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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Brunei	Papua New Guinea	Brunei	Papua New Guinea
1960	88,347	1,995,110	-	-
1961	92,517	2,046,127	4.72%	2.56%
1962	96,719	2,093,919	4.54%	2.34%
1963	101,159	2,141,376	4.59%	2.27%
1964	105,922	2,188,325	4.71%	2.19%
1965	110,838	2,235,820	4.64%	2.17%
1966	115,874	2,285,774	4.54%	2.23%
1967	121,017	2,337,532	4.44%	2.26%
1968	126,222	2,390,803	4.3%	2.28%
1969	131,446	2,446,927	4.14%	2.35%
1970	135,138	2,505,628	2.81%	2.4%
1971	137,921	2,566,421	2.06%	2.43%
1972	142,189	2,628,432	3.09%	2.42%
1973	147,369	2,690,629	3.64%	2.37%
1974	152,656	2,752,671	3.59%	2.31%
1975	158,070	2,814,820	3.55%	2.26%
1976	163,607	2,877,327	3.5%	2.22%
1977	169,277	2,940,327	3.47%	2.19%
1978	174,884	3,003,714	3.31%	2.16%
1979	180,422	3,067,341	3.17%	2.12%
1980	186,111	3,131,512	3.15%	2.09%
1981	191,977	3,197,019	3.15%	2.09%
1982	198,165	3,264,291	3.22%	2.1%
1983	204,741	3,333,633	3.32%	2.12%
1984	211,661	3,405,198	3.38%	2.15%
1985	218,919	3,478,936	3.43%	2.17%
1986	226,495	3,554,793	3.46%	2.18%
1987	233,860	3,632,543	3.25%	2.19%
1988	240,913	3,711,880	3.02%	2.18%
1989	248,064	3,796,078	2.97%	2.27%
1990	255,292	3,896,481	2.91%	2.64%
1991	262,596	4,021,837	2.86%	3.22%
1992	269,839	4,166,699	2.76%	3.6%
1993	276,971	4,320,872	2.64%	3.7%
1994	284,091	4,480,208	2.57%	3.69%
1995	291,195	4,644,278	2.5%	3.66%
1996	298,276	4,813,361	2.43%	3.64%
1997	305,341	4,987,883	2.37%	3.63%
1998	312,385	5,166,390	2.31%	3.58%
1999	319,411	5,349,333	2.25%	3.54%
2000	326,424	5,537,064	2.2%	3.51%
2001	333,345	5,728,435	2.12%	3.46%
2002	340,099	5,924,003	2.03%	3.41%
2003	346,637	6,123,997	1.92%	3.38%
2004	352,911	6,328,041	1.81%	3.33%
2005	358,916	6,535,905	1.7%	3.28%
2006	364,663	6,747,720	1.6%	3.24%
2007	370,873	6,963,345	1.7%	3.2%
2008	377,793	7,183,002	1.87%	3.15%
2009	384,952	7,406,438	1.89%	3.11%
2010	392,332	7,633,523	1.92%	3.07%
2011	399,389	7,859,346	1.8%	2.96%
2012	405,557	8,081,390	1.54%	2.83%
2013	411,202	8,302,698	1.39%	2.74%
2014	416,750	8,523,441	1.35%	2.66%
2015	422,212	8,743,246	1.31%	2.58%
2016	427,564	8,961,718	1.27%	2.5%
2017	432,772	9,178,714	1.22%	2.42%
2018	437,810	9,394,513	1.16%	2.35%
2019	442,680	9,609,010	1.11%	2.28%
2020	447,404	9,815,746	1.07%	2.15%
2021	451,721	10,012,896	0.96%	2.01%
2022	455,370	10,203,169	0.81%	1.9%
2023	458,949	10,389,635	0.79%	1.83%
2024	462,721	10,576,502	0.82%	1.8%
2025	466,324	10,762,813	0.78%	1.76%
2026	469,766	10,947,845	0.74%	1.72%
2027	473,148	11,131,268	0.72%	1.68%
2028	476,428	11,312,895	0.69%	1.63%
2029	479,491	11,492,799	0.64%	1.59%
2030	482,438	11,671,420	0.61%	1.55%
2031	485,308	11,848,221	0.59%	1.51%
2032	487,943	12,023,121	0.54%	1.48%
2033	490,424	12,196,639	0.51%	1.44%
2034	492,887	12,369,248	0.5%	1.42%
2035	495,286	12,540,596	0.49%	1.39%
2036	497,544	12,710,682	0.46%	1.36%
2037	499,693	12,879,737	0.43%	1.33%
2038	501,910	13,047,122	0.44%	1.3%
2039	504,061	13,212,668	0.43%	1.27%
2040	505,968	13,376,156	0.38%	1.24%
2041	507,800	13,537,361	0.36%	1.21%
2042	509,531	13,696,139	0.34%	1.17%
2043	511,124	13,853,410	0.31%	1.15%
2044	512,586	14,009,926	0.29%	1.13%
2045	514,047	14,165,578	0.29%	1.11%
2046	515,409	14,318,889	0.26%	1.08%
2047	516,596	14,469,210	0.23%	1.05%
2048	517,693	14,617,364	0.21%	1.02%
2049	518,684	14,763,600	0.19%	1%
2050	519,542	14,906,584	0.17%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brunei increased by 63,296 people (a 17.6% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brunei gained 46,876 (a 11.1% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

Brunei was ranked 169th most populous country in 2005 and is 170th 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) Brunei's population will grow by 10.8% to 519,542 people with a rank change from 170th to 171st. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.