+675 country code: Papua New Guinea

The +675 code and Papua New Guinea

The +675 country code is assigned to Papua New Guinea, the only country on this page. Its full official name is the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, and its two letter ISO code is PG. A person from the country is a Papua New Guinean.

Papua New Guinea sits in Oceania, in the Melanesia subregion. Its capital is Port Moresby. The country has three official languages: English, Hiri Motu and Tok Pisin. The currency is the Papua New Guinean kina. Anyone dialling a +675 number is reaching a line in Papua New Guinea, whether that is a fixed line in Port Moresby or a mobile elsewhere in the country.

Local time across the country

Papua New Guinea keeps two time zones. Pacific/Port_Moresby runs at UTC+11:00, and Pacific/Bougainville runs at UTC+10:00. The capital, Port Moresby, falls in the Pacific/Port_Moresby zone. When you plan a call or a message to a +675 number, check which zone the recipient is in before you choose a time.

Number format and reaching a +675 line

A Papua New Guinean mobile number in international format looks like this: +675 7012 3456. The +675 is the country code, and the digits after it are the subscriber number. Use the full international format when you dial from outside the country.

You can call or message a +675 number over the internet using a data connection, which avoids the charges of a standard international call. A voice over IP app or a messaging app carries the call or the message across your data connection to the Papua New Guinean number.

Slashtel sends prepaid mobile top-ups to Papua New Guinea operators Digicel and Telikom. If you want to add credit for a contact in the country, you can top up a Papua New Guinea number through Slashtel. The credit goes to a Digicel or Telikom prepaid line, so the person you are calling or messaging in Papua New Guinea can keep the number active.