The latest officially reported population of Algeria was 46,814,308 in 2024 vs 10,576,502 people in Papua New Guinea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Algeria's population is 47,911,682 people compared to 10,911,445 in Papua New Guinea.
Population statistics:
- Algeria's population is 4.39 times bigger than Papua New Guinea's.
- Algeria is ranked the 33rd most populous country in the world, while Papua New Guinea is the 90th.
- The countries together account for 0.71% of the world: 0.58% for Algeria vs 0.13% for Papua New Guinea.
- For the last 10 years, Algeria has had an average growth rate of +1.81% per year vs +2.23% in Papua New Guinea.
- Since 2005, the population of Algeria has increased from 33.1M people to 47.9M (44.7% growth), while Papua New Guinea has grown from 6.54M to 10.9M (66.9% growth).
- Algeria is projected to reach its peak in 2090 at 65.1M people compared to the peak of 18.6M people in 2100 for Papua New Guinea.
Algeria vs Papua New Guinea: live population counter
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| Current population |
47911682
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10911445
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| Population rank | 33/197 | 90/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
48.5 seconds
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2.81 minutes
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| One birth every |
34.8 seconds
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2.06 minutes
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| One death every |
2.45 minutes
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7.76 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
16.8 minutes
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12.4 hours
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| Annual migration change | -31,240 | -707 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,781 | +512 |
| Annual growth/decline | +650,089 | +186,867 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.41% | +1.8% |
| Population growth rate rank | 76/197 | 61/197 |
Algeria and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 11,424,922 | 1,995,110 | - | - |
| 1961 | 11,628,883 | 2,046,127 | 1.79% | 2.56% |
| 1962 | 11,800,771 | 2,093,919 | 1.48% | 2.34% |
| 1963 | 11,982,118 | 2,141,376 | 1.54% | 2.27% |
| 1964 | 12,179,813 | 2,188,325 | 1.65% | 2.19% |
| 1965 | 12,365,976 | 2,235,820 | 1.53% | 2.17% |
| 1966 | 12,590,069 | 2,285,774 | 1.81% | 2.23% |
| 1967 | 12,876,118 | 2,337,532 | 2.27% | 2.26% |
| 1968 | 13,172,614 | 2,390,803 | 2.3% | 2.28% |
| 1969 | 13,475,960 | 2,446,927 | 2.3% | 2.35% |
| 1970 | 13,783,719 | 2,505,628 | 2.28% | 2.4% |
| 1971 | 14,098,936 | 2,566,421 | 2.29% | 2.43% |
| 1972 | 14,427,072 | 2,628,432 | 2.33% | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 14,771,147 | 2,690,629 | 2.38% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 15,133,502 | 2,752,671 | 2.45% | 2.31% |
| 1975 | 15,678,596 | 2,814,820 | 3.6% | 2.26% |
| 1976 | 16,409,170 | 2,877,327 | 4.66% | 2.22% |
| 1977 | 17,015,994 | 2,940,327 | 3.7% | 2.19% |
| 1978 | 17,506,974 | 3,003,714 | 2.89% | 2.16% |
| 1979 | 18,036,655 | 3,067,341 | 3.03% | 2.12% |
| 1980 | 18,607,174 | 3,131,512 | 3.16% | 2.09% |
| 1981 | 19,220,704 | 3,197,019 | 3.3% | 2.09% |
| 1982 | 19,872,348 | 3,264,291 | 3.39% | 2.1% |
| 1983 | 20,558,115 | 3,333,633 | 3.45% | 2.12% |
| 1984 | 21,271,969 | 3,405,198 | 3.47% | 2.15% |
| 1985 | 22,008,544 | 3,478,936 | 3.46% | 2.17% |
| 1986 | 22,745,499 | 3,554,793 | 3.35% | 2.18% |
| 1987 | 23,443,624 | 3,632,543 | 3.07% | 2.19% |
| 1988 | 24,109,536 | 3,711,880 | 2.84% | 2.18% |
| 1989 | 24,754,485 | 3,796,078 | 2.68% | 2.27% |
| 1990 | 25,375,810 | 3,896,481 | 2.51% | 2.64% |
| 1991 | 25,987,928 | 4,021,837 | 2.41% | 3.22% |
| 1992 | 26,628,568 | 4,166,699 | 2.47% | 3.6% |
| 1993 | 27,277,048 | 4,320,872 | 2.44% | 3.7% |
| 1994 | 27,887,279 | 4,480,208 | 2.24% | 3.69% |
| 1995 | 28,470,191 | 4,644,278 | 2.09% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 29,033,044 | 4,813,361 | 1.98% | 3.64% |
| 1997 | 29,579,301 | 4,987,883 | 1.88% | 3.63% |
| 1998 | 30,054,133 | 5,166,390 | 1.61% | 3.58% |
| 1999 | 30,474,354 | 5,349,333 | 1.4% | 3.54% |
| 2000 | 30,903,893 | 5,537,064 | 1.41% | 3.51% |
| 2001 | 31,331,221 | 5,728,435 | 1.38% | 3.46% |
| 2002 | 31,750,835 | 5,924,003 | 1.34% | 3.41% |
| 2003 | 32,175,818 | 6,123,997 | 1.34% | 3.38% |
| 2004 | 32,628,286 | 6,328,041 | 1.41% | 3.33% |
| 2005 | 33,109,249 | 6,535,905 | 1.47% | 3.28% |
| 2006 | 33,623,506 | 6,747,720 | 1.55% | 3.24% |
| 2007 | 34,189,416 | 6,963,345 | 1.68% | 3.2% |
| 2008 | 34,816,961 | 7,183,002 | 1.84% | 3.15% |
| 2009 | 35,490,445 | 7,406,438 | 1.93% | 3.11% |
| 2010 | 36,188,236 | 7,633,523 | 1.97% | 3.07% |
| 2011 | 36,903,376 | 7,859,346 | 1.98% | 2.96% |
| 2012 | 37,646,166 | 8,081,390 | 2.01% | 2.83% |
| 2013 | 38,414,171 | 8,302,698 | 2.04% | 2.74% |
| 2014 | 39,205,031 | 8,523,441 | 2.06% | 2.66% |
| 2015 | 40,019,529 | 8,743,246 | 2.08% | 2.58% |
| 2016 | 40,850,721 | 8,961,718 | 2.08% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 41,689,299 | 9,178,714 | 2.05% | 2.42% |
| 2018 | 42,505,035 | 9,394,513 | 1.96% | 2.35% |
| 2019 | 43,294,546 | 9,609,010 | 1.86% | 2.28% |
| 2020 | 44,042,091 | 9,815,746 | 1.73% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 44,761,099 | 10,012,896 | 1.63% | 2.01% |
| 2022 | 45,477,389 | 10,203,169 | 1.6% | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 46,164,219 | 10,389,635 | 1.51% | 1.83% |
| 2024 | 46,814,308 | 10,576,502 | 1.41% | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 47,435,316 | 10,762,813 | 1.33% | 1.76% |
| 2026 | 48,028,344 | 10,947,845 | 1.25% | 1.72% |
| 2027 | 48,593,419 | 11,131,268 | 1.18% | 1.68% |
| 2028 | 49,135,532 | 11,312,895 | 1.12% | 1.63% |
| 2029 | 49,655,386 | 11,492,799 | 1.06% | 1.59% |
| 2030 | 50,154,168 | 11,671,420 | 1% | 1.55% |
| 2031 | 50,637,369 | 11,848,221 | 0.96% | 1.51% |
| 2032 | 51,113,505 | 12,023,121 | 0.94% | 1.48% |
| 2033 | 51,584,249 | 12,196,639 | 0.92% | 1.44% |
| 2034 | 52,048,009 | 12,369,248 | 0.9% | 1.42% |
| 2035 | 52,516,794 | 12,540,596 | 0.9% | 1.39% |
| 2036 | 52,986,277 | 12,710,682 | 0.89% | 1.36% |
| 2037 | 53,452,788 | 12,879,737 | 0.88% | 1.33% |
| 2038 | 53,921,847 | 13,047,122 | 0.88% | 1.3% |
| 2039 | 54,396,263 | 13,212,668 | 0.88% | 1.27% |
| 2040 | 54,873,482 | 13,376,156 | 0.88% | 1.24% |
| 2041 | 55,351,998 | 13,537,361 | 0.87% | 1.21% |
| 2042 | 55,834,554 | 13,696,139 | 0.87% | 1.17% |
| 2043 | 56,319,606 | 13,853,410 | 0.87% | 1.15% |
| 2044 | 56,806,185 | 14,009,926 | 0.86% | 1.13% |
| 2045 | 57,290,162 | 14,165,578 | 0.85% | 1.11% |
| 2046 | 57,767,681 | 14,318,889 | 0.83% | 1.08% |
| 2047 | 58,234,183 | 14,469,210 | 0.81% | 1.05% |
| 2048 | 58,690,893 | 14,617,364 | 0.78% | 1.02% |
| 2049 | 59,136,165 | 14,763,600 | 0.76% | 1% |
| 2050 | 59,565,558 | 14,906,584 | 0.73% | 0.97% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).
Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2005 and ranked 90th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Algiers | 2.36M |
| Oran | 803K |
| Constantine | 465K |
| Batna | 291K |
| Setif | 288K |
| Djelfa | 266K |
| Annaba | 257K |
| Sidi Bel Abbes | 213K |
| Biskra | 205K |
| Tebessa | 194K |
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| City | Population |
| Port Moresby | 317K |
| Lae | 101K |
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Population differences between Algeria and Papua New Guinea
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| Life expectancy | 76.7 years | 66.4 years |
| Average age | 30.8 years | 26.7 years |
| Median age | 29.3 years | 23.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51:49 | 51.4:48.6 |
| Fertility rate | 2.77 births per woman | 3.1 births per woman |
| Population density | 50.9 ppl/mi² | 60.5 ppl/mi² |
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