Papua New Guinea
ISO 3166-1 country codes and official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Papua New Guinea. Use them in forms, validation, and CountriesDB integrations.
About Papua New Guinea codes
Need Papua New Guinea (PG) for a checkout form, shipping zone, or backend validation? This page summarizes the ISO 3166-1 country codes and official subdivisions developers use with CountriesDB.
This guide lists 22 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Papua New Guinea. These are the same codes CountriesDB serves through widgets and the Backend Data API.
For production, use the CountriesDB country/subdivision widget or fetch Papua New Guinea from the Data API and validate codes server-side instead of copying values from this page.
ISO codes
Official subdivisions (22)
Official ISO 3166-2 codes for Papua New Guinea. Use these values in region/state selects and server-side validation, not informal or marketing region names.
| Code | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
| PG-NSB | Bougainville | autonomous region |
| PG-CPM | Central | province |
| PG-CPK | Chimbu | province |
| PG-EBR | East New Britain | province |
| PG-ESW | East Sepik | province |
| PG-EHG | Eastern Highlands | province |
| PG-EPW | Enga | province |
| PG-GPK | Gulf | province |
| PG-HLA | Hela | province |
| PG-JWK | Jiwaka | province |
| PG-MPM | Madang | province |
| PG-MRL | Manus | province |
| PG-MBA | Milne Bay | province |
| PG-MPL | Morobe | province |
| PG-NCD | National Capital District (Port Moresby) | district |
| PG-NIK | New Ireland | province |
| PG-NPP | Northern | province |
| PG-SHM | Southern Highlands | province |
| PG-WBK | West New Britain | province |
| PG-SAN | West Sepik | province |
| PG-WPD | Western | province |
| PG-WHM | Western Highlands | province |
Frequently asked questions
- What is the ISO 3166-1 code for Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 PG, alpha-3 PNG, and numeric 598. These codes show up in forms, shipping, banking, and APIs.
- How many official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions does Papua New Guinea have?
- CountriesDB lists 22 official ISO 3166-2 subdivisions for Papua New Guinea (states, provinces, regions, or equivalent). Use them when you validate region selects and shipping zones.
- How do I use Papua New Guinea country and subdivision data in a form?
- Use the CountriesDB widget or Data API to fill country and subdivision selects for Papua New Guinea, then validate submitted codes with the Validation API so alpha-2 and ISO 3166-2 values stay consistent.
Use Papua New Guinea in your app
Add CountriesDB country and subdivision selects with the widget docs, or call the Backend Data API for Papua New Guinea (PG) and validate submissions with the Validation API. Guides stay in sync with the same dataset your project keys already use. widget docs.