- 1955
- 321,000
- Status
- Colony of the Netherlands (1949–1954), Overseas territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1954–1962)
- Capital
- Hollandia
- Common languages
- Dutch , Papuan Malay , Papuan languages , Austronesian languages
- Religion
- Christianity , Papuan religion , Islam
- 1949 1962
- Juliana
- 1950 1953 first
- Stephan Lucien Joseph van Waardenburg
- 1958 1962 last
- Pieter Johannes Platteel
- Legislature
- New Guinea Council
- Historical era
- Cold War
- Established
- 27 December 1949
- Disestablished
- 1 October 1962