Demographics of Papua New Guinea

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Papua New Guinea is projected at 9.12 million, up by 1.92% compared with 8.95 million in 2020. Papua New Guinea is ranked 97th in terms of population and 52nd in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.24 million births in Papua New Guinea in 2021. That is 656 per day, which is ranked 81st. The crude birth rate is 26.26 per 1000 people. There are 66.23 thousand deaths in Papua New Guinea in 2021. That is 181 per day, which is ranked 98th. The crude death rate is 7.26 per 1000 people.

1.2 million people are living in urban areas, which is 13.46% of Papua New Guinea population. Papua New Guinea is ranked 230th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Papua New Guinea in 2021 is 104.35 males per 100 females. There are 4.66 million males and 4.46 million females in Papua New Guinea. The percentage of female population is 48.94% compare to 51.06% male population. Papua New Guinea has 0.19 million more males than females. Papua New Guinea is at 181st position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

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  • Population
  • Growth rate

Papua New Guinea population

Year Population Growth (%)
19502,002,147-
19552,086,2531.19
19602,255,8581.77
19652,485,4332.1
19702,783,1322.37
19753,139,9442.51
19803,571,2092.68
19854,081,0222.64
19904,615,8432.42
19955,187,0632.4
20005,847,5902.3
20056,494,9022.21
20107,310,5122.32
20158,107,7722.03
20168,271,7662.02
20178,438,0382.01
20188,606,3241.99
20198,776,1191.97
20208,947,0271.95
20219,119,0051.92
  • Total
  • Crude

Papua New Guinea death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195073,75686,73136.6743.14
195563,22989,93330.1342.90
196056,80495,90725.1042.43
196553,099104,02721.2941.74
197049,996114,96217.9141.23
197547,943128,51215.2140.81
198046,740141,32213.0439.46
198547,528150,39311.6336.87
199049,490160,81110.7134.81
199551,933180,0699.9834.58
200055,762198,3419.5533.99
200558,593209,8108.9832.14
201060,991218,8768.3529.98
201562,904227,2627.7527.99
202065,332237,4747.2926.52
202166,232239,6227.2626.26
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Papua New Guinea

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
195028,4591,645,577-1.700
195546,0081,778,70410.142.521
196074,8971,935,78010.283.725
1965122,3142,113,89210.385.470
1970247,6102,279,97616.179.796
1975343,3612,534,7954.5811.930
1980431,1442,873,3294.6913.047
1985531,1983,263,5224.1613.998
1990646,7173,666,3423.9714.994
1995689,1394,205,1371.2914.081
2000735,7414,836,4811.2913.204
2005827,8085,486,9012.3413.109
2010925,3876,182,8522.1713.019
20151,030,5396,889,2862.3013.012
20201,168,4697,587,2062.7113.345
20211,201,0397,724,7342.7913.456
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  • Gender ratio

Papua New Guinea population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 579,888 541,210 1,121,098 12.29 107.147
05-09 543,944 508,719 1,052,663 11.54 106.924
10-14 518,347 485,615 1,003,962 11.01 106.740
15-19 483,460 453,913 937,373 10.28 106.509
20-24 439,877 415,552 855,429 9.38 105.854
25-29 378,121 359,606 737,727 8.09 105.149
30-34 331,121 316,442 647,563 7.10 104.639
35-39 302,932 290,179 593,111 6.50 104.395
40-44 266,997 256,828 523,825 5.74 103.959
45-49 223,920 217,205 441,125 4.84 103.092
50-54 180,793 179,046 359,839 3.95 100.976
55-59 142,579 146,011 288,590 3.16 97.649
60-64 107,871 115,227 223,098 2.45 93.616
65-69 75,689 84,710 160,399 1.76 89.351
70-74 44,243 50,395 94,638 1.04 87.792
75-79 22,839 25,877 48,716 0.53 88.260
80-84 9,971 11,361 21,332 0.23 87.765
85-89 3,226 3,682 6,908 0.08 87.615
90-94 705 774 1,479 0.02 91.085
95-99 69 58 127 0.00 118.966
100+ 2 1 3 0.00 200.000
Total 4,656,594 4,462,411 9,119,005 104.352