| Table 8. Province of Birth by Current Residence, Central Districts, PNG: 1990 | ||||||
| Total | Abau | Goilala | Kairuku - Hiri | Rigo | District not stated | |
| Total | ||||||
| Total | 141,195 | 31,163 | 29,433 | 28,906 | 29,608 | 22,085 |
| Western | 556 | 149 | 69 | 109 | 218 | 11 |
| Gulf | 1,319 | 250 | 141 | 663 | 247 | 18 |
| Central | 120,637 | 27,006 | 25,130 | 20,137 | 26,569 | 21,795 |
| NCD | 10,342 | 1,779 | 3,254 | 4,074 | 1,190 | 45 |
| Milnebay | 1,112 | 716 | 103 | 182 | 90 | 21 |
| Oro | 830 | 189 | 98 | 396 | 73 | 74 |
| South Highlands | 1,311 | 107 | 48 | 718 | 431 | 7 |
| Enga | 152 | 11 | 10 | 116 | 11 | 4 |
| West Highlands | 300 | 46 | 35 | 144 | 56 | 19 |
| Simbu | 480 | 74 | 30 | 323 | 42 | 11 |
| East Highlands | 517 | 93 | 57 | 275 | 86 | 6 |
| Morobe | 1,291 | 264 | 150 | 644 | 212 | 21 |
| Madang | 377 | 70 | 44 | 192 | 62 | 9 |
| East Sepik | 436 | 107 | 41 | 237 | 45 | 6 |
| West Sepik | 107 | 20 | 9 | 57 | 17 | 4 |
| Manus | 127 | 25 | 15 | 67 | 14 | 6 |
| New Ireland | 119 | 18 | 5 | 82 | 11 | 3 |
| East New Britain | 312 | 75 | 50 | 135 | 48 | 4 |
| West New Britain | 124 | 22 | 17 | 57 | 24 | 4 |
| Bougainville | 325 | 54 | 87 | 105 | 77 | 2 |
| Elsewhere | 421 | 88 | 40 | 193 | 85 | 15 |
| Australia | 115 | 11 | 13 | 61 | 24 | 6 |
| New Zealand | 23 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| Fiji | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 15 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| OtherPacific | 15 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 55 | 45 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Korea | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Other Asia | 94 | 19 | 19 | 34 | 18 | 4 |
| Others | 49 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 4 |
| Male | ||||||
| Total | 73,695 | 16,163 | 14,885 | 15,734 | 15,469 | 11,444 |
| Western | 334 | 89 | 47 | 67 | 124 | 7 |
| Gulf | 737 | 156 | 73 | 366 | 131 | 11 |
| Central | 61,978 | 13,718 | 12,630 | 10,639 | 13,705 | 11,286 |
| NCD | 5,457 | 899 | 1,715 | 2,184 | 637 | 22 |
| Milnebay | 703 | 491 | 43 | 109 | 51 | 9 |
| Oro | 498 | 118 | 50 | 241 | 47 | 42 |
| South Highlands | 968 | 86 | 26 | 501 | 350 | 5 |
| Enga | 87 | 8 | 2 | 67 | 7 | 3 |
| West Highlands | 172 | 19 | 22 | 87 | 37 | 7 |
| Simbu | 282 | 47 | 16 | 187 | 29 | 3 |
| East Highlands | 316 | 62 | 32 | 163 | 55 | 4 |
| Morobe | 764 | 169 | 84 | 385 | 116 | 10 |
| Madang | 216 | 38 | 23 | 127 | 25 | 3 |
| East Sepik | 277 | 72 | 22 | 155 | 25 | 3 |
| West Sepik | 67 | 11 | 7 | 38 | 9 | 2 |
| Manus | 66 | 13 | 4 | 39 | 7 | 3 |
| New Ireland | 81 | 13 | 2 | 59 | 4 | 3 |
| East New Britain | 172 | 40 | 24 | 84 | 20 | 4 |
| West New Britain | 73 | 15 | 6 | 38 | 12 | 2 |
| Bougainville | 169 | 29 | 40 | 60 | 38 | 2 |
| Elsewhere | 278 | 70 | 17 | 138 | 40 | 13 |
| Australia | 80 | 8 | 6 | 52 | 9 | 5 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Fiji | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| OtherPacific | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 45 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Other Asia | 55 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 9 | 4 |
| Others | 31 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 3 |
| Female | ||||||
| Total | 67,500 | 15,000 | 14,548 | 13,172 | 14,139 | 10,641 |
| Western | 222 | 60 | 22 | 42 | 94 | 4 |
| Gulf | 582 | 94 | 68 | 297 | 116 | 7 |
| Central | 58,659 | 13,288 | 12,500 | 9,498 | 12,864 | 10,509 |
| NCD | 4,885 | 880 | 1,539 | 1,890 | 553 | 23 |
| Milnebay | 409 | 225 | 60 | 73 | 39 | 12 |
| Oro | 332 | 71 | 48 | 155 | 26 | 32 |
| South Highlands | 343 | 21 | 22 | 217 | 81 | 2 |
| Enga | 65 | 3 | 8 | 49 | 4 | 1 |
| West Highlands | 128 | 27 | 13 | 57 | 19 | 12 |
| Simbu | 198 | 27 | 14 | 136 | 13 | 8 |
| East Highlands | 201 | 31 | 25 | 112 | 31 | 2 |
| Morobe | 527 | 95 | 66 | 259 | 96 | 11 |
| Madang | 161 | 32 | 21 | 65 | 37 | 6 |
| East Sepik | 159 | 35 | 19 | 82 | 20 | 3 |
| West Sepik | 40 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 2 |
| Manus | 61 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 3 |
| New Ireland | 38 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 0 |
| East New Britain | 140 | 35 | 26 | 51 | 28 | 0 |
| West New Britain | 51 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 2 |
| Bougainville | 156 | 25 | 47 | 45 | 39 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 143 | 18 | 23 | 55 | 45 | 2 |
| Australia | 35 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Fiji | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| OtherPacific | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Korea | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Other Asia | 39 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 0 |
| Others | 18 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
| Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census | ||||||