| Table 8. Province of Birth by Current Residence, New Ireland Districts, PNG: 1990 | ||||
| Total | Kavieng | Namatanai | District not stated | |
| Total | ||||
| Total | 86,999 | 3,234 | 12,339 | 71,426 |
| Western | 24 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| Gulf | 70 | 2 | 4 | 64 |
| Central | 169 | 5 | 3 | 161 |
| NCD | 399 | 14 | 31 | 354 |
| Milnebay | 118 | 7 | 11 | 100 |
| Oro | 64 | 2 | 4 | 58 |
| South Highlands | 387 | 3 | 2 | 382 |
| Enga | 46 | 7 | 3 | 36 |
| West Highlands | 178 | 14 | 6 | 158 |
| Simbu | 124 | 5 | 3 | 116 |
| East Highlands | 684 | 36 | 13 | 635 |
| Morobe | 1,080 | 10 | 31 | 1,039 |
| Madang | 1,180 | 27 | 35 | 1,118 |
| East Sepik | 1,793 | 15 | 54 | 1,724 |
| West Sepik | 686 | 2 | 33 | 651 |
| Manus | 502 | 25 | 26 | 451 |
| New Ireland | 74,634 | 2,885 | 11,911 | 59,838 |
| East New Britain | 3,393 | 107 | 93 | 3,193 |
| West New Britain | 509 | 29 | 23 | 457 |
| Bougainville | 694 | 35 | 45 | 614 |
| Elsewhere | 265 | 2 | 7 | 256 |
| Australia | 69 | 0 | 3 | 66 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| OtherPacific | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| China | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Malaysia | 52 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Asia | 37 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Others | 53 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Male | ||||
| Total | 47074 | 1626 | 6371 | 39077 |
| Western | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Gulf | 53 | 0 | 2 | 51 |
| Central | 98 | 4 | 2 | 92 |
| NCD | 202 | 7 | 14 | 181 |
| Milnebay | 84 | 3 | 8 | 73 |
| Oro | 30 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| South Highlands | 336 | 2 | 2 | 332 |
| Enga | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 |
| West Highlands | 122 | 4 | 0 | 118 |
| Simbu | 80 | 2 | 2 | 76 |
| East Highlands | 496 | 18 | 6 | 472 |
| Morobe | 821 | 6 | 18 | 797 |
| Madang | 1000 | 15 | 24 | 961 |
| East Sepik | 1395 | 10 | 41 | 1344 |
| West Sepik | 613 | 0 | 26 | 587 |
| Manus | 300 | 10 | 16 | 274 |
| New Ireland | 38675 | 1445 | 6106 | 31124 |
| East New Britain | 1855 | 59 | 52 | 1744 |
| West New Britain | 327 | 17 | 17 | 293 |
| Bougainville | 359 | 17 | 26 | 316 |
| Elsewhere | 185 | 2 | 5 | 178 |
| Australia | 41 | 0 | 2 | 39 |
| New Zealand | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| OtherPacific | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| China | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Malaysia | 43 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Asia | 31 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Others | 30 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Female | ||||
| Total | 39925 | 1608 | 5968 | 32349 |
| Western | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Gulf | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| Central | 71 | 1 | 1 | 69 |
| NCD | 197 | 7 | 17 | 173 |
| Milnebay | 34 | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| Oro | 34 | 1 | 3 | 30 |
| South Highlands | 51 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Enga | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| West Highlands | 56 | 10 | 6 | 40 |
| Simbu | 44 | 3 | 1 | 40 |
| East Highlands | 188 | 18 | 7 | 163 |
| Morobe | 259 | 4 | 13 | 242 |
| Madang | 180 | 12 | 11 | 157 |
| East Sepik | 398 | 5 | 13 | 380 |
| West Sepik | 73 | 2 | 7 | 64 |
| Manus | 202 | 15 | 10 | 177 |
| New Ireland | 35959 | 1440 | 5805 | 28714 |
| East New Britain | 1538 | 48 | 41 | 1449 |
| West New Britain | 182 | 12 | 6 | 164 |
| Bougainville | 335 | 18 | 19 | 298 |
| Elsewhere | 80 | 0 | 2 | 78 |
| Australia | 28 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OtherPacific | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| India | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Asia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Others | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census | ||||