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City profile · Papua New Guinea · Oceania

Kokopo

East New Britain Province · Papua New Guinea
City population
26,273
#7
in Papua New Guinea
#20,206
worldwide
Port MoresbyKokopo
-4.343, 152.269 · 803 km from Port Moresby
City population
26,273
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Papua New Guinea
#7
of 13 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#20,206
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Papua New Guinea
0.2%
of the national population

About Kokopo

Kokopo is a city in East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea with a population of 26,273. It is the 7th largest of the 13 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Papua New Guinea, and the 20,206th largest worldwide. It lies 803 km from Port Moresby.

Position in Papua New Guinea
#7of 13
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Region
East New Britain Province
Distance to capital
to Port Moresby
Elevation
22 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Pacific/Port_Moresby
Coordinates
-4.343, 152.269
Record updated
2026-04-14
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.

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