,763,686 km² Official aggregate Not the same period as Papua New Guinea (2024).
Position in 2024 54th of 214 See the full ranking

Land area in Papua New Guinea over time

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Square kilometres. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Land area (square kilometres), 2000 to 2024
Period Papua New GuineaWorld
2024 452,860 km² –
2023 452,860 km² 129,763,686 km²
2022 452,860 km² 129,762,631 km²
2021 452,860 km² 129,799,508 km²
2020 452,860 km² 129,961,173 km²
2019 452,860 km² 129,949,120 km²
2018 452,860 km² 129,946,802 km²
2017 452,860 km² 129,943,980 km²
2016 452,860 km² 129,949,309 km²
2015 452,860 km² 129,936,952 km²
2014 452,860 km² 129,931,363 km²
2013 452,860 km² 129,933,831 km²
2012 452,860 km² 129,935,604 km²
2011 452,860 km² 127,435,590 km²
2010 452,860 km² 127,434,580 km²
2009 452,860 km² 127,432,203 km²
2008 452,860 km² 127,433,762 km²
2007 452,860 km² 127,449,643 km²
2006 452,860 km² 127,449,870 km²
2005 452,860 km² 127,350,082 km²
2004 452,860 km² 127,347,330 km²
2003 452,860 km² 127,200,488 km²
2002 452,860 km² 127,193,662 km²
2001 452,860 km² 127,195,859 km²
2000 452,860 km² 127,197,039 km²

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 452,860 km², the figure has changed by 0%.
  • Among the 214 countries with data for 2024, Papua New Guinea has the 54th highest value.

More for Papua New Guinea

All statistics for Papua New Guinea
Population density 23.4 people per km² 2024 · World Bank Agricultural land 3.1% 2024 · World Bank Pesticide use 0.98e (Estimate) kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Nitrogen fertiliser use 26.2e (Estimate) kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Agriculture share of GDP 17.0% 2024 · World Bank Cereal yield 4,787 kg per hectare 2024 · World Bank

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.TOTL.K2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Papua New Guinea
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOSTAT)