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