Demographics of Papua New Guinea

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	10 May 2024

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There are 5.41 million males and 5.10 million females in Papua New Guinea. The percentage of the male population is 51.48%, compared to 48.52% of the female population. Papua New Guinea has 311k more males than females. The sex ratio in Papua New Guinea in 2024 will be 106.101 males per 100 females. Papua New Guinea is in the 213rd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Papua New Guinea population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	1,542,854	2.06
1955	1,734,921	2.65
1960	1,985,666	2.68
1965	2,222,178	2.14
1970	2,489,059	2.39
1975	2,794,462	2.19
1980	3,104,788	2.04
1985	3,447,579	2.16
1990	3,864,972	2.92
1995	4,616,439	3.62
2000	5,508,297	3.42
2005	6,498,818	3.19
2010	7,583,269	2.98
2015	8,682,174	2.51
2020	9,749,640	2.07
2021	9,949,437	1.99
2022	10,142,619	1.86
2023	10,329,931	1.80
2024	10,515,788	1.76

Population
Growth

Papua New Guinea death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	33,333	69,967	21.565	45.265
1955	33,634	80,258	19.379	46.242
1960	33,558	88,848	16.888	44.713
1965	32,742	98,732	14.671	44.238
1970	30,887	109,078	12.361	43.652
1975	28,886	113,623	10.293	40.487
1980	27,910	116,896	8.952	37.493
1985	29,229	129,019	8.445	37.279
1990	31,374	141,890	8.119	36.718
1995	35,019	161,074	7.618	35.040
2000	41,006	187,444	7.471	34.152
2005	48,983	210,543	7.563	32.507
2010	53,926	230,148	7.134	30.445
2015	57,075	244,235	6.585	28.178
2020	62,383	253,329	6.402	25.996
2021	66,458	253,720	6.683	25.514
2022	65,511	254,718	6.459	25.112
2023	66,827	253,843	6.469	24.573
2024	68,252	254,548	6.490	24.205

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Papua New Guinea
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	28,459	1,645,577	1.700
1955	46,008	1,778,704	2.521
1960	74,897	1,935,780	3.725
1965	122,314	2,113,892	5.470
1970	247,610	2,279,976	9.796
1975	343,361	2,534,795	11.930
1980	431,144	2,873,329	13.047
1985	531,198	3,263,522	13.998
1990	646,717	3,666,342	14.994
1995	689,139	4,205,137	14.081
2000	735,741	4,836,481	13.204
2005	827,808	5,486,901	13.109
2010	925,387	6,182,852	13.019
2015	1,030,539	6,889,286	13.012
2020	1,168,469	7,587,206	13.345
2021	1,201,039	7,724,734	13.456
2022	1,235,492	7,861,270	13.582
2023	1,271,933	7,996,654	13.723
2024	1,310,465	8,130,668	13.880

Population
Urbanization

Papua New Guinea population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	632,065	590,400	1,222,465	11.63	107.057
05-09	611,192	569,298	1,180,491	11.23	107.359
10-14	584,858	539,520	1,124,379	10.69	108.403
15-19	549,424	501,560	1,050,984	9.99	109.543
20-24	508,759	465,889	974,647	9.27	109.202
25-29	461,059	428,015	889,074	8.45	107.720
30-34	416,471	397,732	814,202	7.74	104.711
35-39	363,300	360,849	724,148	6.89	100.679
40-44	307,699	307,195	614,894	5.85	100.164
45-49	263,099	259,707	522,806	4.97	101.306
50-54	218,175	212,914	431,089	4.10	102.471
55-59	177,721	169,023	346,744	3.30	105.146
60-64	136,773	124,463	261,236	2.48	109.890
65-69	88,386	79,795	168,181	1.60	110.766
70-74	50,949	49,463	100,412	0.95	103.004
75-79	27,361	27,590	54,952	0.52	99.170
80-84	11,534	13,075	24,610	0.23	88.214
85-89	3,708	4,508	8,216	0.08	82.254
90-94	858	1,054	1,912	0.02	81.404
95-99	145	168	314	0.00	86.310
100+	15	18	34	0.00	83.333
Total	5,413,551	5,102,236	10,515,790		106.102

Population pyramid
Gender ratio