Port Moresby — UN urban centre
Port Moresby: 413,223 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #1,361 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 1337; territory: Papua New Guinea (PNG). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: -9.4569, 147.1826. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 65,180 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 88,284 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 122,478 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 155,128 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 181,722 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 209,900 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 239,260 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 272,109 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 303,497 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 390,890 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 413,223 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 442,298 | Projection |
| 2035 | 509,846 | Projection |
| 2040 | 533,610 | Projection |
| 2045 | 561,929 | Projection |
| 2050 | 576,904 | Projection |
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