Demographics of Papua New Guinea

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date10 May 2024

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.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Papua New Guinea population

Year Population Growth (%)
19501,542,8542.06
19551,734,9212.65
19601,985,6662.68
19652,222,1782.14
19702,489,0592.39
19752,794,4622.19
19803,104,7882.04
19853,447,5792.16
19903,864,9722.92
19954,616,4393.62
20005,508,2973.42
20056,498,8183.19
20107,583,2692.98
20158,682,1742.51
20209,749,6402.07
20219,949,4371.99
202210,142,6191.86
202310,329,9311.80
202410,515,7881.76
  • Total
  • Crude

Papua New Guinea death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195033,33369,96721.56545.265
195533,63480,25819.37946.242
196033,55888,84816.88844.713
196532,74298,73214.67144.238
197030,887109,07812.36143.652
197528,886113,62310.29340.487
198027,910116,8968.95237.493
198529,229129,0198.44537.279
199031,374141,8908.11936.718
199535,019161,0747.61835.040
200041,006187,4447.47134.152
200548,983210,5437.56332.507
201053,926230,1487.13430.445
201557,075244,2356.58528.178
202062,383253,3296.40225.996
202166,458253,7206.68325.514
202265,511254,7186.45925.112
202366,827253,8436.46924.573
202468,252254,5486.49024.205
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Papua New Guinea

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195028,4591,645,5771.700
195546,0081,778,7042.521
196074,8971,935,7803.725
1965122,3142,113,8925.470
1970247,6102,279,9769.796
1975343,3612,534,79511.930
1980431,1442,873,32913.047
1985531,1983,263,52213.998
1990646,7173,666,34214.994
1995689,1394,205,13714.081
2000735,7414,836,48113.204
2005827,8085,486,90113.109
2010925,3876,182,85213.019
20151,030,5396,889,28613.012
20201,168,4697,587,20613.345
20211,201,0397,724,73413.456
20221,235,4927,861,27013.582
20231,271,9337,996,65413.723
20241,310,4658,130,66813.880
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Papua New Guinea population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
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