| Table 8. Province of Birth by Current Residence, Southern Highlands Districts, PNG: 1990 | ||||||
| Total | Ialibu/Pangia | Imbonggu | Kagua/Erave | Mendi/Munihu | Nipa/Kutubu | |
| Total | ||||||
| Total | 317,437 | 40,119 | 54,353 | 168,360 | 24,482 | 30,123 |
| Western | 144 | 17 | 41 | 71 | 3 | 12 |
| Gulf | 101 | 1 | 22 | 51 | 4 | 23 |
| Central | 135 | 1 | 29 | 91 | 3 | 11 |
| NCD | 368 | 16 | 58 | 250 | 20 | 24 |
| Milnebay | 93 | 7 | 8 | 63 | 3 | 12 |
| Oro | 67 | 0 | 11 | 53 | 1 | 2 |
| South Highlands | 311,765 | 39,723 | 53,538 | 165,210 | 24,177 | 29,117 |
| Enga | 747 | 15 | 134 | 504 | 19 | 75 |
| West Highlands | 1,381 | 23 | 106 | 548 | 101 | 603 |
| Simbu | 444 | 6 | 73 | 274 | 20 | 71 |
| East Highlands | 316 | 4 | 35 | 187 | 49 | 41 |
| Morobe | 186 | 2 | 34 | 119 | 15 | 16 |
| Madang | 209 | 8 | 32 | 123 | 18 | 28 |
| East Sepik | 274 | 3 | 68 | 162 | 10 | 31 |
| West Sepik | 315 | 257 | 13 | 43 | 0 | 2 |
| Manus | 23 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| New Ireland | 77 | 2 | 14 | 57 | 2 | 2 |
| East New Britain | 172 | 3 | 23 | 129 | 2 | 15 |
| West New Britain | 73 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 7 | 5 |
| Bougainville | 93 | 14 | 23 | 47 | 5 | 4 |
| Elsewhere | 454 | 13 | 80 | 311 | 23 | 27 |
| Australia | 164 | 2 | 38 | 114 | 2 | 8 |
| New Zealand | 39 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| Fiji | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| OtherPacific | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Asia | 43 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 4 | 1 |
| Others | 170 | 6 | 19 | 116 | 15 | 14 |
| Male | ||||||
| Total | 162,896 | 20,016 | 28,871 | 84,998 | 12,391 | 16,620 |
| Western | 86 | 12 | 29 | 36 | 3 | 6 |
| Gulf | 57 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 1 | 13 |
| Central | 78 | 0 | 19 | 50 | 2 | 7 |
| NCD | 184 | 8 | 33 | 125 | 8 | 10 |
| Milnebay | 65 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 1 | 8 |
| Oro | 36 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| South Highlands | 159,790 | 19,755 | 28,354 | 83,300 | 12,232 | 16,149 |
| Enga | 368 | 8 | 88 | 230 | 6 | 36 |
| West Highlands | 676 | 16 | 68 | 284 | 54 | 254 |
| Simbu | 223 | 1 | 44 | 135 | 7 | 36 |
| East Highlands | 182 | 1 | 24 | 111 | 24 | 22 |
| Morobe | 101 | 2 | 23 | 58 | 10 | 8 |
| Madang | 136 | 6 | 22 | 76 | 13 | 19 |
| East Sepik | 169 | 3 | 45 | 94 | 6 | 21 |
| West Sepik | 213 | 180 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Manus | 17 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| New Ireland | 41 | 1 | 11 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| East New Britain | 91 | 3 | 17 | 63 | 1 | 7 |
| West New Britain | 46 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 2 |
| Bougainville | 44 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 3 |
| Elsewhere | 293 | 7 | 44 | 211 | 14 | 17 |
| Australia | 105 | 2 | 22 | 73 | 2 | 6 |
| New Zealand | 27 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Fiji | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| OtherPacific | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Asia | 30 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 0 |
| Others | 106 | 2 | 10 | 79 | 7 | 8 |
| Female | ||||||
| Total | 154,541 | 20,103 | 25,482 | 83,362 | 12,091 | 13,503 |
| Western | 58 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 6 |
| Gulf | 44 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 10 |
| Central | 57 | 1 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 4 |
| NCD | 184 | 8 | 25 | 125 | 12 | 14 |
| Milnebay | 28 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 4 |
| Oro | 31 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 2 |
| South Highlands | 151,975 | 19,968 | 25,184 | 81,910 | 11,945 | 12,968 |
| Enga | 379 | 7 | 46 | 274 | 13 | 39 |
| West Highlands | 705 | 7 | 38 | 264 | 47 | 349 |
| Simbu | 221 | 5 | 29 | 139 | 13 | 35 |
| East Highlands | 134 | 3 | 11 | 76 | 25 | 19 |
| Morobe | 85 | 0 | 11 | 61 | 5 | 8 |
| Madang | 73 | 2 | 10 | 47 | 5 | 9 |
| East Sepik | 105 | 0 | 23 | 68 | 4 | 10 |
| West Sepik | 102 | 77 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 2 |
| Manus | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| New Ireland | 36 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 2 |
| East New Britain | 81 | 0 | 6 | 66 | 1 | 8 |
| West New Britain | 27 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3 |
| Bougainville | 49 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 1 |
| Elsewhere | 161 | 6 | 36 | 100 | 9 | 10 |
| Australia | 59 | 0 | 16 | 41 | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Fiji | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| OtherPacific | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Asia | 13 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Others | 64 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 8 | 6 |
| Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census | ||||||