The latest officially reported population of Dominica was 66,205 in 2024 vs 10,576,502 people in Papua New Guinea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Dominica's population is 65,870 people compared to 10,911,445 in Papua New Guinea.
Population statistics:
- Papua New Guinea's population is 165.7 times bigger than Dominica's.
- Dominica is ranked the 188th most populous country in the world, while Papua New Guinea is the 90th.
- The countries together account for 0.13% of the world: 0.0008% for Dominica vs 0.13% for Papua New Guinea.
- For the last 10 years, Dominica has had an average growth rate of -0.47% per year vs +2.23% in Papua New Guinea.
- Since 2005, the population of Dominica has decreased from 68.7K people to 65.9K (4.17% decline), 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 Dominica's population already peaked in 1980 at 73.1K people and is projected to decrease to 49.1K people by 2100.
Dominica vs Papua New Guinea: live population counter
Dominica
|
Papua New Guinea
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
65870
|
10911445
|
| Population rank | 188/197 | 90/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0008% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
1.2 days
|
2.81 minutes
|
| One birth every |
11.9 hours
|
2.06 minutes
|
| One death every |
10.3 hours
|
7.76 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
1.82 days
|
12.4 hours
|
| Annual migration change | -200 | -707 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1 | +512 |
| Annual growth/decline | -305 | +186,867 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.46% | +1.8% |
| Population growth rate rank | 183/197 | 61/197 |
Dominica and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart
Dominica
Population
Growth rate
Papua New Guinea
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Dominica
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Papua New Guinea
|
Dominica
|
Papua New Guinea
|
|
| 1960 | 59,372 | 1,995,110 | - | - |
| 1961 | 60,209 | 2,046,127 | 1.41% | 2.56% |
| 1962 | 60,948 | 2,093,919 | 1.23% | 2.34% |
| 1963 | 61,739 | 2,141,376 | 1.3% | 2.27% |
| 1964 | 62,587 | 2,188,325 | 1.37% | 2.19% |
| 1965 | 63,505 | 2,235,820 | 1.47% | 2.17% |
| 1966 | 64,507 | 2,285,774 | 1.58% | 2.23% |
| 1967 | 65,585 | 2,337,532 | 1.67% | 2.26% |
| 1968 | 66,732 | 2,390,803 | 1.75% | 2.28% |
| 1969 | 67,934 | 2,446,927 | 1.8% | 2.35% |
| 1970 | 68,908 | 2,505,628 | 1.43% | 2.4% |
| 1971 | 69,532 | 2,566,421 | 0.91% | 2.43% |
| 1972 | 70,060 | 2,628,432 | 0.76% | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 70,585 | 2,690,629 | 0.75% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 71,091 | 2,752,671 | 0.72% | 2.31% |
| 1975 | 71,570 | 2,814,820 | 0.67% | 2.26% |
| 1976 | 72,017 | 2,877,327 | 0.62% | 2.22% |
| 1977 | 72,406 | 2,940,327 | 0.54% | 2.19% |
| 1978 | 72,724 | 3,003,714 | 0.44% | 2.16% |
| 1979 | 72,959 | 3,067,341 | 0.32% | 2.12% |
| 1980 | 73,083 | 3,131,512 | 0.17% | 2.09% |
| 1981 | 72,986 | 3,197,019 | -0.13% | 2.09% |
| 1982 | 72,688 | 3,264,291 | -0.41% | 2.1% |
| 1983 | 72,365 | 3,333,633 | -0.44% | 2.12% |
| 1984 | 72,056 | 3,405,198 | -0.43% | 2.15% |
| 1985 | 71,744 | 3,478,936 | -0.43% | 2.17% |
| 1986 | 71,406 | 3,554,793 | -0.47% | 2.18% |
| 1987 | 71,023 | 3,632,543 | -0.54% | 2.19% |
| 1988 | 70,608 | 3,711,880 | -0.58% | 2.18% |
| 1989 | 70,153 | 3,796,078 | -0.64% | 2.27% |
| 1990 | 69,627 | 3,896,481 | -0.75% | 2.64% |
| 1991 | 69,296 | 4,021,837 | -0.48% | 3.22% |
| 1992 | 69,325 | 4,166,699 | 0.04% | 3.6% |
| 1993 | 69,433 | 4,320,872 | 0.16% | 3.7% |
| 1994 | 69,477 | 4,480,208 | 0.06% | 3.69% |
| 1995 | 69,469 | 4,644,278 | -0.01% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 69,410 | 4,813,361 | -0.08% | 3.64% |
| 1997 | 69,299 | 4,987,883 | -0.16% | 3.63% |
| 1998 | 69,124 | 5,166,390 | -0.25% | 3.58% |
| 1999 | 68,870 | 5,349,333 | -0.37% | 3.54% |
| 2000 | 68,511 | 5,537,064 | -0.52% | 3.51% |
| 2001 | 68,288 | 5,728,435 | -0.33% | 3.46% |
| 2002 | 68,367 | 5,924,003 | 0.12% | 3.41% |
| 2003 | 68,531 | 6,123,997 | 0.24% | 3.38% |
| 2004 | 68,649 | 6,328,041 | 0.17% | 3.33% |
| 2005 | 68,734 | 6,535,905 | 0.12% | 3.28% |
| 2006 | 68,806 | 6,747,720 | 0.1% | 3.24% |
| 2007 | 68,847 | 6,963,345 | 0.06% | 3.2% |
| 2008 | 68,854 | 7,183,002 | 0.01% | 3.15% |
| 2009 | 68,864 | 7,406,438 | 0.01% | 3.11% |
| 2010 | 68,859 | 7,633,523 | -0.007% | 3.07% |
| 2011 | 69,053 | 7,859,346 | 0.28% | 2.96% |
| 2012 | 69,118 | 8,081,390 | 0.09% | 2.83% |
| 2013 | 69,715 | 8,302,698 | 0.86% | 2.74% |
| 2014 | 70,373 | 8,523,441 | 0.94% | 2.66% |
| 2015 | 70,410 | 8,743,246 | 0.05% | 2.58% |
| 2016 | 69,606 | 8,961,718 | -1.14% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 68,496 | 9,178,714 | -1.59% | 2.42% |
| 2018 | 68,174 | 9,394,513 | -0.47% | 2.35% |
| 2019 | 67,880 | 9,609,010 | -0.43% | 2.28% |
| 2020 | 67,573 | 9,815,746 | -0.45% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 67,202 | 10,012,896 | -0.55% | 2.01% |
| 2022 | 66,826 | 10,203,169 | -0.56% | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 66,510 | 10,389,635 | -0.47% | 1.83% |
| 2024 | 66,205 | 10,576,502 | -0.46% | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 65,870 | 10,762,813 | -0.51% | 1.76% |
| 2026 | 65,508 | 10,947,845 | -0.55% | 1.72% |
| 2027 | 65,160 | 11,131,268 | -0.53% | 1.68% |
| 2028 | 64,808 | 11,312,895 | -0.54% | 1.63% |
| 2029 | 64,475 | 11,492,799 | -0.51% | 1.59% |
| 2030 | 64,169 | 11,671,420 | -0.47% | 1.55% |
| 2031 | 63,949 | 11,848,221 | -0.34% | 1.51% |
| 2032 | 63,825 | 12,023,121 | -0.19% | 1.48% |
| 2033 | 63,775 | 12,196,639 | -0.08% | 1.44% |
| 2034 | 63,756 | 12,369,248 | -0.03% | 1.42% |
| 2035 | 63,764 | 12,540,596 | 0.01% | 1.39% |
| 2036 | 63,757 | 12,710,682 | -0.01% | 1.36% |
| 2037 | 63,770 | 12,879,737 | 0.02% | 1.33% |
| 2038 | 63,784 | 13,047,122 | 0.02% | 1.3% |
| 2039 | 63,792 | 13,212,668 | 0.01% | 1.27% |
| 2040 | 63,798 | 13,376,156 | 0.009% | 1.24% |
| 2041 | 63,804 | 13,537,361 | 0.009% | 1.21% |
| 2042 | 63,778 | 13,696,139 | -0.04% | 1.17% |
| 2043 | 63,731 | 13,853,410 | -0.07% | 1.15% |
| 2044 | 63,677 | 14,009,926 | -0.08% | 1.13% |
| 2045 | 63,630 | 14,165,578 | -0.07% | 1.11% |
| 2046 | 63,575 | 14,318,889 | -0.09% | 1.08% |
| 2047 | 63,501 | 14,469,210 | -0.12% | 1.05% |
| 2048 | 63,411 | 14,617,364 | -0.14% | 1.02% |
| 2049 | 63,303 | 14,763,600 | -0.17% | 1% |
| 2050 | 63,191 | 14,906,584 | -0.18% | 0.97% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Dominica increased by 1,676 people (a 2.44% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Dominica lost -4,540 (a 6.45% decline), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).
Dominica was ranked 187th most populous country in 2005 and is 188th 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) Dominica's population will shrink by 4.07% to 63,191 people and will still be ranked 188th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.
Biggest cities by population
|
Dominica
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Roseau | 14.7K |
| Portsmouth | 3.63K |
|
Papua New Guinea
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Port Moresby | 317K |
| Lae | 101K |
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Population differences between Dominica and Papua New Guinea
|
Dominica
|
Papua New Guinea
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 71.5 years | 66.4 years |
| Average age | 38.2 years | 26.7 years |
| Median age | 37 years | 23.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50:50 | 51.4:48.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.48 births per woman | 3.1 births per woman |
| Population density | 228.6 ppl/mi² | 60.5 ppl/mi² |
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