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=== Urbanisation === As of 2018, Papua New Guinea had the second lowest urban population percentage in the world, with 13.2%, only behind [[Burundi]]. The projected urbanisation rate from 2015 to 2020 was 2.51%.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2212.html |title=The World Factbook β Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=31 May 2019 |archive-date=22 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122160008/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2212.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Geography of Papua New Guinea|geography]] and [[Economy of Papua New Guinea|economy]] of Papua New Guinea are the main factors behind low urbanisation. {{Largest cities | country = Papua New Guinea | kind = cities and towns | stat_ref = {{URL| http://www.geonames.org/PG/largest-cities-in-papua-new-guinea.html}} | div_name = Province | city_1 = Port Moresby | div_1 = National Capital District (Papua New Guinea){{!}}National capital district | pop_1 = 513,918 | img_1 = Aerial view of Port Moresby.jpg | city_2 = Lae | div_2 = Morobe Province{{!}}Morobe | pop_2 = 110,911 | img_2 = LaeInternationalHotel.jpg | city_3 = Mount Hagen| div_3 = Western_Highlands_Province{{!}}Western Highlands| pop_3 = 47,064 | img_3 = | city_4 = Kokopo | div_4 = East New Britain | pop_4 =40,231 | img_4 = | city_5 = Popondetta | div_5 = Oro Province{{!}}Oro Province (Northern province) | pop_5 = 28,198 | city_6 = Madang | div_6 = Madang Province{{!}}Madang | pop_6 = 27,419 | city_7 = Arawa, Papua New Guinea{{!}}Arawa | div_7 = Autonomous Region of Bougainville{{!}}Bougainville | pop_7 = 33,623 | city_8 = Mendi | div_8 = Southern Highlands Province{{!}}Southern Highlands | pop_8 = 26,252 | city_9 = Kimbe | div_9 = West New Britain | pop_9 = 18,847 | city_10 = Goroka | div_10 = Eastern Highlands Province{{!}}Eastern Highlands | pop_10 = 18,503 }}
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