Population in Belize compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Belize and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belize	Papua New Guinea	Belize	Papua New Guinea
1960	91,318	1,995,110	-	-
1961	93,632	2,046,127	2.53%	2.56%
1962	96,042	2,093,919	2.57%	2.34%
1963	98,704	2,141,376	2.77%	2.27%
1964	101,603	2,188,325	2.94%	2.19%
1965	104,675	2,235,820	3.02%	2.17%
1966	107,906	2,285,774	3.09%	2.23%
1967	111,272	2,337,532	3.12%	2.26%
1968	114,713	2,390,803	3.09%	2.28%
1969	118,040	2,446,927	2.9%	2.35%
1970	120,736	2,505,628	2.28%	2.4%
1971	122,805	2,566,421	1.71%	2.43%
1972	124,676	2,628,432	1.52%	2.42%
1973	126,445	2,690,629	1.42%	2.37%
1974	128,185	2,752,671	1.38%	2.31%
1975	130,387	2,814,820	1.72%	2.26%
1976	133,099	2,877,327	2.08%	2.22%
1977	135,887	2,940,327	2.09%	2.19%
1978	138,713	3,003,714	2.08%	2.16%
1979	141,678	3,067,341	2.14%	2.12%
1980	145,062	3,131,512	2.39%	2.09%
1981	148,786	3,197,019	2.57%	2.09%
1982	152,548	3,264,291	2.53%	2.1%
1983	156,297	3,333,633	2.46%	2.12%
1984	160,044	3,405,198	2.4%	2.15%
1985	163,796	3,478,936	2.34%	2.17%
1986	167,554	3,554,793	2.29%	2.18%
1987	171,338	3,632,543	2.26%	2.19%
1988	175,180	3,711,880	2.24%	2.18%
1989	179,107	3,796,078	2.24%	2.27%
1990	183,076	3,896,481	2.22%	2.64%
1991	187,040	4,021,837	2.17%	3.22%
1992	190,983	4,166,699	2.11%	3.6%
1993	194,902	4,320,872	2.05%	3.7%
1994	199,097	4,480,208	2.15%	3.69%
1995	204,146	4,644,278	2.54%	3.66%
1996	210,310	4,813,361	3.02%	3.64%
1997	217,446	4,987,883	3.39%	3.63%
1998	225,173	5,166,390	3.55%	3.58%
1999	233,059	5,349,333	3.5%	3.54%
2000	240,799	5,537,064	3.32%	3.51%
2001	248,379	5,728,435	3.15%	3.46%
2002	256,009	5,924,003	3.07%	3.41%
2003	263,780	6,123,997	3.04%	3.38%
2004	271,688	6,328,041	3%	3.33%
2005	279,731	6,535,905	2.96%	3.28%
2006	287,878	6,747,720	2.91%	3.24%
2007	296,100	6,963,345	2.86%	3.2%
2008	304,361	7,183,002	2.79%	3.15%
2009	312,614	7,406,438	2.71%	3.11%
2010	320,245	7,633,523	2.44%	3.07%
2011	327,298	7,859,346	2.2%	2.96%
2012	334,414	8,081,390	2.17%	2.83%
2013	341,627	8,302,698	2.16%	2.74%
2014	348,923	8,523,441	2.14%	2.66%
2015	356,333	8,743,246	2.12%	2.58%
2016	364,705	8,961,718	2.35%	2.5%
2017	373,202	9,178,714	2.33%	2.42%
2018	380,226	9,394,513	1.88%	2.35%
2019	385,829	9,609,010	1.47%	2.28%
2020	390,812	9,815,746	1.29%	2.15%
2021	395,346	10,012,896	1.16%	2.01%
2022	402,733	10,203,169	1.87%	1.9%
2023	411,106	10,389,635	2.08%	1.83%
2024	417,072	10,576,502	1.45%	1.8%
2025	422,922	10,762,813	1.4%	1.76%
2026	428,651	10,947,845	1.35%	1.72%
2027	434,214	11,131,268	1.3%	1.68%
2028	439,588	11,312,895	1.24%	1.63%
2029	444,794	11,492,799	1.18%	1.59%
2030	449,845	11,671,420	1.14%	1.55%
2031	454,733	11,848,221	1.09%	1.51%
2032	459,517	12,023,121	1.05%	1.48%
2033	464,203	12,196,639	1.02%	1.44%
2034	468,777	12,369,248	0.99%	1.42%
2035	473,126	12,540,596	0.93%	1.39%
2036	477,230	12,710,682	0.87%	1.36%
2037	481,157	12,879,737	0.82%	1.33%
2038	484,877	13,047,122	0.77%	1.3%
2039	488,334	13,212,668	0.71%	1.27%
2040	491,592	13,376,156	0.67%	1.24%
2041	494,725	13,537,361	0.64%	1.21%
2042	497,695	13,696,139	0.6%	1.17%
2043	500,514	13,853,410	0.57%	1.15%
2044	503,171	14,009,926	0.53%	1.13%
2045	505,692	14,165,578	0.5%	1.11%
2046	508,116	14,318,889	0.48%	1.08%
2047	510,423	14,469,210	0.45%	1.05%
2048	512,657	14,617,364	0.44%	1.02%
2049	514,721	14,763,600	0.4%	1%
2050	516,621	14,906,584	0.37%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belize increased by 76,602 people (a 27.4% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belize gained 71,190 (a 20% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

Belize was ranked 173rd most populous country in 2005 and is 171st 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) Belize's population will grow by 20.8% to 516,621 people with a rank change from 171st to 172nd. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.