Population of Papua New Guinea

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	10 Feb 2025

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The current population of Papua New Guinea is 10,730,668 as of April 30, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Papua New Guinea is projected at 10,762,817, or 10.76 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Papua New Guinea is projected at 10,576,502, or 10.58 million people, for the year 2024.

Papua New Guinea is the second-most populous country in Oceania, and at 90th 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	1,543,429	32,936	2.134	0.062
1951	1,559,897	1,574,922	30,050	1.908	0.062
1952	1,589,947	1,609,537	39,181	2.434	0.062
1953	1,629,128	1,650,228	42,201	2.557	0.063
1954	1,671,329	1,693,505	44,351	2.619	0.063
1955	1,715,680	1,739,219	47,078	2.707	0.063
1956	1,762,758	1,787,439	49,363	2.762	0.064
1957	1,812,121	1,837,503	50,763	2.763	0.064
1958	1,862,884	1,888,964	52,160	2.761	0.065
1959	1,915,044	1,941,504	52,920	2.726	0.065
1960	1,967,964	1,995,110	54,291	2.721	0.066
1961	2,022,255	2,046,127	47,743	2.333	0.067
1962	2,069,998	2,093,919	47,841	2.285	0.067
1963	2,117,839	2,141,376	47,074	2.198	0.067
1964	2,164,913	2,188,325	46,825	2.140	0.067
1965	2,211,738	2,235,820	48,164	2.154	0.067
1966	2,259,902	2,285,774	51,744	2.264	0.067
1967	2,311,646	2,337,532	51,771	2.215	0.067
1968	2,363,417	2,390,803	54,773	2.291	0.067
1969	2,418,190	2,446,927	57,473	2.349	0.068
1970	2,475,663	2,505,628	59,929	2.392	0.068
1971	2,535,592	2,566,421	61,659	2.403	0.068
1972	2,597,251	2,628,432	62,363	2.373	0.068
1973	2,659,614	2,690,629	62,030	2.306	0.069
1974	2,721,644	2,752,671	62,053	2.254	0.069
1975	2,783,697	2,814,820	62,247	2.211	0.069
1976	2,845,944	2,877,327	62,767	2.182	0.069
1977	2,908,711	2,940,327	63,232	2.151	0.070
1978	2,971,943	3,003,714	63,542	2.116	0.070
1979	3,035,485	3,067,341	63,713	2.077	0.070
1980	3,099,198	3,131,512	64,628	2.064	0.070
1981	3,163,826	3,197,019	66,385	2.077	0.071
1982	3,230,211	3,264,291	68,161	2.088	0.071
1983	3,298,372	3,333,633	70,522	2.116	0.071
1984	3,368,894	3,405,198	72,607	2.132	0.071
1985	3,441,501	3,478,936	74,869	2.152	0.071
1986	3,516,370	3,554,793	76,846	2.162	0.072
1987	3,593,216	3,632,543	78,653	2.165	0.072
1988	3,671,869	3,711,880	80,022	2.156	0.072
1989	3,751,891	3,796,078	88,374	2.328	0.073
1990	3,840,265	3,896,481	112,431	2.886	0.073
1991	3,952,696	4,021,837	138,282	3.439	0.074
1992	4,090,978	4,166,699	151,443	3.635	0.076
1993	4,242,421	4,320,872	156,901	3.632	0.077
1994	4,399,322	4,480,208	161,773	3.611	0.079
1995	4,561,095	4,644,278	166,366	3.583	0.081
1996	4,727,461	4,813,361	171,801	3.570	0.082
1997	4,899,262	4,987,883	177,243	3.554	0.084
1998	5,076,505	5,166,390	179,769	3.480	0.086
1999	5,256,274	5,349,333	186,117	3.480	0.088
2000	5,442,391	5,537,064	189,345	3.420	0.090
2001	5,631,736	5,728,435	193,399	3.376	0.092
2002	5,825,135	5,924,003	197,737	3.338	0.093
2003	6,022,872	6,123,997	202,250	3.303	0.095
2004	6,225,122	6,328,041	205,838	3.253	0.097
2005	6,430,960	6,535,905	209,890	3.212	0.099
2006	6,640,850	6,747,720	213,740	3.168	0.101
2007	6,854,590	6,963,345	217,509	3.124	0.103
2008	7,072,099	7,183,002	221,805	3.088	0.105
2009	7,293,904	7,406,438	225,068	3.039	0.107
2010	7,518,972	7,633,523	229,102	3.001	0.109
2011	7,748,074	7,859,346	222,544	2.832	0.111
2012	7,970,618	8,081,390	221,544	2.742	0.112
2013	8,192,162	8,302,698	221,071	2.663	0.114
2014	8,413,233	8,523,441	220,416	2.586	0.115
2015	8,633,649	8,743,246	219,194	2.507	0.117
2016	8,852,843	8,961,718	217,749	2.430	0.119
2017	9,070,592	9,178,714	216,244	2.356	0.120
2018	9,286,836	9,394,513	215,355	2.292	0.122
2019	9,502,191	9,609,010	213,638	2.223	0.123
2020	9,715,829	9,815,746	199,833	2.036	0.124
2021	9,915,662	10,012,896	194,468	1.942	0.126
2022	10,110,130	10,203,169	186,079	1.824	0.127
2023	10,296,209	10,389,635	186,852	1.798	0.128

Papua New Guinea population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	10,483,061	10,576,502	186,881	1.767	0.130
2025	10,669,942	10,762,817	185,750	1.726	0.131
2026	10,855,692	10,947,848	184,312	1.684	0.132
2027	11,040,004	11,131,272	182,537	1.640	0.133
2028	11,222,541	11,312,894	180,706	1.597	0.134
2029	11,403,247	11,492,803	179,113	1.559	0.135
2030	11,582,360	11,671,424	178,129	1.526	0.136
2031	11,760,489	11,848,221	175,465	1.481	0.137
2032	11,935,954	12,023,128	174,347	1.450	0.138
2033	12,110,301	12,196,647	172,691	1.416	0.139
2034	12,282,992	12,369,256	172,529	1.395	0.140
2035	12,455,521	12,540,603	170,163	1.357	0.141
2036	12,625,684	12,710,683	169,997	1.337	0.142
2037	12,795,681	12,879,740	168,118	1.305	0.143
2038	12,963,799	13,047,123	166,649	1.277	0.144
2039	13,130,448	13,212,670	164,444	1.245	0.145
2040	13,294,892	13,376,160	162,537	1.215	0.146
2041	13,457,429	13,537,371	159,883	1.181	0.147
2042	13,617,312	13,696,147	157,670	1.151	0.147
2043	13,774,982	13,853,418	156,873	1.132	0.148
2044	13,931,855	14,009,933	156,157	1.115	0.149
2045	14,088,012	14,165,588	155,152	1.095	0.150
2046	14,243,164	14,318,892	151,456	1.058	0.151
2047	14,394,620	14,469,221	149,203	1.031	0.152
2048	14,543,823	14,617,371	147,095	1.006	0.153
2049	14,690,918	14,763,603	145,369	0.985	0.153
2050	14,836,287	14,906,590	140,606	0.943	0.154
2051	14,976,893	15,046,436	139,086	0.924	0.155
2052	15,115,979	15,184,631	137,305	0.904	0.156
2053	15,253,284	15,319,642	132,716	0.866	0.157
2054	15,386,000	15,452,110	132,220	0.856	0.157
2055	15,518,220	15,581,644	126,847	0.814	0.158
2056	15,645,067	15,707,079	124,024	0.790	0.159
2057	15,769,091	15,830,065	121,948	0.770	0.160
2058	15,891,039	15,950,475	118,871	0.745	0.161
2059	16,009,910	16,068,350	116,879	0.727	0.161
2060	16,126,789	16,184,460	115,342	0.713	0.162
2061	16,242,131	16,296,837	109,412	0.671	0.163
2062	16,351,543	16,404,572	106,058	0.647	0.163
2063	16,457,601	16,509,326	103,451	0.627	0.164
2064	16,561,052	16,612,730	103,356	0.622	0.165
2065	16,664,408	16,715,200	101,584	0.608	0.165
2066	16,765,992	16,815,379	98,774	0.587	0.166
2067	16,864,766	16,912,869	96,206	0.569	0.167
2068	16,960,972	17,007,234	92,525	0.544	0.167
2069	17,053,497	17,097,902	88,810	0.519	0.168
2070	17,142,307	17,185,172	85,729	0.499	0.169
2071	17,228,036	17,270,186	84,300	0.488	0.169
2072	17,312,336	17,352,715	80,759	0.465	0.170
2073	17,393,095	17,431,213	76,236	0.437	0.170
2074	17,469,331	17,506,195	73,727	0.421	0.171
2075	17,543,058	17,578,920	71,724	0.408	0.171
2076	17,614,782	17,648,972	68,380	0.387	0.172
2077	17,683,162	17,716,806	67,289	0.380	0.173
2078	17,750,451	17,783,709	66,516	0.374	0.173
2079	17,816,967	17,848,303	62,671	0.351	0.174
2080	17,879,638	17,911,988	64,700	0.361	0.174
2081	17,944,338	17,973,524	58,372	0.325	0.175
2082	18,002,710	18,030,231	55,041	0.305	0.175
2083	18,057,751	18,085,347	55,193	0.305	0.176
2084	18,112,944	18,138,341	50,795	0.280	0.176
2085	18,163,739	18,188,717	49,956	0.275	0.177
2086	18,213,695	18,237,649	47,908	0.263	0.177
2087	18,261,603	18,283,631	44,057	0.241	0.178
2088	18,305,660	18,326,294	41,268	0.225	0.178
2089	18,346,928	18,366,274	38,693	0.211	0.179
2090	18,385,621	18,405,692	40,142	0.218	0.179
2091	18,425,763	18,443,490	35,455	0.192	0.180
2092	18,461,218	18,477,305	32,174	0.174	0.180
2093	18,493,392	18,507,776	28,768	0.155	0.181
2094	18,522,160	18,535,522	26,724	0.144	0.181
2095	18,548,884	18,560,524	23,280	0.125	0.181
2096	18,572,164	18,582,665	21,003	0.113	0.182
2097	18,593,167	18,601,774	17,214	0.093	0.182
2098	18,610,381	18,617,208	13,654	0.073	0.182
2099	18,624,035	18,630,031	11,991	0.064	0.183
2100	18,636,026	18,640,541	9,031	0.048	0.183