| Table 8. Province of Birth by Current Residence, Western Highlands Districts, PNG: 1990 | |||||
| Total | Dei | Mt Hagen | Mul/Baiyer | Tambul/Nebilyer | |
| Total | |||||
| Total | 336,178 | 195,172 | 79,250 | 61,756 | 0 |
| Western | 161 | 104 | 53 | 4 | 0 |
| Gulf | 165 | 129 | 31 | 5 | 0 |
| Central | 383 | 325 | 48 | 10 | 0 |
| NCD | 458 | 366 | 73 | 19 | 0 |
| Milnebay | 169 | 143 | 21 | 5 | 0 |
| Oro | 232 | 157 | 48 | 27 | 0 |
| South Highlands | 13,788 | 9,715 | 3,387 | 686 | 0 |
| Enga | 9,734 | 8,933 | 688 | 113 | 0 |
| West Highlands | 285,974 | 163,272 | 62,383 | 60,319 | 0 |
| Simbu | 17,013 | 5,947 | 10,879 | 187 | 0 |
| East Highlands | 2,377 | 1,909 | 433 | 35 | 0 |
| Morobe | 1,436 | 1,089 | 298 | 49 | 0 |
| Madang | 1,341 | 837 | 319 | 185 | 0 |
| East Sepik | 836 | 678 | 150 | 8 | 0 |
| West Sepik | 182 | 93 | 87 | 2 | 0 |
| Manus | 150 | 125 | 20 | 5 | 0 |
| New Ireland | 173 | 140 | 26 | 7 | 0 |
| East New Britain | 549 | 461 | 77 | 11 | 0 |
| West New Britain | 181 | 122 | 37 | 22 | 0 |
| Bougainville | 247 | 176 | 43 | 28 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 629 | 451 | 149 | 29 | 0 |
| Australia | 184 | 152 | 29 | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 82 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 20 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| OtherPacific | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 30 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Asia | 108 | 91 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| Others | 150 | 69 | 62 | 19 | 0 |
| Male | |||||
| Total | 181293 | 104444 | 44783 | 32066 | 0 |
| Western | 95 | 67 | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| Gulf | 105 | 85 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| Central | 220 | 189 | 26 | 5 | 0 |
| NCD | 245 | 200 | 37 | 8 | 0 |
| Milnebay | 108 | 94 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| Oro | 143 | 104 | 28 | 11 | 0 |
| South Highlands | 8195 | 5882 | 2151 | 162 | 0 |
| Enga | 5221 | 4812 | 377 | 32 | 0 |
| West Highlands | 153631 | 86054 | 35941 | 31636 | 0 |
| Simbu | 8613 | 3317 | 5236 | 60 | 0 |
| East Highlands | 1354 | 1112 | 231 | 11 | 0 |
| Morobe | 864 | 663 | 172 | 29 | 0 |
| Madang | 777 | 526 | 198 | 53 | 0 |
| East Sepik | 516 | 416 | 97 | 3 | 0 |
| West Sepik | 99 | 56 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| Manus | 86 | 71 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| New Ireland | 100 | 82 | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| East New Britain | 327 | 275 | 48 | 4 | 0 |
| West New Britain | 102 | 71 | 21 | 10 | 0 |
| Bougainville | 124 | 94 | 22 | 8 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 368 | 274 | 76 | 18 | 0 |
| Australia | 110 | 91 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 50 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| OtherPacific | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Asia | 66 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Others | 81 | 42 | 26 | 13 | 0 |
| Female | |||||
| Total | 154885 | 90728 | 34467 | 29690 | 0 |
| Western | 66 | 37 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| Gulf | 60 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| Central | 163 | 136 | 22 | 5 | 0 |
| NCD | 213 | 166 | 36 | 11 | 0 |
| Milnebay | 61 | 49 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Oro | 89 | 53 | 20 | 16 | 0 |
| South Highlands | 5593 | 3833 | 1236 | 524 | 0 |
| Enga | 4513 | 4121 | 311 | 81 | 0 |
| West Highlands | 132343 | 77218 | 26442 | 28683 | 0 |
| Simbu | 8400 | 2630 | 5643 | 127 | 0 |
| East Highlands | 1023 | 797 | 202 | 24 | 0 |
| Morobe | 572 | 426 | 126 | 20 | 0 |
| Madang | 564 | 311 | 121 | 132 | 0 |
| East Sepik | 320 | 262 | 53 | 5 | 0 |
| West Sepik | 83 | 37 | 44 | 2 | 0 |
| Manus | 64 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| New Ireland | 73 | 58 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| East New Britain | 222 | 186 | 29 | 7 | 0 |
| West New Britain | 79 | 51 | 16 | 12 | 0 |
| Bougainville | 123 | 82 | 21 | 20 | 0 |
| Elsewhere | 261 | 177 | 73 | 11 | 0 |
| Australia | 74 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 32 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| OtherPacific | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| India | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Asia | 42 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Others | 69 | 27 | 36 | 6 | 0 |
| Source: 1990 Papua New Guinea Census | |||||