Lae, Papua New Guinea is home to an estimated 65 developers working with AI coding tools — an early-stage scene that ranks #1300 of the 1,679 cities we track worldwide, with an AI-adoption index of 34/100. Here's how Lae fits into the global picture.
65developers (est.)
#1300of 1,679 cities
34/100AI-adoption index
Nearest AI hubs
The tracked cities closest to Lae:
| City | Country | Developers | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goroka | Papua New Guinea | 10 | 191 km |
| Madang | Papua New Guinea | 33 | 213 km |
| Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 268 | 303 km |
| Mount Hagen | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 320 km |
| Jayapura | Indonesia | 244 | 837 km |
Papua New Guinea's AI scene
Lae is one of 5 cities we track in Papua New Guinea, which ranks #146 of 197 countries by tracked developers (~376 in total). See the full Papua New Guinea picture →
How this is measured
Figures blend public GitHub developer density with Google Trends interest in AI coding tools, refreshed daily. It's an aggregated public-data estimate, not a headcount — read the full method.
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