Capital city · Papua New Guinea · Oceania
Port Moresby
National Capital · Papua New Guinea
City population
283,733
#1
in Papua New Guinea
#2,013
worldwide
-9.477, 147.151
About Port Moresby
Port Moresby is the capital of Papua New Guinea, with a city population of 283,733. It is the 1st largest of the 13 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Papua New Guinea, and the 2,013th largest worldwide.
Key Facts
Country
Region
National Capital
Capital
National capital
Elevation
25 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Pacific/Port_Moresby
Coordinates
-9.477, 147.151
Record updated
2022-03-06
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.