The latest officially reported population of Antigua and Barbuda was 93,772 in 2024 vs 10,576,502 people in Papua New Guinea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Antigua and Barbuda's population is 94,540 people compared to 10,911,445 in Papua New Guinea.
Population statistics:
- Papua New Guinea's population is 115.4 times bigger than Antigua and Barbuda's.
- Antigua and Barbuda is ranked the 185th most populous country in the world, while Papua New Guinea is the 90th.
- The countries together account for 0.13% of the world: 0.001% for Antigua and Barbuda vs 0.13% for Papua New Guinea.
- For the last 10 years, Antigua and Barbuda has had an average growth rate of +0.57% per year vs +2.23% in Papua New Guinea.
- Since 2005, the population of Antigua and Barbuda has increased from 79.6K people to 94.5K (18.8% growth), while Papua New Guinea has grown from 6.54M to 10.9M (66.9% growth).
- Antigua and Barbuda is projected to reach its peak in 2038 at 97.2K people compared to the peak of 18.6M people in 2100 for Papua New Guinea.
Antigua and Barbuda vs Papua New Guinea: live population counter
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| Current population |
94540
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10911445
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| Population rank | 185/197 | 90/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.001% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
19.2 hours
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2.81 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.93 hours
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2.06 minutes
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| One death every |
13.6 hours
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7.76 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.45 months
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12.4 hours
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| Annual migration change | +9 | -707 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1 | +512 |
| Annual growth/decline | +456 | +186,867 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.49% | +1.8% |
| Population growth rate rank | 135/197 | 61/197 |
Antigua and Barbuda and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 55,603 | 1,995,110 | - | - |
| 1961 | 56,540 | 2,046,127 | 1.69% | 2.56% |
| 1962 | 57,336 | 2,093,919 | 1.41% | 2.34% |
| 1963 | 58,138 | 2,141,376 | 1.4% | 2.27% |
| 1964 | 59,020 | 2,188,325 | 1.52% | 2.19% |
| 1965 | 59,970 | 2,235,820 | 1.61% | 2.17% |
| 1966 | 60,900 | 2,285,774 | 1.55% | 2.23% |
| 1967 | 61,837 | 2,337,532 | 1.54% | 2.26% |
| 1968 | 62,809 | 2,390,803 | 1.57% | 2.28% |
| 1969 | 63,819 | 2,446,927 | 1.61% | 2.35% |
| 1970 | 64,528 | 2,505,628 | 1.11% | 2.4% |
| 1971 | 64,729 | 2,566,421 | 0.31% | 2.43% |
| 1972 | 64,615 | 2,628,432 | -0.18% | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 64,342 | 2,690,629 | -0.42% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 64,058 | 2,752,671 | -0.44% | 2.31% |
| 1975 | 63,839 | 2,814,820 | -0.34% | 2.26% |
| 1976 | 63,762 | 2,877,327 | -0.12% | 2.22% |
| 1977 | 63,862 | 2,940,327 | 0.16% | 2.19% |
| 1978 | 64,038 | 3,003,714 | 0.28% | 2.16% |
| 1979 | 64,274 | 3,067,341 | 0.37% | 2.12% |
| 1980 | 64,513 | 3,131,512 | 0.37% | 2.09% |
| 1981 | 64,665 | 3,197,019 | 0.24% | 2.09% |
| 1982 | 64,785 | 3,264,291 | 0.19% | 2.1% |
| 1983 | 64,934 | 3,333,633 | 0.23% | 2.12% |
| 1984 | 64,882 | 3,405,198 | -0.08% | 2.15% |
| 1985 | 64,591 | 3,478,936 | -0.45% | 2.17% |
| 1986 | 64,276 | 3,554,793 | -0.49% | 2.18% |
| 1987 | 63,946 | 3,632,543 | -0.51% | 2.19% |
| 1988 | 63,623 | 3,711,880 | -0.51% | 2.18% |
| 1989 | 63,325 | 3,796,078 | -0.47% | 2.27% |
| 1990 | 63,066 | 3,896,481 | -0.41% | 2.64% |
| 1991 | 63,387 | 4,021,837 | 0.51% | 3.22% |
| 1992 | 64,404 | 4,166,699 | 1.6% | 3.6% |
| 1993 | 65,587 | 4,320,872 | 1.84% | 3.7% |
| 1994 | 66,843 | 4,480,208 | 1.92% | 3.69% |
| 1995 | 68,189 | 4,644,278 | 2.01% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 69,612 | 4,813,361 | 2.09% | 3.64% |
| 1997 | 71,053 | 4,987,883 | 2.07% | 3.63% |
| 1998 | 72,412 | 5,166,390 | 1.91% | 3.58% |
| 1999 | 73,666 | 5,349,333 | 1.73% | 3.54% |
| 2000 | 74,912 | 5,537,064 | 1.69% | 3.51% |
| 2001 | 76,069 | 5,728,435 | 1.54% | 3.46% |
| 2002 | 77,032 | 5,924,003 | 1.27% | 3.41% |
| 2003 | 77,884 | 6,123,997 | 1.11% | 3.38% |
| 2004 | 78,719 | 6,328,041 | 1.07% | 3.33% |
| 2005 | 79,611 | 6,535,905 | 1.13% | 3.28% |
| 2006 | 80,604 | 6,747,720 | 1.25% | 3.24% |
| 2007 | 81,704 | 6,963,345 | 1.36% | 3.2% |
| 2008 | 82,912 | 7,183,002 | 1.48% | 3.15% |
| 2009 | 84,173 | 7,406,438 | 1.52% | 3.11% |
| 2010 | 85,320 | 7,633,523 | 1.36% | 3.07% |
| 2011 | 86,332 | 7,859,346 | 1.19% | 2.96% |
| 2012 | 87,260 | 8,081,390 | 1.07% | 2.83% |
| 2013 | 88,064 | 8,302,698 | 0.92% | 2.74% |
| 2014 | 88,765 | 8,523,441 | 0.8% | 2.66% |
| 2015 | 89,409 | 8,743,246 | 0.73% | 2.58% |
| 2016 | 89,969 | 8,961,718 | 0.63% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 90,468 | 9,178,714 | 0.55% | 2.42% |
| 2018 | 90,926 | 9,394,513 | 0.51% | 2.35% |
| 2019 | 91,364 | 9,609,010 | 0.48% | 2.28% |
| 2020 | 91,846 | 9,815,746 | 0.53% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 92,349 | 10,012,896 | 0.55% | 2.01% |
| 2022 | 92,840 | 10,203,169 | 0.53% | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 93,316 | 10,389,635 | 0.51% | 1.83% |
| 2024 | 93,772 | 10,576,502 | 0.49% | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 94,211 | 10,762,813 | 0.47% | 1.76% |
| 2026 | 94,621 | 10,947,845 | 0.44% | 1.72% |
| 2027 | 95,008 | 11,131,268 | 0.41% | 1.68% |
| 2028 | 95,368 | 11,312,895 | 0.38% | 1.63% |
| 2029 | 95,708 | 11,492,799 | 0.36% | 1.59% |
| 2030 | 95,995 | 11,671,420 | 0.3% | 1.55% |
| 2031 | 96,251 | 11,848,221 | 0.27% | 1.51% |
| 2032 | 96,473 | 12,023,121 | 0.23% | 1.48% |
| 2033 | 96,679 | 12,196,639 | 0.21% | 1.44% |
| 2034 | 96,858 | 12,369,248 | 0.19% | 1.42% |
| 2035 | 97,009 | 12,540,596 | 0.16% | 1.39% |
| 2036 | 97,107 | 12,710,682 | 0.1% | 1.36% |
| 2037 | 97,158 | 12,879,737 | 0.05% | 1.33% |
| 2038 | 97,180 | 13,047,122 | 0.02% | 1.3% |
| 2039 | 97,172 | 13,212,668 | -0.008% | 1.27% |
| 2040 | 97,130 | 13,376,156 | -0.04% | 1.24% |
| 2041 | 97,049 | 13,537,361 | -0.08% | 1.21% |
| 2042 | 96,938 | 13,696,139 | -0.11% | 1.17% |
| 2043 | 96,790 | 13,853,410 | -0.15% | 1.15% |
| 2044 | 96,618 | 14,009,926 | -0.18% | 1.13% |
| 2045 | 96,412 | 14,165,578 | -0.21% | 1.11% |
| 2046 | 96,189 | 14,318,889 | -0.23% | 1.08% |
| 2047 | 95,940 | 14,469,210 | -0.26% | 1.05% |
| 2048 | 95,669 | 14,617,364 | -0.28% | 1.02% |
| 2049 | 95,377 | 14,763,600 | -0.31% | 1% |
| 2050 | 95,051 | 14,906,584 | -0.34% | 0.97% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Antigua and Barbuda increased by 9,798 people (a 12.3% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Antigua and Barbuda gained 5,131 (a 5.74% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).
Antigua and Barbuda was ranked 185th most populous country in 2005 and is still 185th 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) Antigua and Barbuda's population will grow by 0.54% to 95,051 people and will still be ranked 185th. 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 |
| St. John's | 22.2K |
| All Saints | 5.31K |
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| City | Population |
| Port Moresby | 317K |
| Lae | 101K |
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Population differences between Antigua and Barbuda and Papua New Guinea
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| Life expectancy | 77.9 years | 66.4 years |
| Average age | 37.7 years | 26.7 years |
| Median age | 36.9 years | 23.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.6:52.4 | 51.4:48.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.58 births per woman | 3.1 births per woman |
| Population density | 552 ppl/mi² | 60.5 ppl/mi² |
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