Population of Papua New Guinea

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Papua New Guinea is 9,450,812 as of May 31, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Papua New Guinea is projected at 9,119,010 or 9.119 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Papua New Guinea is projected at 8,947,024 or 8.947 million people for the year 2020. Papua New Guinea ranks number 97th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Papua New Guinea is ranked 2nd among 23 countries in Oceania.

Papua New Guinea's population will be increased year by year. The Papua New Guinea population is projected to reach 10.71 million in 2030 and increase further to 14.20 million in 2050 and 19.78 million by 2100. Papua New Guinea accounts for 0.12 percent of the world population. However, its global share increased by 0.08% in 1970 and is projected to increase by 0.18% by 2100.

Papua New Guinea was at 111th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase to 78th in 2100.

Papua New Guinea population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	8,947,024	170,915	1.95	0.11
2021	9,119,010	171,986	1.92	0.12
2022	9,292,169	173,159	1.90	0.12
2023	9,466,427	174,258	1.88	0.12
2024	9,641,703	175,276	1.85	0.12
2025	9,817,926	176,223	1.83	0.12
2026	9,994,970	177,044	1.80	0.12
2027	10,172,756	177,786	1.78	0.12
2028	10,351,149	178,393	1.75	0.12
2029	10,530,053	178,904	1.73	0.12
2030	10,709,348	179,295	1.70	0.13
2031	10,888,952	179,604	1.68	0.13
2032	11,068,744	179,792	1.65	0.13
2033	11,248,503	179,759	1.62	0.13
2034	11,427,983	179,480	1.60	0.13
2035	11,606,999	179,016	1.57	0.13
2036	11,785,390	178,391	1.54	0.13
2037	11,963,134	177,744	1.51	0.13
2038	12,140,218	177,084	1.48	0.13
2039	12,316,693	176,475	1.45	0.13
2040	12,492,600	175,907	1.43	0.14
2041	12,667,856	175,256	1.40	0.14
2042	12,842,393	174,537	1.38	0.14
2043	13,016,121	173,728	1.35	0.14
2044	13,188,981	172,860	1.33	0.14
2045	13,360,907	171,926	1.30	0.14
2046	13,531,841	170,934	1.28	0.14
2047	13,701,742	169,901	1.26	0.14
2048	13,870,485	168,743	1.23	0.14
2049	14,037,957	167,472	1.21	0.14
2050	14,204,066	166,109	1.18	0.15
2051	14,368,716	164,650	1.16	0.15
2052	14,531,881	163,165	1.14	0.15
2053	14,693,603	161,722	1.11	0.15
2054	14,853,956	160,353	1.09	0.15
2055	15,012,966	159,010	1.07	0.15
2056	15,170,606	157,640	1.05	0.15
2057	15,326,799	156,193	1.03	0.15
2058	15,481,405	154,606	1.01	0.15
2059	15,634,270	152,865	0.99	0.15
2060	15,785,262	150,992	0.97	0.16
2061	15,934,288	149,026	0.94	0.16
2062	16,081,309	147,021	0.92	0.16
2063	16,226,290	144,981	0.90	0.16
2064	16,369,201	142,911	0.88	0.16
2065	16,510,016	140,815	0.86	0.16
2066	16,648,694	138,678	0.84	0.16
2067	16,785,149	136,455	0.82	0.16
2068	16,919,240	134,091	0.80	0.16
2069	17,050,770	131,530	0.78	0.16
2070	17,179,605	128,835	0.76	0.16
2071	17,305,651	126,046	0.73	0.17
2072	17,428,918	123,267	0.71	0.17
2073	17,549,457	120,539	0.69	0.17
2074	17,667,424	117,967	0.67	0.17
2075	17,782,884	115,460	0.65	0.17
2076	17,895,860	112,976	0.64	0.17
2077	18,006,272	110,412	0.62	0.17
2078	18,114,015	107,743	0.60	0.17
2079	18,218,908	104,893	0.58	0.17
2080	18,320,838	101,930	0.56	0.17
2081	18,419,769	98,931	0.54	0.17
2082	18,515,735	95,966	0.52	0.17
2083	18,608,795	93,060	0.50	0.17
2084	18,699,008	90,213	0.48	0.17
2085	18,786,456	87,448	0.47	0.17
2086	18,871,142	84,686	0.45	0.18
2087	18,953,077	81,935	0.43	0.18
2088	19,032,303	79,226	0.42	0.18
2089	19,108,899	76,596	0.40	0.18
2090	19,182,918	74,019	0.39	0.18
2091	19,254,380	71,462	0.37	0.18
2092	19,323,303	68,923	0.36	0.18
2093	19,389,675	66,372	0.34	0.18
2094	19,453,487	63,812	0.33	0.18
2095	19,514,734	61,247	0.31	0.18
2096	19,573,418	58,684	0.30	0.18
2097	19,629,541	56,123	0.29	0.18
2098	19,683,121	53,580	0.27	0.18
2099	19,734,165	51,044	0.26	0.18
2100	19,782,711	48,546	0.25	0.18

Papua New Guinea population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	2,002,148	-	-	0.08
1951	2,011,206	9,058	0.45	0.08
1952	2,024,156	12,950	0.64	0.08
1953	2,041,025	16,869	0.83	0.08
1954	2,061,765	20,740	1.02	0.08
1955	2,086,247	24,482	1.19	0.08
1956	2,114,288	28,041	1.34	0.07
1957	2,145,609	31,321	1.48	0.07
1958	2,179,866	34,257	1.60	0.07
1959	2,216,724	36,858	1.69	0.07
1960	2,255,859	39,135	1.77	0.07
1961	2,297,059	41,200	1.83	0.07
1962	2,340,352	43,293	1.88	0.07
1963	2,385,946	45,594	1.95	0.07
1964	2,434,223	48,277	2.02	0.07
1965	2,485,437	51,214	2.10	0.07
1966	2,539,674	54,237	2.18	0.07
1967	2,596,820	57,146	2.25	0.07
1968	2,656,633	59,813	2.30	0.07
1969	2,718,811	62,178	2.34	0.07
1970	2,783,121	64,310	2.37	0.08
1971	2,849,532	66,411	2.39	0.08
1972	2,918,139	68,607	2.41	0.08
1973	2,989,202	71,063	2.44	0.08
1974	3,063,049	73,847	2.47	0.08
1975	3,139,945	76,896	2.51	0.08
1976	3,219,829	79,884	2.54	0.08
1977	3,302,633	82,804	2.57	0.08
1978	3,388,618	85,985	2.60	0.08
1979	3,478,100	89,482	2.64	0.08
1980	3,571,205	93,105	2.68	0.08
1981	3,668,104	96,899	2.71	0.08
1982	3,768,483	100,379	2.74	0.08
1983	3,871,492	103,009	2.73	0.08
1984	3,975,956	104,464	2.70	0.08
1985	4,081,030	105,074	2.64	0.08
1986	4,186,499	105,469	2.58	0.08
1987	4,292,563	106,064	2.53	0.08
1988	4,399,324	106,761	2.49	0.09
1989	4,506,991	107,667	2.45	0.09
1990	4,615,839	108,848	2.42	0.09
1991	4,725,547	109,708	2.38	0.09
1992	4,836,217	110,670	2.34	0.09
1993	4,949,051	112,834	2.33	0.09
1994	5,065,661	116,610	2.36	0.09
1995	5,187,060	121,399	2.40	0.09
1996	5,314,248	127,188	2.45	0.09
1997	5,446,641	132,393	2.49	0.09
1998	5,581,762	135,121	2.48	0.09
1999	5,716,161	134,399	2.41	0.09
2000	5,847,586	131,425	2.30	0.10
2001	5,974,629	127,043	2.17	0.10
2002	6,098,621	123,992	2.08	0.10
2003	6,223,377	124,756	2.05	0.10
2004	6,354,245	130,868	2.10	0.10
2005	6,494,903	140,658	2.21	0.10
2006	6,646,895	151,992	2.34	0.10
2007	6,808,514	161,619	2.43	0.10
2008	6,976,201	167,687	2.46	0.10
2009	7,144,776	168,575	2.42	0.10
2010	7,310,507	165,731	2.32	0.11
2011	7,472,199	161,692	2.21	0.11
2012	7,631,001	158,802	2.13	0.11
2013	7,788,380	157,379	2.06	0.11
2014	7,946,730	158,350	2.03	0.11
2015	8,107,775	161,045	2.03	0.11
2016	8,271,762	163,987	2.02	0.11
2017	8,438,036	166,274	2.01	0.11
2018	8,606,323	168,287	1.99	0.11
2019	8,776,109	169,786	1.97	0.11