A Profile of New Guinea . General Information Papua New Guinea lies just below the equator in the eastern South Pacific, It shares its main island with Indonesia. Its other nearest neighbours are the Solomon Islands, Australia and Vanuatu to the south, Micronesia to the east and Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines to the north. It comprises more than 600 islands, covers a total area of over 474,000 square kilometres and has a population of 4.3 million.
Agriculture provides a subsistence livelihood for the bulk of the population.
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