Indonesia vs Papua New Guinea Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Indonesia vs Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age
	Indonesia	Papua New Guinea
1960	20.1	18.5
1961	20.1	18.4
1962	20.1	18.3
1963	20	18.1
1964	19.9	18
1965	19.8	17.9
1966	19.6	17.8
1967	19.4	17.6
1968	19.3	17.5
1969	19.1	17.4
1970	19	17.3
1971	18.9	17.2
1972	18.8	17.1
1973	18.8	17.2
1974	18.9	17.2
1975	18.9	17.3
1976	19	17.4
1977	19.1	17.5
1978	19.2	17.7
1979	19.3	17.8
1980	19.4	18
1981	19.6	18.1
1982	19.7	18.2
1983	19.9	18.3
1984	20.1	18.3
1985	20.3	18.4
1986	20.6	18.5
1987	20.9	18.5
1988	21.1	18.6
1989	21.4	18.6
1990	21.7	18.7
1991	22	18.8
1992	22.3	18.9
1993	22.6	19
1994	22.9	19.1
1995	23.2	19.2
1996	23.5	19.4
1997	23.7	19.5
1998	24	19.6
1999	24.3	19.7
2000	24.6	19.8
2001	24.9	19.9
2002	25.2	19.9
2003	25.6	20
2004	25.9	20.2
2005	26.2	20.3
2006	26.5	20.4
2007	26.8	20.6
2008	27.1	20.7
2009	27.3	20.9
2010	27.6	21
2011	27.9	21.2
2012	28.1	21.3
2013	28.3	21.5
2014	28.6	21.7
2015	28.9	21.9
2016	29.1	22
2017	29.4	22.2
2018	29.6	22.4
2019	29.9	22.6
2020	30.1	22.8
2021	30.3	23
2022	30.6	23.2
2023	30.8	23.4
2024	31.1	23.6
2025	31.4	23.8
2026	31.7	24
2027	31.9	24.2
2028	32.2	24.5
2029	32.5	24.7
2030	32.8	24.9
2031	33.1	25.2
2032	33.4	25.4
2033	33.6	25.6
2034	33.9	25.9
2035	34.1	26.1
2036	34.3	26.3
2037	34.6	26.6
2038	34.8	26.8
2039	35	27
2040	35.3	27.3
2041	35.5	27.5
2042	35.8	27.7
2043	36	28
2044	36.3	28.2
2045	36.5	28.4
2046	36.8	28.6
2047	37	28.9
2048	37.3	29.1
2049	37.6	29.3
2050	37.8	29.5

In 1960, the median age in Indonesia was 20.1 years compared to 18.5 years in Papua New Guinea. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 31.1 years in Indonesia and to 23.6 years in Papua New Guinea.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Indonesia is expected to increased to around 37.8 years by 2050 compared to 29.5 years in Papua New Guinea. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Indonesia		Papua New Guinea
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	4.03%	3.81%	6.03%	5.63%
5-9	4.18%	3.97%	5.8%	5.4%
10-14	4.42%	4.19%	5.54%	5.08%
15-19	4.22%	4.01%	5.19%	4.7%
20-24	3.96%	3.77%	4.82%	4.37%
25-29	3.98%	3.8%	4.39%	4.06%
30-34	3.81%	3.64%	3.97%	3.79%
35-39	3.74%	3.59%	3.45%	3.47%
40-44	3.72%	3.6%	2.9%	2.99%
45-49	3.39%	3.35%	2.49%	2.55%
50-54	3.03%	3.05%	2.07%	2.08%
55-59	2.59%	2.67%	1.69%	1.61%
60-64	2.02%	2.18%	1.3%	1.16%
65-69	1.42%	1.64%	0.86%	0.76%
70-74	0.87%	1.09%	0.5%	0.48%
75-79	0.49%	0.72%	0.27%	0.26%
80+	0.38%	0.68%	0.16%	0.18%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Indonesia has low demographic potential with 55.8% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 68.8% and average potential in Papua New Guinea.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Indonesia			Papua New Guinea
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	73%	68.8%	4.23%	80.3%	78.3%	2.01%
1961	74%	69.6%	4.38%	81.1%	79.1%	2.01%
1962	75.2%	70.6%	4.52%	81.9%	79.9%	2%
1963	76.5%	71.8%	4.67%	82.6%	80.7%	1.98%
1964	77.9%	73.1%	4.82%	83.4%	81.5%	1.96%
1965	79.5%	74.5%	4.95%	84.2%	82.2%	1.94%
1966	81%	75.9%	5.09%	84.9%	83%	1.93%
1967	82.2%	77%	5.25%	85.7%	83.8%	1.93%
1968	83.2%	77.8%	5.41%	86.5%	84.6%	1.95%
1969	83.8%	78.3%	5.56%	87.3%	85.4%	1.96%
1970	84.2%	78.6%	5.7%	88.1%	86.1%	1.98%
1971	84.4%	78.6%	5.82%	88.8%	86.8%	2%
1972	84.4%	78.5%	5.94%	89%	87%	2.01%
1973	84.2%	78.2%	6.05%	88.6%	86.6%	2.01%
1974	83.9%	77.7%	6.16%	88.1%	86%	2.02%
1975	83.3%	77.1%	6.26%	87.3%	85.3%	2.04%
1976	82.7%	76.3%	6.34%	86.3%	84.3%	2.08%
1977	81.9%	75.5%	6.42%	85.2%	83.1%	2.14%
1978	81.1%	74.6%	6.48%	84%	81.8%	2.21%
1979	80.3%	73.7%	6.53%	82.7%	80.4%	2.3%
1980	79.3%	72.7%	6.56%	81.4%	79%	2.41%
1981	78.2%	71.6%	6.58%	80.6%	78%	2.54%
1982	77%	70.4%	6.58%	80.3%	77.6%	2.69%
1983	75.8%	69.2%	6.58%	80.1%	77.2%	2.85%
1984	74.6%	68%	6.58%	79.9%	76.9%	3%
1985	73.2%	66.7%	6.57%	79.9%	76.7%	3.16%
1986	71.8%	65.2%	6.58%	79.8%	76.5%	3.32%
1987	70.4%	63.8%	6.59%	79.8%	76.3%	3.47%
1988	69%	62.4%	6.62%	79.7%	76.1%	3.6%
1989	67.7%	61.1%	6.66%	79.6%	75.9%	3.73%
1990	66.4%	59.7%	6.72%	79.5%	75.6%	3.87%
1991	65.2%	58.4%	6.79%	79.1%	75.1%	3.99%
1992	64%	57.1%	6.88%	78.5%	74.5%	4.07%
1993	62.8%	55.8%	6.99%	77.9%	73.8%	4.13%
1994	61.6%	54.5%	7.1%	77.3%	73.1%	4.19%
1995	60.5%	53.3%	7.21%	76.7%	72.4%	4.23%
1996	59.5%	52.2%	7.32%	76.1%	71.8%	4.27%
1997	58.5%	51.1%	7.44%	75.5%	71.2%	4.3%
1998	57.6%	50%	7.56%	75%	70.6%	4.33%
1999	56.6%	49%	7.68%	74.4%	70.1%	4.35%
2000	55.8%	48%	7.81%	73.9%	69.5%	4.37%
2001	55.1%	47.2%	7.95%	73.3%	68.9%	4.4%
2002	54.5%	46.4%	8.09%	72.7%	68.3%	4.43%
2003	53.9%	45.7%	8.22%	72%	67.6%	4.46%
2004	53.4%	45%	8.35%	71.3%	66.8%	4.47%
2005	52.9%	44.4%	8.46%	70.6%	66.1%	4.49%
2006	52.5%	43.9%	8.57%	69.9%	65.4%	4.49%
2007	52.1%	43.5%	8.67%	69.3%	64.8%	4.5%
2008	51.8%	43%	8.75%	68.6%	64.1%	4.51%
2009	51.4%	42.6%	8.82%	67.9%	63.4%	4.52%
2010	51.1%	42.2%	8.88%	67.2%	62.7%	4.53%
2011	50.7%	41.8%	8.94%	66.6%	62%	4.55%
2012	50.4%	41.4%	8.98%	66%	61.4%	4.57%
2013	50%	41%	9.02%	65.3%	60.7%	4.6%
2014	49.7%	40.6%	9.04%	64.7%	60.1%	4.62%
2015	49.4%	40.3%	9.08%	64%	59.4%	4.67%
2016	49.1%	39.9%	9.17%	63.4%	58.7%	4.72%
2017	48.8%	39.5%	9.28%	62.7%	58%	4.78%
2018	48.6%	39.1%	9.43%	62.1%	57.2%	4.85%
2019	48.3%	38.7%	9.62%	61.4%	56.5%	4.92%
2020	48%	38.2%	9.78%	60.8%	55.8%	5%
2021	47.6%	37.8%	9.87%	60.2%	55.1%	5.08%
2022	47.3%	37.2%	10.1%	59.6%	54.5%	5.18%
2023	47%	36.7%	10.4%	59.1%	53.8%	5.33%
2024	46.8%	36.1%	10.7%	58.6%	53.1%	5.49%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Indonesia decreased from 53.4% to 46.8% between 2004 and 2024.

In Papua New Guinea, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 71.3% to 58.6% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Indonesia	Papua New Guinea
1960	57.8%	55.5%
1961	57.5%	55.2%
1962	57.1%	55%
1963	56.7%	54.8%
1964	56.2%	54.5%
1965	55.7%	54.3%
1966	55.3%	54.1%
1967	54.9%	53.8%
1968	54.6%	53.6%
1969	54.4%	53.4%
1970	54.3%	53.2%
1971	54.2%	53%
1972	54.2%	52.9%
1973	54.3%	53%
1974	54.4%	53.2%
1975	54.5%	53.4%
1976	54.7%	53.7%
1977	55%	54%
1978	55.2%	54.4%
1979	55.5%	54.7%
1980	55.8%	55.1%
1981	56.1%	55.4%
1982	56.5%	55.5%
1983	56.9%	55.5%
1984	57.3%	55.6%
1985	57.7%	55.6%
1986	58.2%	55.6%
1987	58.7%	55.6%
1988	59.2%	55.6%
1989	59.6%	55.7%
1990	60.1%	55.7%
1991	60.5%	55.8%
1992	61%	56%
1993	61.4%	56.2%
1994	61.9%	56.4%
1995	62.3%	56.6%
1996	62.7%	56.8%
1997	63.1%	57%
1998	63.5%	57.2%
1999	63.8%	57.3%
2000	64.2%	57.5%
2001	64.5%	57.7%
2002	64.7%	57.9%
2003	65%	58.1%
2004	65.2%	58.4%
2005	65.4%	58.6%
2006	65.6%	58.8%
2007	65.7%	59.1%
2008	65.9%	59.3%
2009	66%	59.6%
2010	66.2%	59.8%
2011	66.3%	60%
2012	66.5%	60.3%
2013	66.6%	60.5%
2014	66.8%	60.7%
2015	67%	61%
2016	67.1%	61.2%
2017	67.2%	61.4%
2018	67.3%	61.7%
2019	67.4%	61.9%
2020	67.6%	62.2%
2021	67.7%	62.4%
2022	67.9%	62.6%
2023	68%	62.8%
2024	68.1%	63.1%
2025	68.2%	63.3%
2026	68.3%	63.5%
2027	68.4%	63.7%
2028	68.5%	63.9%
2029	68.6%	64.1%
2030	68.6%	64.3%
2031	68.6%	64.5%
2032	68.5%	64.7%
2033	68.4%	64.9%
2034	68.3%	65.1%
2035	68.2%	65.2%
2036	68%	65.4%
2037	67.9%	65.6%
2038	67.7%	65.7%
2039	67.6%	65.8%
2040	67.4%	66%
2041	67.2%	66.1%
2042	67%	66.1%
2043	66.9%	66.2%
2044	66.7%	66.3%
2045	66.5%	66.4%
2046	66.3%	66.4%
2047	66.1%	66.5%
2048	66%	66.5%
2049	65.8%	66.5%
2050	65.7%	66.6%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 65.2% to 68.1% in Indonesia and from 58.4% to 63.1% in Papua New Guinea.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Indonesia	Papua New Guinea
1960	39.8%	43.4%
1961	40%	43.7%
1962	40.3%	43.9%
1963	40.7%	44.2%
1964	41.1%	44.4%
1965	41.5%	44.6%
1966	41.9%	44.9%
1967	42.2%	45.1%
1968	42.5%	45.3%
1969	42.6%	45.6%
1970	42.6%	45.8%
1971	42.6%	46%
1972	42.5%	46%
1973	42.4%	45.9%
1974	42.3%	45.8%
1975	42%	45.5%
1976	41.8%	45.2%
1977	41.5%	44.9%
1978	41.2%	44.4%
1979	40.9%	44%
1980	40.6%	43.5%
1981	40.2%	43.2%
1982	39.8%	43%
1983	39.4%	42.9%
1984	39%	42.8%
1985	38.5%	42.6%
1986	38%	42.5%
1987	37.4%	42.4%
1988	36.9%	42.4%
1989	36.4%	42.3%
1990	35.9%	42.1%
1991	35.4%	41.9%
1992	34.8%	41.7%
1993	34.3%	41.5%
1994	33.7%	41.2%
1995	33.2%	41%
1996	32.7%	40.8%
1997	32.2%	40.6%
1998	31.7%	40.4%
1999	31.3%	40.2%
2000	30.8%	40%
2001	30.4%	39.8%
2002	30%	39.5%
2003	29.7%	39.3%
2004	29.3%	39%
2005	29.1%	38.8%
2006	28.8%	38.5%
2007	28.6%	38.3%
2008	28.4%	38%
2009	28.1%	37.7%
2010	27.9%	37.5%
2011	27.7%	37.2%
2012	27.5%	37%
2013	27.3%	36.7%
2014	27.2%	36.5%
2015	27%	36.2%
2016	26.8%	35.9%
2017	26.6%	35.6%
2018	26.3%	35.3%
2019	26.1%	35%
2020	25.8%	34.7%
2021	25.6%	34.4%
2022	25.3%	34.1%
2023	24.9%	33.8%
2024	24.6%	33.5%
2025	24.2%	33.1%
2026	23.9%	32.8%
2027	23.5%	32.5%
2028	23.1%	32.1%
2029	22.7%	31.8%
2030	22.4%	31.4%
2031	22.1%	31.1%
2032	21.9%	30.7%
2033	21.7%	30.4%
2034	21.5%	30.1%
2035	21.3%	29.7%
2036	21.1%	29.4%
2037	20.9%	29.1%
2038	20.8%	28.8%
2039	20.6%	28.5%
2040	20.5%	28.3%
2041	20.4%	28%
2042	20.2%	27.8%
2043	20.1%	27.5%
2044	20%	27.3%
2045	19.9%	27.1%
2046	19.7%	26.9%
2047	19.6%	26.7%
2048	19.5%	26.5%
2049	19.3%	26.3%
2050	19.2%	26.1%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 24.6% in Indonesia and 33.5% in Papua New Guinea. Birth rates in Indonesia compared to Papua New Guinea .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Indonesia	Papua New Guinea
1960	2.45%	1.11%
1961	2.52%	1.11%
1962	2.58%	1.1%
1963	2.65%	1.09%
1964	2.71%	1.07%
1965	2.76%	1.05%
1966	2.81%	1.04%
1967	2.88%	1.04%
1968	2.95%	1.04%
1969	3.02%	1.05%
1970	3.09%	1.05%
1971	3.16%	1.06%
1972	3.22%	1.06%
1973	3.29%	1.06%
1974	3.35%	1.07%
1975	3.41%	1.09%
1976	3.47%	1.12%
1977	3.53%	1.15%
1978	3.58%	1.2%
1979	3.62%	1.26%
1980	3.66%	1.33%
1981	3.69%	1.41%
1982	3.72%	1.49%
1983	3.74%	1.58%
1984	3.77%	1.67%
1985	3.8%	1.76%
1986	3.83%	1.84%
1987	3.87%	1.93%
1988	3.92%	2.01%
1989	3.97%	2.08%
1990	4.04%	2.16%
1991	4.11%	2.23%
1992	4.2%	2.28%
1993	4.29%	2.32%
1994	4.39%	2.36%
1995	4.49%	2.39%
1996	4.59%	2.42%
1997	4.69%	2.45%
1998	4.8%	2.47%
1999	4.9%	2.49%
2000	5.01%	2.51%
2001	5.12%	2.54%
2002	5.23%	2.57%
2003	5.34%	2.59%
2004	5.44%	2.61%
2005	5.54%	2.63%
2006	5.62%	2.65%
2007	5.7%	2.66%
2008	5.77%	2.68%
2009	5.83%	2.69%
2010	5.88%	2.71%
2011	5.93%	2.73%
2012	5.97%	2.76%
2013	6.01%	2.78%
2014	6.04%	2.81%
2015	6.08%	2.84%
2016	6.15%	2.89%
2017	6.24%	2.94%
2018	6.35%	2.99%
2019	6.49%	3.05%
2020	6.61%	3.11%
2021	6.69%	3.17%
2022	6.82%	3.25%
2023	7.05%	3.35%
2024	7.29%	3.46%
2025	7.54%	3.59%
2026	7.81%	3.72%
2027	8.09%	3.86%
2028	8.37%	4%
2029	8.66%	4.14%
2030	8.97%	4.29%
2031	9.28%	4.44%
2032	9.59%	4.59%
2033	9.91%	4.73%
2034	10.2%	4.88%
2035	10.6%	5.03%
2036	10.9%	5.18%
2037	11.2%	5.33%
2038	11.5%	5.48%
2039	11.8%	5.64%
2040	12.1%	5.79%
2041	12.4%	5.95%
2042	12.7%	6.1%
2043	13%	6.26%
2044	13.3%	6.41%
2045	13.7%	6.57%
2046	14%	6.72%
2047	14.3%	6.87%
2048	14.6%	7.03%
2049	14.9%	7.19%
2050	15.1%	7.35%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 7.29% in Indonesia and 3.46% in Papua New Guinea. Life expectancy in Indonesia compared to Papua New Guinea .