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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Papua New Guinea	Colombia	Papua New Guinea
1960	15,606,209	1,995,110	-	-
1961	16,095,203	2,046,127	3.13%	2.56%
1962	16,599,029	2,093,919	3.13%	2.34%
1963	17,113,823	2,141,376	3.1%	2.27%
1964	17,637,411	2,188,325	3.06%	2.19%
1965	18,169,050	2,235,820	3.01%	2.17%
1966	18,702,688	2,285,774	2.94%	2.23%
1967	19,235,618	2,337,532	2.85%	2.26%
1968	19,766,796	2,390,803	2.76%	2.28%
1969	20,291,942	2,446,927	2.66%	2.35%
1970	20,811,782	2,505,628	2.56%	2.4%
1971	21,319,096	2,566,421	2.44%	2.43%
1972	21,819,563	2,628,432	2.35%	2.42%
1973	22,325,374	2,690,629	2.32%	2.37%
1974	22,833,469	2,752,671	2.28%	2.31%
1975	23,344,644	2,814,820	2.24%	2.26%
1976	23,858,810	2,877,327	2.2%	2.22%
1977	24,393,494	2,940,327	2.24%	2.19%
1978	24,950,337	3,003,714	2.28%	2.16%
1979	25,515,626	3,067,341	2.27%	2.12%
1980	26,104,498	3,131,512	2.31%	2.09%
1981	26,713,267	3,197,019	2.33%	2.09%
1982	27,338,331	3,264,291	2.34%	2.1%
1983	27,988,173	3,333,633	2.38%	2.12%
1984	28,642,690	3,405,198	2.34%	2.15%
1985	29,268,470	3,478,936	2.18%	2.17%
1986	29,879,112	3,554,793	2.09%	2.18%
1987	30,499,467	3,632,543	2.08%	2.19%
1988	31,130,524	3,711,880	2.07%	2.18%
1989	31,776,279	3,796,078	2.07%	2.27%
1990	32,440,069	3,896,481	2.09%	2.64%
1991	33,098,372	4,021,837	2.03%	3.22%
1992	33,760,571	4,166,699	2%	3.6%
1993	34,441,473	4,320,872	2.02%	3.7%
1994	35,127,410	4,480,208	1.99%	3.69%
1995	35,804,662	4,644,278	1.93%	3.66%
1996	36,462,745	4,813,361	1.84%	3.64%
1997	37,121,149	4,987,883	1.81%	3.63%
1998	37,792,165	5,166,390	1.81%	3.58%
1999	38,454,863	5,349,333	1.75%	3.54%
2000	39,089,934	5,537,064	1.65%	3.51%
2001	39,709,262	5,728,435	1.58%	3.46%
2002	40,324,680	5,924,003	1.55%	3.41%
2003	40,937,429	6,123,997	1.52%	3.38%
2004	41,543,171	6,328,041	1.48%	3.33%
2005	42,128,977	6,535,905	1.41%	3.28%
2006	42,691,084	6,747,720	1.33%	3.24%
2007	43,235,374	6,963,345	1.27%	3.2%
2008	43,758,808	7,183,002	1.21%	3.15%
2009	44,271,541	7,406,438	1.17%	3.11%
2010	44,777,319	7,633,523	1.14%	3.07%
2011	45,259,614	7,859,346	1.08%	2.96%
2012	45,715,810	8,081,390	1.01%	2.83%
2013	46,151,584	8,302,698	0.95%	2.74%
2014	46,565,429	8,523,441	0.9%	2.66%
2015	46,969,940	8,743,246	0.87%	2.58%
2016	47,437,512	8,961,718	1%	2.5%
2017	48,131,078	9,178,714	1.46%	2.42%
2018	49,024,465	9,394,513	1.86%	2.35%
2019	49,907,985	9,609,010	1.8%	2.28%
2020	50,629,997	9,815,746	1.45%	2.15%
2021	51,188,173	10,012,896	1.1%	2.01%
2022	51,737,944	10,203,169	1.07%	1.9%
2023	52,321,152	10,389,635	1.13%	1.83%
2024	52,886,363	10,576,502	1.08%	1.8%
2025	53,425,632	10,762,813	1.02%	1.76%
2026	53,936,234	10,947,845	0.96%	1.72%
2027	54,422,275	11,131,268	0.9%	1.68%
2028	54,885,123	11,312,895	0.85%	1.63%
2029	55,322,627	11,492,799	0.8%	1.59%
2030	55,736,477	11,671,420	0.75%	1.55%
2031	56,125,966	11,848,221	0.7%	1.51%
2032	56,490,496	12,023,121	0.65%	1.48%
2033	56,832,264	12,196,639	0.61%	1.44%
2034	57,151,619	12,369,248	0.56%	1.42%
2035	57,445,755	12,540,596	0.51%	1.39%
2036	57,716,869	12,710,682	0.47%	1.36%
2037	57,965,300	12,879,737	0.43%	1.33%
2038	58,190,082	13,047,122	0.39%	1.3%
2039	58,394,310	13,212,668	0.35%	1.27%
2040	58,576,452	13,376,156	0.31%	1.24%
2041	58,736,886	13,537,361	0.27%	1.21%
2042	58,878,126	13,696,139	0.24%	1.17%
2043	59,000,362	13,853,410	0.21%	1.15%
2044	59,104,592	14,009,926	0.18%	1.13%
2045	59,190,826	14,165,578	0.15%	1.11%
2046	59,259,758	14,318,889	0.12%	1.08%
2047	59,313,132	14,469,210	0.09%	1.05%
2048	59,351,262	14,617,364	0.06%	1.02%
2049	59,375,012	14,763,600	0.04%	1%
2050	59,385,355	14,906,584	0.02%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Colombia increased by 4,746,428 people (a 11.1% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Colombia gained 6,504,033 (a 13.7% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2006 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.1% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.