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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Canada	Papua New Guinea	Canada	Papua New Guinea
1960	17,909,356	1,995,110	-	-
1961	18,271,000	2,046,127	2.02%	2.56%
1962	18,614,000	2,093,919	1.88%	2.34%
1963	18,964,000	2,141,376	1.88%	2.27%
1964	19,325,000	2,188,325	1.9%	2.19%
1965	19,678,000	2,235,820	1.83%	2.17%
1966	20,048,000	2,285,774	1.88%	2.23%
1967	20,412,000	2,337,532	1.82%	2.26%
1968	20,744,000	2,390,803	1.63%	2.28%
1969	21,028,000	2,446,927	1.37%	2.35%
1970	21,324,000	2,505,628	1.41%	2.4%
1971	21,962,032	2,566,421	2.99%	2.43%
1972	22,218,463	2,628,432	1.17%	2.42%
1973	22,491,777	2,690,629	1.23%	2.37%
1974	22,807,969	2,752,671	1.41%	2.31%
1975	23,143,275	2,814,820	1.47%	2.26%
1976	23,449,808	2,877,327	1.32%	2.22%
1977	23,725,843	2,940,327	1.18%	2.19%
1978	23,963,203	3,003,714	1%	2.16%
1979	24,201,544	3,067,341	0.99%	2.12%
1980	24,515,667	3,131,512	1.3%	2.09%
1981	24,819,915	3,197,019	1.24%	2.09%
1982	25,116,942	3,264,291	1.2%	2.1%
1983	25,366,451	3,333,633	0.99%	2.12%
1984	25,607,053	3,405,198	0.95%	2.15%
1985	25,842,116	3,478,936	0.92%	2.17%
1986	26,100,278	3,554,793	1%	2.18%
1987	26,446,601	3,632,543	1.33%	2.19%
1988	26,791,747	3,711,880	1.31%	2.18%
1989	27,276,781	3,796,078	1.81%	2.27%
1990	27,691,138	3,896,481	1.52%	2.64%
1991	28,037,420	4,021,837	1.25%	3.22%
1992	28,371,264	4,166,699	1.19%	3.6%
1993	28,684,764	4,320,872	1.1%	3.7%
1994	29,000,663	4,480,208	1.1%	3.69%
1995	29,302,311	4,644,278	1.04%	3.66%
1996	29,610,218	4,813,361	1.05%	3.64%
1997	29,905,948	4,987,883	1%	3.63%
1998	30,155,173	5,166,390	0.83%	3.58%
1999	30,401,286	5,349,333	0.82%	3.54%
2000	30,685,730	5,537,064	0.94%	3.51%
2001	31,020,855	5,728,435	1.09%	3.46%
2002	31,359,199	5,924,003	1.09%	3.41%
2003	31,642,461	6,123,997	0.9%	3.38%
2004	31,938,807	6,328,041	0.94%	3.33%
2005	32,242,732	6,535,905	0.95%	3.28%
2006	32,571,193	6,747,720	1.02%	3.24%
2007	32,888,886	6,963,345	0.98%	3.2%
2008	33,247,298	7,183,002	1.09%	3.15%
2009	33,630,069	7,406,438	1.15%	3.11%
2010	34,005,902	7,633,523	1.12%	3.07%
2011	34,339,221	7,859,346	0.98%	2.96%
2012	34,713,395	8,081,390	1.09%	2.83%
2013	35,080,992	8,302,698	1.06%	2.74%
2014	35,434,066	8,523,441	1.01%	2.66%
2015	35,704,498	8,743,246	0.76%	2.58%
2016	36,110,803	8,961,718	1.14%	2.5%
2017	36,545,075	9,178,714	1.2%	2.42%
2018	37,072,620	9,394,513	1.44%	2.35%
2019	37,618,495	9,609,010	1.47%	2.28%
2020	38,028,638	9,815,746	1.09%	2.15%
2021	38,239,864	10,012,896	0.56%	2.01%
2022	38,935,934	10,203,169	1.82%	1.9%
2023	40,083,484	10,389,635	2.95%	1.83%
2024	41,288,599	10,576,502	3.01%	1.8%
2025	41,687,850	10,762,813	0.97%	1.76%
2026	42,042,113	10,947,845	0.85%	1.72%
2027	42,368,857	11,131,268	0.78%	1.68%
2028	42,683,927	11,312,895	0.74%	1.63%
2029	42,986,030	11,492,799	0.71%	1.59%
2030	43,276,190	11,671,420	0.68%	1.55%
2031	43,559,839	11,848,221	0.66%	1.51%
2032	43,833,228	12,023,121	0.63%	1.48%
2033	44,089,067	12,196,639	0.58%	1.44%
2034	44,336,794	12,369,248	0.56%	1.42%
2035	44,574,481	12,540,596	0.54%	1.39%
2036	44,802,196	12,710,682	0.51%	1.36%
2037	45,029,252	12,879,737	0.51%	1.33%
2038	45,250,482	13,047,122	0.49%	1.3%
2039	45,461,809	13,212,668	0.47%	1.27%
2040	45,661,339	13,376,156	0.44%	1.24%
2041	45,855,081	13,537,361	0.42%	1.21%
2042	46,046,286	13,696,139	0.42%	1.17%
2043	46,232,447	13,853,410	0.4%	1.15%
2044	46,413,908	14,009,926	0.39%	1.13%
2045	46,594,973	14,165,578	0.39%	1.11%
2046	46,768,120	14,318,889	0.37%	1.08%
2047	46,930,946	14,469,210	0.35%	1.05%
2048	47,092,745	14,617,364	0.34%	1.02%
2049	47,246,217	14,763,600	0.33%	1%
2050	47,396,788	14,906,584	0.32%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Canada increased by 3,539,610 people (a 10.9% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Canada gained 5,934,880 (a 16.4% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Canada was ranked 35th most populous country in 2006 and is 38th 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) Canada's population will grow by 12.7% to 47,396,788 people with a rank change from 38th to 45th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.