Population by Province, PNG, 2000 Census
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Population Size.

Of the 20 Provinces which make up Papua New Guinea, the Southern Highlands Province (SHP) and Morobe Province (MP) both recorded populations which passed the half million mark.

Table 1 below shows the population distribution for each province.

Province

Persons

Males

Females

Central

183153

95714

87439

Chimbu

258776

134504

124272

East New Britain (ENB)

220035

115872

104163

East Sepik (ESP)

341583

171200

170383

Eastern Highlands (EHP)

429480

221104

208376

Enga

289299

150298

139001

Gulf

105050

54621

50429

Madang

362805

189137

173668

Manus

43589

22489

21100

Milne Bay

209054

108941

100113

Morobe

536917

279078

257839

National Capital District (NCD)

252469

138182

114287

New Ireland (NIP)

118148

62944

55204

North Solomons

141161

72121

69040

Northern

132714

69556

63058

Southern Highlands (SHP)

544352

266992

266992

West New Britain (WNB)

184838

99300

85538

West Sepik (WSP)

185790

95775

90015

Western

152067

78639

73428

Western Highlands (WHP)

439085

224156

214929

Total Population in PNG Census 2000

5,130,365


22,661,091


2,469,274


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