City profile · Papua New Guinea · Oceania
Daru
Western Province · Papua New Guinea
City population
15,214
#13
in Papua New Guinea
#31,042
worldwide
-9.078, 143.209 · 435 km from Port Moresby
About Daru
Daru is a city in Western Province, Papua New Guinea with a population of 15,214. It is the 13th largest of the 13 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Papua New Guinea, and the 31,042nd largest worldwide. It lies 435 km from Port Moresby.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Western Province
Coordinates
-9.078, 143.209
Record updated
14 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 13 in Papua New GuineaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.