City profile · Papua New Guinea · Oceania
Lae
Morobe Province · Papua New Guinea
City population
76,255
#2
in Papua New Guinea
#1
in Morobe Province
#7,569
worldwide
-6.723, 146.996 · 307 km from Port Moresby
About Lae
Lae is a city in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea with a population of 76,255. It is the 2nd largest of the 13 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Papua New Guinea, and the 7,569th largest worldwide. It lies 307 km from Port Moresby.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Morobe Province
Rank in region
#1of 2
Coordinates
-6.723, 146.996
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.