Papua
4,971 companies · Province · code 91
Map
City/Regency
Property market in Papua
Houses, apartments and land in Papua
Monthly rentals and co-living, run by the operator itself, in the cities it covers.
Area figures for Papua
Official figures for Papua
Each figure carries the year it was measured; figures published only per province are shown separately below.
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Population
4,656,334
people · 2026
2020–2026: from 4,303,707 to 4,656,334 -
HDI (Human Development Index)
73
2024
2010–2024: from 54.45 to 73 -
Poverty (Population below the poverty line)
19.16%
2025
2010–2025: from 34.1% to 19.16% -
Unemployment (Open unemployment rate)
6.96%
2025
2017–2025: from 3.45% to 6.96%
Further components
- Life expectancy
- 68.8 years 2024
- Mean years of schooling
- 10 years 2025
- Expected years of schooling
- 13.9 years 2025
- Expenditure per capita
- Rp11.3 million per person per year 2025
- People below the poverty line
- 171,380 people 2025
- Poverty line
- Rp714,365 per person per month 2025
- Population aged 60 and over
- 7.98% 2025
- GRDP per capita (Gross regional domestic product per capita)
- Rp84.3 million per person per year 2025
- Provincial minimum wage
- Rp3.52 million per month 2020 · the most recent figure available
- Population density
- 14 people/km² 2021 · the most recent figure available
Recorded crime in Papua
Recorded across Polda Papua during 2024
- Offences reported
- 13,922 cases
- Cases cleared
- 5.62%
- Risk per 100,000 residents
- 340
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Recorded disasters in Papua
127 disaster events were recorded across the districts of Papua during 2016–2025.
Counted from officially recorded events. An event spanning several districts is apportioned between them, so counts are rounded.
Kinds of disaster 2021–2025
of 91 events
- Flood 62 68%
- Tidal wave & abrasion 11 12%
- Earthquake 7 8%
- Extreme weather 5 5%
- Landslide 5 5%
- Other 1 1%
Recorded impact 2021–2025
- 22
- Deaths
- 17
- Missing
- 46
- Injured
- 118,243
- Affected & displaced
- 3,467
- Houses damaged
- 7,784
- Houses flooded
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- 2016: 1 events
- 2017: 12 events
- 2018: 10 events
- 2019: 9 events
- 2020: 4 events
- 2021: 23 events
- 2022: 7 events
- 2023: 11 events
- 2024: 19 events
- 2025: 31 events
Business formation in Papua
304 businesses were recorded as founded in Papua during 2016–2025.
Counted from formations announced officially and held in our records — not every business that opened here.
Most common trades
of 3,681 companies with a classification
- Contractors & Construction 3,475 94%
- Manufacturing 109 3%
- Travel Agents & Tours 27 1%
- 2016: 3 formations
- 2017: 3 formations
- 2018: 14 formations
- 2019: 28 formations
- 2020: 69 formations
- 2021: 64 formations
- 2022: 50 formations
- 2023: 26 formations
- 2024: 29 formations
- 2025: 18 formations