Population of Papua New Guinea

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	04 Mar 2024

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The current population of Papua New Guinea is 10,628,870 as of October 11, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Papua New Guinea is projected at 10,515,788, or 10.52 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Papua New Guinea is projected at 10,329,93,1 or 10.33 million people, for the year 2023.

Papua New Guinea is the second-most populous country in Oceania, and at 89th position in the world in the list of 237 countries/territories.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Papua New Guinea population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	1,526,961	1,542,854	31,787	2.060	0.06
1951	1,558,748	1,574,111	30,726	1.952	0.06
1952	1,589,474	1,608,470	37,992	2.362	0.06
1953	1,627,466	1,647,998	41,065	2.492	0.06
1954	1,668,531	1,690,220	43,379	2.567	0.06
1955	1,711,910	1,734,921	46,023	2.653	0.06
1956	1,757,933	1,782,051	48,236	2.707	0.06
1957	1,806,169	1,831,047	49,757	2.718	0.06
1958	1,855,926	1,881,514	51,176	2.720	0.06
1959	1,907,102	1,933,070	51,936	2.687	0.07
1960	1,959,038	1,985,666	53,256	2.682	0.07
1961	2,012,294	2,035,672	46,756	2.297	0.07
1962	2,059,050	2,082,562	47,024	2.258	0.07
1963	2,106,074	2,129,222	46,295	2.174	0.07
1964	2,152,369	2,175,409	46,080	2.118	0.07
1965	2,198,449	2,222,178	47,459	2.136	0.07
1966	2,245,908	2,271,490	51,163	2.252	0.07
1967	2,297,071	2,322,647	51,152	2.202	0.07
1968	2,348,223	2,375,356	54,267	2.285	0.07
1969	2,402,490	2,430,922	56,864	2.339	0.07
1970	2,459,354	2,489,059	59,411	2.387	0.07
1971	2,518,765	2,549,315	61,100	2.397	0.07
1972	2,579,865	2,610,700	61,670	2.362	0.07
1973	2,641,535	2,672,144	61,217	2.291	0.07
1974	2,702,752	2,733,313	61,121	2.236	0.07
1975	2,763,873	2,794,462	61,178	2.189	0.07
1976	2,825,051	2,855,837	61,572	2.156	0.07
1977	2,886,623	2,917,572	61,898	2.122	0.07
1978	2,948,521	2,979,606	62,171	2.087	0.07
1979	3,010,692	3,041,902	62,420	2.052	0.07
1980	3,073,112	3,104,788	63,352	2.041	0.07
1981	3,136,464	3,169,073	65,219	2.058	0.07
1982	3,201,683	3,235,264	67,161	2.076	0.07
1983	3,268,844	3,303,677	69,667	2.109	0.07
1984	3,338,511	3,374,465	71,908	2.131	0.07
1985	3,410,419	3,447,579	74,320	2.156	0.07
1986	3,484,739	3,522,916	76,354	2.167	0.07
1987	3,561,093	3,600,343	78,501	2.180	0.07
1988	3,639,594	3,679,651	80,114	2.177	0.07
1989	3,719,708	3,764,112	88,808	2.359	0.07
1990	3,808,516	3,864,972	112,913	2.922	0.07
1991	3,921,429	3,990,995	139,133	3.487	0.07
1992	4,060,562	4,136,644	152,163	3.679	0.08
1993	4,212,725	4,291,588	157,727	3.676	0.08
1994	4,370,452	4,451,694	162,483	3.650	0.08
1995	4,532,935	4,616,439	167,007	3.618	0.08
1996	4,699,942	4,785,895	171,905	3.592	0.08
1997	4,871,847	4,960,439	177,184	3.572	0.08
1998	5,049,031	5,138,829	179,596	3.495	0.09
1999	5,228,627	5,321,388	185,522	3.487	0.09
2000	5,414,149	5,508,297	188,297	3.419	0.09
2001	5,602,446	5,698,489	192,086	3.371	0.09
2002	5,794,532	5,892,596	196,128	3.329	0.09
2003	5,990,660	6,090,980	200,640	3.294	0.10
2004	6,191,300	6,293,166	203,732	3.238	0.10
2005	6,395,032	6,498,818	207,572	3.194	0.10
2006	6,602,604	6,708,217	211,227	3.149	0.10
2007	6,813,831	6,921,066	214,471	3.099	0.10
2008	7,028,302	7,137,988	219,371	3.074	0.10
2009	7,247,673	7,358,890	222,433	3.023	0.11
2010	7,470,106	7,583,269	226,326	2.985	0.11
2011	7,696,432	7,806,637	220,410	2.824	0.11
2012	7,916,842	8,026,545	219,406	2.734	0.11
2013	8,136,248	8,245,627	218,758	2.653	0.11
2014	8,355,006	8,464,153	218,294	2.579	0.12
2015	8,573,300	8,682,174	217,748	2.508	0.12
2016	8,791,048	8,899,169	216,243	2.430	0.12
2017	9,007,291	9,114,796	215,010	2.359	0.12
2018	9,222,301	9,329,227	213,852	2.292	0.12
2019	9,436,153	9,542,486	212,665	2.229	0.12
2020	9,648,818	9,749,640	201,644	2.068	0.12
2021	9,850,462	9,949,437	197,950	1.990	0.13

Papua New Guinea population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	10,048,412	10,142,619	188,413	1.858	0.13
2023	10,236,825	10,329,931	186,211	1.803	0.13
2024	10,423,036	10,515,788	185,504	1.764	0.13
2025	10,608,540	10,701,144	185,208	1.731	0.13
2026	10,793,748	10,886,097	184,698	1.697	0.13
2027	10,978,446	11,069,871	182,850	1.652	0.13
2028	11,161,296	11,252,452	182,312	1.620	0.13
2029	11,343,608	11,434,334	181,451	1.587	0.13
2030	11,525,059	11,615,322	180,526	1.554	0.14
2031	11,705,585	11,795,728	180,285	1.528	0.14
2032	11,885,870	11,975,671	179,602	1.500	0.14
2033	12,065,472	12,154,395	177,845	1.463	0.14
2034	12,243,317	12,331,461	176,289	1.430	0.14
2035	12,419,606	12,507,085	174,957	1.399	0.14
2036	12,594,563	12,681,353	173,579	1.369	0.14
2037	12,768,142	12,854,191	172,097	1.339	0.14
2038	12,940,239	13,025,474	170,470	1.309	0.14
2039	13,110,709	13,194,712	168,006	1.273	0.14
2040	13,278,715	13,362,082	166,734	1.248	0.15
2041	13,445,449	13,527,645	164,391	1.215	0.15
2042	13,609,840	13,690,710	161,741	1.181	0.15
2043	13,771,581	13,851,796	160,430	1.158	0.15
2044	13,932,011	14,009,881	155,740	1.112	0.15
2045	14,087,751	14,165,403	155,304	1.096	0.15
2046	14,243,055	14,319,594	153,078	1.069	0.15
2047	14,396,133	14,471,387	150,507	1.040	0.15
2048	14,546,640	14,620,589	147,898	1.012	0.15
2049	14,694,538	14,766,879	144,682	0.980	0.15
2050	14,839,220	14,910,369	142,297	0.954	0.15
2051	14,981,517	15,051,146	139,258	0.925	0.15
2052	15,120,775	15,189,144	136,738	0.900	0.16
2053	15,257,513	15,324,555	134,084	0.875	0.16
2054	15,391,597	15,457,017	130,841	0.846	0.16
2055	15,522,438	15,586,007	127,138	0.816	0.16
2056	15,649,576	15,711,677	124,202	0.791	0.16
2057	15,773,778	15,835,075	122,593	0.774	0.16
2058	15,896,371	15,955,959	119,176	0.747	0.16
2059	16,015,547	16,073,326	115,559	0.719	0.16
2060	16,131,106	16,187,410	112,609	0.696	0.16
2061	16,243,715	16,298,114	108,798	0.668	0.16
2062	16,352,513	16,405,528	106,029	0.646	0.16
2063	16,458,542	16,510,166	103,248	0.625	0.16
2064	16,561,790	16,612,730	101,879	0.613	0.16
2065	16,663,669	16,713,024	98,711	0.591	0.16
2066	16,762,380	16,809,999	95,238	0.567	0.16
2067	16,857,618	16,904,347	93,458	0.553	0.17
2068	16,951,076	16,996,325	90,498	0.532	0.17
2069	17,041,574	17,085,616	88,084	0.516	0.17
2070	17,129,658	17,172,835	86,354	0.503	0.17
2071	17,216,012	17,257,791	83,558	0.484	0.17
2072	17,299,570	17,339,617	80,093	0.462	0.17
2073	17,379,663	17,418,054	76,782	0.441	0.17
2074	17,456,445	17,493,320	73,749	0.422	0.17
2075	17,530,194	17,565,761	71,134	0.405	0.17
2076	17,601,328	17,635,115	67,574	0.383	0.17
2077	17,668,902	17,700,770	63,737	0.360	0.17
2078	17,732,639	17,763,579	61,880	0.348	0.17
2079	17,794,519	17,824,029	59,020	0.331	0.17
2080	17,853,539	17,882,004	56,931	0.318	0.17
2081	17,910,470	17,938,119	55,297	0.308	0.17
2082	17,965,767	17,991,742	51,949	0.289	0.17
2083	18,017,716	18,042,704	49,977	0.277	0.17
2084	18,067,693	18,091,283	47,180	0.261	0.17
2085	18,114,873	18,137,161	44,576	0.246	0.17
2086	18,159,449	18,180,269	41,640	0.229	0.17
2087	18,201,089	18,220,748	39,318	0.216	0.17
2088	18,240,407	18,258,316	35,818	0.196	0.18
2089	18,276,225	18,293,243	34,035	0.186	0.18
2090	18,310,260	18,326,464	32,407	0.177	0.18
2091	18,342,667	18,358,014	30,693	0.167	0.18
2092	18,373,360	18,388,060	29,400	0.160	0.18
2093	18,402,760	18,416,222	26,924	0.146	0.18
2094	18,429,684	18,441,908	24,447	0.133	0.18
2095	18,454,131	18,464,936	21,610	0.117	0.18
2096	18,475,741	18,485,738	19,994	0.108	0.18
2097	18,495,735	18,504,303	17,135	0.093	0.18
2098	18,512,870	18,520,771	15,802	0.085	0.18
2099	18,528,672	18,535,585	13,826	0.075	0.18
2100	18,542,498	18,548,056	11,117	0.060	0.18