The latest officially reported population of China was 1,408,975,000 in 2024 vs 10,576,502 people in Papua New Guinea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current China's population is 1,405,773,318 people compared to 10,911,445 in Papua New Guinea.
Population statistics:
- China's population is 128.8 times bigger than Papua New Guinea's.
- China is ranked the 2nd most populous country in the world, while Papua New Guinea is the 90th.
- The countries together account for 17.1% of the world: 17% for China vs 0.13% for Papua New Guinea.
- For the last 10 years, China has had an average growth rate of +0.3% per year vs +2.23% in Papua New Guinea.
- Since 2005, the population of China has increased from 1.3B people to 1.41B (7.83% growth), while Papua New Guinea has grown from 6.54M to 10.9M (66.9% growth).
- Papua New Guinea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 18.6M people, while China's population already peaked in 2021 at 1.41B people and is projected to decrease to 629M people by 2100.
China vs Papua New Guinea: live population counter
China
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Papua New Guinea
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1405773318
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10911445
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| Population rank | 2/197 | 90/197 |
| Percent of world population | 17% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
18.2 seconds
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2.81 minutes
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| One birth every |
3.5 seconds
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2.06 minutes
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| One death every |
2.84 seconds
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7.76 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.65 minutes
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12.4 hours
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| Annual migration change | -318,992 | -707 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4,753 | +512 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,735,000 | +186,867 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.12% | +1.8% |
| Population growth rate rank | 173/197 | 61/197 |
China and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart
China
Population
Growth rate
Papua New Guinea
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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China
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Papua New Guinea
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China
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Papua New Guinea
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| 1960 | 667,070,000 | 1,995,110 | - | - |
| 1961 | 660,330,000 | 2,046,127 | -1.01% | 2.56% |
| 1962 | 665,770,000 | 2,093,919 | 0.82% | 2.34% |
| 1963 | 682,335,000 | 2,141,376 | 2.49% | 2.27% |
| 1964 | 698,355,000 | 2,188,325 | 2.35% | 2.19% |
| 1965 | 715,185,000 | 2,235,820 | 2.41% | 2.17% |
| 1966 | 735,400,000 | 2,285,774 | 2.83% | 2.23% |
| 1967 | 754,550,000 | 2,337,532 | 2.6% | 2.26% |
| 1968 | 774,510,000 | 2,390,803 | 2.65% | 2.28% |
| 1969 | 796,025,000 | 2,446,927 | 2.78% | 2.35% |
| 1970 | 818,315,000 | 2,505,628 | 2.8% | 2.4% |
| 1971 | 841,105,000 | 2,566,421 | 2.78% | 2.43% |
| 1972 | 862,030,000 | 2,628,432 | 2.49% | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 881,940,000 | 2,690,629 | 2.31% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 900,350,000 | 2,752,671 | 2.09% | 2.31% |
| 1975 | 916,395,000 | 2,814,820 | 1.78% | 2.26% |
| 1976 | 930,685,000 | 2,877,327 | 1.56% | 2.22% |
| 1977 | 943,455,000 | 2,940,327 | 1.37% | 2.19% |
| 1978 | 956,165,000 | 3,003,714 | 1.35% | 2.16% |
| 1979 | 969,005,000 | 3,067,341 | 1.34% | 2.12% |
| 1980 | 981,235,000 | 3,131,512 | 1.26% | 2.09% |
| 1981 | 993,885,000 | 3,197,019 | 1.29% | 2.09% |
| 1982 | 1,008,630,000 | 3,264,291 | 1.48% | 2.1% |
| 1983 | 1,023,310,000 | 3,333,633 | 1.46% | 2.12% |
| 1984 | 1,036,825,000 | 3,405,198 | 1.32% | 2.15% |
| 1985 | 1,051,040,000 | 3,478,936 | 1.37% | 2.17% |
| 1986 | 1,066,790,000 | 3,554,793 | 1.5% | 2.18% |
| 1987 | 1,084,035,000 | 3,632,543 | 1.62% | 2.19% |
| 1988 | 1,101,630,000 | 3,711,880 | 1.62% | 2.18% |
| 1989 | 1,118,650,000 | 3,796,078 | 1.54% | 2.27% |
| 1990 | 1,135,185,000 | 3,896,481 | 1.48% | 2.64% |
| 1991 | 1,150,780,000 | 4,021,837 | 1.37% | 3.22% |
| 1992 | 1,164,970,000 | 4,166,699 | 1.23% | 3.6% |
| 1993 | 1,178,440,000 | 4,320,872 | 1.16% | 3.7% |
| 1994 | 1,191,835,000 | 4,480,208 | 1.14% | 3.69% |
| 1995 | 1,204,855,000 | 4,644,278 | 1.09% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 1,217,550,000 | 4,813,361 | 1.05% | 3.64% |
| 1997 | 1,230,075,000 | 4,987,883 | 1.03% | 3.63% |
| 1998 | 1,241,935,000 | 5,166,390 | 0.96% | 3.58% |
| 1999 | 1,252,735,000 | 5,349,333 | 0.87% | 3.54% |
| 2000 | 1,262,645,000 | 5,537,064 | 0.79% | 3.51% |
| 2001 | 1,271,850,000 | 5,728,435 | 0.73% | 3.46% |
| 2002 | 1,280,400,000 | 5,924,003 | 0.67% | 3.41% |
| 2003 | 1,288,400,000 | 6,123,997 | 0.62% | 3.38% |
| 2004 | 1,296,075,000 | 6,328,041 | 0.6% | 3.33% |
| 2005 | 1,303,720,000 | 6,535,905 | 0.59% | 3.28% |
| 2006 | 1,311,020,000 | 6,747,720 | 0.56% | 3.24% |
| 2007 | 1,317,885,000 | 6,963,345 | 0.52% | 3.2% |
| 2008 | 1,324,655,000 | 7,183,002 | 0.51% | 3.15% |
| 2009 | 1,331,260,000 | 7,406,438 | 0.5% | 3.11% |
| 2010 | 1,337,705,000 | 7,633,523 | 0.48% | 3.07% |
| 2011 | 1,345,035,000 | 7,859,346 | 0.55% | 2.96% |
| 2012 | 1,354,190,000 | 8,081,390 | 0.68% | 2.83% |
| 2013 | 1,363,240,000 | 8,302,698 | 0.67% | 2.74% |
| 2014 | 1,371,860,000 | 8,523,441 | 0.63% | 2.66% |
| 2015 | 1,379,860,000 | 8,743,246 | 0.58% | 2.58% |
| 2016 | 1,387,790,000 | 8,961,718 | 0.57% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 1,396,215,000 | 9,178,714 | 0.61% | 2.42% |
| 2018 | 1,402,760,000 | 9,394,513 | 0.47% | 2.35% |
| 2019 | 1,407,745,000 | 9,609,010 | 0.36% | 2.28% |
| 2020 | 1,411,100,000 | 9,815,746 | 0.24% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 1,412,360,000 | 10,012,896 | 0.09% | 2.01% |
| 2022 | 1,412,175,000 | 10,203,169 | -0.01% | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 1,410,710,000 | 10,389,635 | -0.1% | 1.83% |
| 2024 | 1,408,975,000 | 10,576,502 | -0.12% | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 1,405,773,318 | 10,762,813 | -0.23% | 1.76% |
| 2026 | 1,402,614,510 | 10,947,845 | -0.22% | 1.72% |
| 2027 | 1,399,403,406 | 11,131,268 | -0.23% | 1.68% |
| 2028 | 1,395,886,569 | 11,312,895 | -0.25% | 1.63% |
| 2029 | 1,392,060,666 | 11,492,799 | -0.27% | 1.59% |
| 2030 | 1,387,961,846 | 11,671,420 | -0.29% | 1.55% |
| 2031 | 1,383,588,794 | 11,848,221 | -0.32% | 1.51% |
| 2032 | 1,378,934,346 | 12,023,121 | -0.34% | 1.48% |
| 2033 | 1,374,007,012 | 12,196,639 | -0.36% | 1.44% |
| 2034 | 1,368,825,481 | 12,369,248 | -0.38% | 1.42% |
| 2035 | 1,363,415,793 | 12,540,596 | -0.4% | 1.39% |
| 2036 | 1,357,772,486 | 12,710,682 | -0.41% | 1.36% |
| 2037 | 1,351,902,859 | 12,879,737 | -0.43% | 1.33% |
| 2038 | 1,345,840,038 | 13,047,122 | -0.45% | 1.3% |
| 2039 | 1,339,558,174 | 13,212,668 | -0.47% | 1.27% |
| 2040 | 1,333,028,062 | 13,376,156 | -0.49% | 1.24% |
| 2041 | 1,326,251,398 | 13,537,361 | -0.51% | 1.21% |
| 2042 | 1,319,222,019 | 13,696,139 | -0.53% | 1.17% |
| 2043 | 1,311,956,934 | 13,853,410 | -0.55% | 1.15% |
| 2044 | 1,304,437,340 | 14,009,926 | -0.57% | 1.13% |
| 2045 | 1,296,592,737 | 14,165,578 | -0.6% | 1.11% |
| 2046 | 1,288,357,014 | 14,318,889 | -0.64% | 1.08% |
| 2047 | 1,279,723,262 | 14,469,210 | -0.67% | 1.05% |
| 2048 | 1,270,661,954 | 14,617,364 | -0.71% | 1.02% |
| 2049 | 1,261,120,581 | 14,763,600 | -0.75% | 1% |
| 2050 | 1,251,102,086 | 14,906,584 | -0.79% | 0.97% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).
China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd 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) China's population will shrink by 11% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.
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Population differences between China and Papua New Guinea
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China
|
Papua New Guinea
|
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|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.4 years | 66.4 years |
| Average age | 40.5 years | 26.7 years |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 23.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.9:49.1 | 51.4:48.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1 births per woman | 3.1 births per woman |
| Population density | 389 ppl/mi² | 60.5 ppl/mi² |
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