Country scorecard
Papua New Guinea
Oceania · 10.3M people
ALPS
1.49
languages per person
#129 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
11%
globally connected
Moderately multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.5 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Papua New Guinea is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica50%
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas50%
- 🇧🇧 Barbados50%
- 🇬🇩 Grenada50%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Tok Pisin99%
- English50%
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