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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bolivia	Papua New Guinea	Bolivia	Papua New Guinea
1960	3,702,323	1,995,110	-	-
1961	3,778,731	2,046,127	2.06%	2.56%
1962	3,857,493	2,093,919	2.08%	2.34%
1963	3,938,913	2,141,376	2.11%	2.27%
1964	4,022,996	2,188,325	2.13%	2.19%
1965	4,109,796	2,235,820	2.16%	2.17%
1966	4,199,550	2,285,774	2.18%	2.23%
1967	4,292,572	2,337,532	2.22%	2.26%
1968	4,388,944	2,390,803	2.25%	2.28%
1969	4,488,232	2,446,927	2.26%	2.35%
1970	4,590,010	2,505,628	2.27%	2.4%
1971	4,694,342	2,566,421	2.27%	2.43%
1972	4,800,978	2,628,432	2.27%	2.42%
1973	4,910,200	2,690,629	2.27%	2.37%
1974	5,022,475	2,752,671	2.29%	2.31%
1975	5,137,539	2,814,820	2.29%	2.26%
1976	5,256,496	2,877,327	2.32%	2.22%
1977	5,379,166	2,940,327	2.33%	2.19%
1978	5,504,123	3,003,714	2.32%	2.16%
1979	5,630,849	3,067,341	2.3%	2.12%
1980	5,758,900	3,131,512	2.27%	2.09%
1981	5,888,109	3,197,019	2.24%	2.09%
1982	6,018,088	3,264,291	2.21%	2.1%
1983	6,149,060	3,333,633	2.18%	2.12%
1984	6,281,868	3,405,198	2.16%	2.15%
1985	6,416,185	3,478,936	2.14%	2.17%
1986	6,552,479	3,554,793	2.12%	2.18%
1987	6,692,162	3,632,543	2.13%	2.19%
1988	6,835,508	3,711,880	2.14%	2.18%
1989	6,981,766	3,796,078	2.14%	2.27%
1990	7,130,142	3,896,481	2.13%	2.64%
1991	7,280,289	4,021,837	2.11%	3.22%
1992	7,430,336	4,166,699	2.06%	3.6%
1993	7,579,195	4,320,872	2%	3.7%
1994	7,727,322	4,480,208	1.95%	3.69%
1995	7,874,676	4,644,278	1.91%	3.66%
1996	8,021,736	4,813,361	1.87%	3.64%
1997	8,167,900	4,987,883	1.82%	3.63%
1998	8,313,394	5,166,390	1.78%	3.58%
1999	8,459,806	5,349,333	1.76%	3.54%
2000	8,606,326	5,537,064	1.73%	3.51%
2001	8,752,736	5,728,435	1.7%	3.46%
2002	8,900,355	5,924,003	1.69%	3.41%
2003	9,050,700	6,123,997	1.69%	3.38%
2004	9,204,287	6,328,041	1.7%	3.33%
2005	9,360,754	6,535,905	1.7%	3.28%
2006	9,521,689	6,747,720	1.72%	3.24%
2007	9,685,960	6,963,345	1.73%	3.2%
2008	9,850,858	7,183,002	1.7%	3.15%
2009	10,016,275	7,406,438	1.68%	3.11%
2010	10,182,345	7,633,523	1.66%	3.07%
2011	10,348,929	7,859,346	1.64%	2.96%
2012	10,515,807	8,081,390	1.61%	2.83%
2013	10,682,608	8,302,698	1.59%	2.74%
2014	10,848,888	8,523,441	1.56%	2.66%
2015	11,014,705	8,743,246	1.53%	2.58%
2016	11,180,020	8,961,718	1.5%	2.5%
2017	11,344,587	9,178,714	1.47%	2.42%
2018	11,508,368	9,394,513	1.44%	2.35%
2019	11,671,386	9,609,010	1.42%	2.28%
2020	11,816,299	9,815,746	1.24%	2.15%
2021	11,937,360	10,012,896	1.02%	2.01%
2022	12,077,154	10,203,169	1.17%	1.9%
2023	12,244,159	10,389,635	1.38%	1.83%
2024	12,413,315	10,576,502	1.38%	1.8%
2025	12,581,842	10,762,813	1.36%	1.76%
2026	12,749,291	10,947,845	1.33%	1.72%
2027	12,915,581	11,131,268	1.3%	1.68%
2028	13,080,490	11,312,895	1.28%	1.63%
2029	13,243,771	11,492,799	1.25%	1.59%
2030	13,405,558	11,671,420	1.22%	1.55%
2031	13,565,504	11,848,221	1.19%	1.51%
2032	13,723,365	12,023,121	1.16%	1.48%
2033	13,879,048	12,196,639	1.13%	1.44%
2034	14,032,573	12,369,248	1.11%	1.42%
2035	14,183,821	12,540,596	1.08%	1.39%
2036	14,332,310	12,710,682	1.05%	1.36%
2037	14,478,101	12,879,737	1.02%	1.33%
2038	14,621,400	13,047,122	0.99%	1.3%
2039	14,761,945	13,212,668	0.96%	1.27%
2040	14,899,391	13,376,156	0.93%	1.24%
2041	15,033,982	13,537,361	0.9%	1.21%
2042	15,165,741	13,696,139	0.88%	1.17%
2043	15,294,503	13,853,410	0.85%	1.15%
2044	15,420,207	14,009,926	0.82%	1.13%
2045	15,542,783	14,165,578	0.79%	1.11%
2046	15,662,310	14,318,889	0.77%	1.08%
2047	15,778,742	14,469,210	0.74%	1.05%
2048	15,892,248	14,617,364	0.72%	1.02%
2049	16,002,807	14,763,600	0.7%	1%
2050	16,110,156	14,906,584	0.67%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bolivia increased by 1,658,331 people (a 17.4% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bolivia gained 1,571,088 (a 14.1% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Bolivia was ranked 83rd most populous country in 2006 and is 79th in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Bolivia's population will grow by 26.3% to 16,110,156 people with a rank change from 79th to 80th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.