The latest officially reported population of Azerbaijan was 10,202,850 in 2024 vs 10,576,502 people in Papua New Guinea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Azerbaijan's population is 10,308,499 people compared to 10,911,445 in Papua New Guinea.
Population statistics:
- Papua New Guinea's population is 1.06 times bigger than Azerbaijan's.
- Azerbaijan is ranked the 94th most populous country in the world, while Papua New Guinea is the 90th.
- The countries together account for 0.26% of the world: 0.12% for Azerbaijan vs 0.13% for Papua New Guinea.
- For the last 10 years, Azerbaijan has had an average growth rate of +0.73% per year vs +2.23% in Papua New Guinea.
- Since 2005, the population of Azerbaijan has increased from 8.39M people to 10.3M (22.8% growth), while Papua New Guinea has grown from 6.54M to 10.9M (66.9% growth).
- Azerbaijan is projected to reach its peak in 2050 at 11.1M people compared to the peak of 18.6M people in 2100 for Papua New Guinea.
Azerbaijan vs Papua New Guinea: live population counter
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| Current population |
10308499
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10911445
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| Population rank | 94/197 | 90/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.12% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
10.8 minutes
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2.81 minutes
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| One birth every |
4.66 minutes
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2.06 minutes
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| One death every |
8.77 minutes
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7.76 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
48.4 minutes
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12.4 hours
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| Annual migration change | +10,864 | -707 |
| Daily growth/decline | +134 | +512 |
| Annual growth/decline | +48,892 | +186,867 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.48% | +1.8% |
| Population growth rate rank | 137/197 | 61/197 |
Azerbaijan and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,894,500 | 1,995,110 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,045,750 | 2,046,127 | 3.88% | 2.56% |
| 1962 | 4,168,150 | 2,093,919 | 3.03% | 2.34% |
| 1963 | 4,293,550 | 2,141,376 | 3.01% | 2.27% |
| 1964 | 4,439,250 | 2,188,325 | 3.39% | 2.19% |
| 1965 | 4,574,650 | 2,235,820 | 3.05% | 2.17% |
| 1966 | 4,708,150 | 2,285,774 | 2.92% | 2.23% |
| 1967 | 4,832,000 | 2,337,532 | 2.63% | 2.26% |
| 1968 | 4,948,500 | 2,390,803 | 2.41% | 2.28% |
| 1969 | 5,063,300 | 2,446,927 | 2.32% | 2.35% |
| 1970 | 5,172,050 | 2,505,628 | 2.15% | 2.4% |
| 1971 | 5,282,950 | 2,566,421 | 2.14% | 2.43% |
| 1972 | 5,391,450 | 2,628,432 | 2.05% | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 5,493,900 | 2,690,629 | 1.9% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 5,594,100 | 2,752,671 | 1.82% | 2.31% |
| 1975 | 5,689,050 | 2,814,820 | 1.7% | 2.26% |
| 1976 | 5,781,000 | 2,877,327 | 1.62% | 2.22% |
| 1977 | 5,876,150 | 2,940,327 | 1.65% | 2.19% |
| 1978 | 5,976,150 | 3,003,714 | 1.7% | 2.16% |
| 1979 | 6,071,300 | 3,067,341 | 1.59% | 2.12% |
| 1980 | 6,160,500 | 3,131,512 | 1.47% | 2.09% |
| 1981 | 6,257,750 | 3,197,019 | 1.58% | 2.09% |
| 1982 | 6,357,550 | 3,264,291 | 1.59% | 2.1% |
| 1983 | 6,459,800 | 3,333,633 | 1.61% | 2.12% |
| 1984 | 6,567,850 | 3,405,198 | 1.67% | 2.15% |
| 1985 | 6,670,150 | 3,478,936 | 1.56% | 2.17% |
| 1986 | 6,770,300 | 3,554,793 | 1.5% | 2.18% |
| 1987 | 6,875,350 | 3,632,543 | 1.55% | 2.19% |
| 1988 | 6,974,600 | 3,711,880 | 1.44% | 2.18% |
| 1989 | 7,076,550 | 3,796,078 | 1.46% | 2.27% |
| 1990 | 7,175,200 | 3,896,481 | 1.39% | 2.64% |
| 1991 | 7,271,300 | 4,021,837 | 1.34% | 3.22% |
| 1992 | 7,382,050 | 4,166,699 | 1.52% | 3.6% |
| 1993 | 7,494,800 | 4,320,872 | 1.53% | 3.7% |
| 1994 | 7,596,550 | 4,480,208 | 1.36% | 3.69% |
| 1995 | 7,684,850 | 4,644,278 | 1.16% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 7,763,000 | 4,813,361 | 1.02% | 3.64% |
| 1997 | 7,838,250 | 4,987,883 | 0.97% | 3.63% |
| 1998 | 7,913,000 | 5,166,390 | 0.95% | 3.58% |
| 1999 | 7,982,750 | 5,349,333 | 0.88% | 3.54% |
| 2000 | 8,048,600 | 5,537,064 | 0.82% | 3.51% |
| 2001 | 8,111,200 | 5,728,435 | 0.78% | 3.46% |
| 2002 | 8,171,950 | 5,924,003 | 0.75% | 3.41% |
| 2003 | 8,234,100 | 6,123,997 | 0.76% | 3.38% |
| 2004 | 8,306,500 | 6,328,041 | 0.88% | 3.33% |
| 2005 | 8,391,850 | 6,535,905 | 1.03% | 3.28% |
| 2006 | 8,484,550 | 6,747,720 | 1.1% | 3.24% |
| 2007 | 8,581,300 | 6,963,345 | 1.14% | 3.2% |
| 2008 | 8,763,400 | 7,183,002 | 2.12% | 3.15% |
| 2009 | 8,947,243 | 7,406,438 | 2.1% | 3.11% |
| 2010 | 9,054,332 | 7,633,523 | 1.2% | 3.07% |
| 2011 | 9,173,082 | 7,859,346 | 1.31% | 2.96% |
| 2012 | 9,295,784 | 8,081,390 | 1.34% | 2.83% |
| 2013 | 9,416,801 | 8,302,698 | 1.3% | 2.74% |
| 2014 | 9,535,079 | 8,523,441 | 1.26% | 2.66% |
| 2015 | 9,649,341 | 8,743,246 | 1.2% | 2.58% |
| 2016 | 9,757,812 | 8,961,718 | 1.12% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 9,854,033 | 9,178,714 | 0.99% | 2.42% |
| 2018 | 9,939,771 | 9,394,513 | 0.87% | 2.35% |
| 2019 | 10,024,283 | 9,609,010 | 0.85% | 2.28% |
| 2020 | 10,093,121 | 9,815,746 | 0.69% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 10,137,750 | 10,012,896 | 0.44% | 2.01% |
| 2022 | 10,141,756 | 10,203,169 | 0.04% | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 10,153,958 | 10,389,635 | 0.12% | 1.83% |
| 2024 | 10,202,850 | 10,576,502 | 0.48% | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 10,263,192 | 10,762,813 | 0.59% | 1.76% |
| 2026 | 10,319,595 | 10,947,845 | 0.55% | 1.72% |
| 2027 | 10,373,460 | 11,131,268 | 0.52% | 1.68% |
| 2028 | 10,425,946 | 11,312,895 | 0.51% | 1.63% |
| 2029 | 10,477,429 | 11,492,799 | 0.49% | 1.59% |
| 2030 | 10,527,400 | 11,671,420 | 0.48% | 1.55% |
| 2031 | 10,576,015 | 11,848,221 | 0.46% | 1.51% |
| 2032 | 10,623,687 | 12,023,121 | 0.45% | 1.48% |
| 2033 | 10,669,963 | 12,196,639 | 0.44% | 1.44% |
| 2034 | 10,714,572 | 12,369,248 | 0.42% | 1.42% |
| 2035 | 10,757,666 | 12,540,596 | 0.4% | 1.39% |
| 2036 | 10,798,811 | 12,710,682 | 0.38% | 1.36% |
| 2037 | 10,837,689 | 12,879,737 | 0.36% | 1.33% |
| 2038 | 10,873,833 | 13,047,122 | 0.33% | 1.3% |
| 2039 | 10,907,324 | 13,212,668 | 0.31% | 1.27% |
| 2040 | 10,937,977 | 13,376,156 | 0.28% | 1.24% |
| 2041 | 10,965,202 | 13,537,361 | 0.25% | 1.21% |
| 2042 | 10,989,309 | 13,696,139 | 0.22% | 1.17% |
| 2043 | 11,010,513 | 13,853,410 | 0.19% | 1.15% |
| 2044 | 11,028,582 | 14,009,926 | 0.16% | 1.13% |
| 2045 | 11,044,051 | 14,165,578 | 0.14% | 1.11% |
| 2046 | 11,056,769 | 14,318,889 | 0.12% | 1.08% |
| 2047 | 11,066,704 | 14,469,210 | 0.09% | 1.05% |
| 2048 | 11,074,312 | 14,617,364 | 0.07% | 1.02% |
| 2049 | 11,078,340 | 14,763,600 | 0.04% | 1% |
| 2050 | 11,079,701 | 14,906,584 | 0.01% | 0.97% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Azerbaijan increased by 1,257,491 people (a 15% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Azerbaijan gained 659,158 (a 6.83% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).
Azerbaijan was ranked 90th most populous country in 2005 and is 94th 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) Azerbaijan's population will grow by 7.48% to 11,079,701 people and will still be ranked 94th. 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 |
| Baku | 2.3M |
| Sumqayit | 341K |
| Ganja | 331K |
| Sirvan | 86.5K |
| Shaki | 68.4K |
| Yevlakh | 59K |
| Lankaran | 51.3K |
| Khachmaz | 39.9K |
| Barda | 38.5K |
| Oguz | 7.4K |
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| City | Population |
| Port Moresby | 317K |
| Lae | 101K |
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Population differences between Azerbaijan and Papua New Guinea
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| Life expectancy | 74.7 years | 66.4 years |
| Average age | 34.9 years | 26.7 years |
| Median age | 34.1 years | 23.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49:51 | 51.4:48.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.55 births per woman | 3.1 births per woman |
| Population density | 320 ppl/mi² | 60.5 ppl/mi² |
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