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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	East Timor	Papua New Guinea	East Timor	Papua New Guinea
1960	468,118	1,995,110	-	-
1961	475,291	2,046,127	1.53%	2.56%
1962	482,774	2,093,919	1.57%	2.34%
1963	490,564	2,141,376	1.61%	2.27%
1964	498,659	2,188,325	1.65%	2.19%
1965	507,034	2,235,820	1.68%	2.17%
1966	515,696	2,285,774	1.71%	2.23%
1967	524,648	2,337,532	1.74%	2.26%
1968	533,875	2,390,803	1.76%	2.28%
1969	543,356	2,446,927	1.78%	2.35%
1970	553,069	2,505,628	1.79%	2.4%
1971	562,966	2,566,421	1.79%	2.43%
1972	572,962	2,628,432	1.78%	2.42%
1973	582,855	2,690,629	1.73%	2.37%
1974	590,827	2,752,671	1.37%	2.31%
1975	598,158	2,814,820	1.24%	2.26%
1976	607,620	2,877,327	1.58%	2.22%
1977	618,315	2,940,327	1.76%	2.19%
1978	628,775	3,003,714	1.69%	2.16%
1979	638,719	3,067,341	1.58%	2.12%
1980	649,871	3,131,512	1.75%	2.09%
1981	660,493	3,197,019	1.63%	2.09%
1982	669,149	3,264,291	1.31%	2.1%
1983	677,707	3,333,633	1.28%	2.12%
1984	686,777	3,405,198	1.34%	2.15%
1985	696,665	3,478,936	1.44%	2.17%
1986	707,185	3,554,793	1.51%	2.18%
1987	718,476	3,632,543	1.6%	2.19%
1988	730,745	3,711,880	1.71%	2.18%
1989	744,856	3,796,078	1.93%	2.27%
1990	760,345	3,896,481	2.08%	2.64%
1991	778,278	4,021,837	2.36%	3.22%
1992	799,318	4,166,699	2.7%	3.6%
1993	821,437	4,320,872	2.77%	3.7%
1994	844,493	4,480,208	2.81%	3.69%
1995	868,146	4,644,278	2.8%	3.66%
1996	892,282	4,813,361	2.78%	3.64%
1997	917,184	4,987,883	2.79%	3.63%
1998	942,530	5,166,390	2.76%	3.58%
1999	834,697	5,349,333	-11.4%	3.54%
2000	745,088	5,537,064	-10.7%	3.51%
2001	812,249	5,728,435	9.01%	3.46%
2002	879,159	5,924,003	8.24%	3.41%
2003	916,878	6,123,997	4.29%	3.38%
2004	929,074	6,328,041	1.33%	3.33%
2005	948,311	6,535,905	2.07%	3.28%
2006	976,597	6,747,720	2.98%	3.24%
2007	1,004,889	6,963,345	2.9%	3.2%
2008	1,032,429	7,183,002	2.74%	3.15%
2009	1,058,782	7,406,438	2.55%	3.11%
2010	1,084,679	7,633,523	2.45%	3.07%
2011	1,110,207	7,859,346	2.35%	2.96%
2012	1,134,885	8,081,390	2.22%	2.83%
2013	1,158,695	8,302,698	2.1%	2.74%
2014	1,181,903	8,523,441	2%	2.66%
2015	1,205,131	8,743,246	1.97%	2.58%
2016	1,228,312	8,961,718	1.92%	2.5%
2017	1,251,703	9,178,714	1.9%	2.42%
2018	1,275,959	9,394,513	1.94%	2.35%
2019	1,300,945	9,609,010	1.96%	2.28%
2020	1,326,053	9,815,746	1.93%	2.15%
2021	1,350,139	10,012,896	1.82%	2.01%
2022	1,369,295	10,203,169	1.42%	1.9%
2023	1,384,286	10,389,635	1.09%	1.83%
2024	1,400,638	10,576,502	1.18%	1.8%
2025	1,418,519	10,762,813	1.28%	1.76%
2026	1,436,934	10,947,845	1.3%	1.72%
2027	1,456,334	11,131,268	1.35%	1.68%
2028	1,476,850	11,312,895	1.41%	1.63%
2029	1,498,119	11,492,799	1.44%	1.59%
2030	1,519,802	11,671,420	1.45%	1.55%
2031	1,540,659	11,848,221	1.37%	1.51%
2032	1,559,710	12,023,121	1.24%	1.48%
2033	1,578,114	12,196,639	1.18%	1.44%
2034	1,597,444	12,369,248	1.22%	1.42%
2035	1,618,799	12,540,596	1.34%	1.39%
2036	1,639,721	12,710,682	1.29%	1.36%
2037	1,659,327	12,879,737	1.2%	1.33%
2038	1,678,953	13,047,122	1.18%	1.3%
2039	1,698,891	13,212,668	1.19%	1.27%
2040	1,718,249	13,376,156	1.14%	1.24%
2041	1,736,476	13,537,361	1.06%	1.21%
2042	1,755,847	13,696,139	1.12%	1.17%
2043	1,776,066	13,853,410	1.15%	1.15%
2044	1,793,758	14,009,926	1%	1.13%
2045	1,809,637	14,165,578	0.89%	1.11%
2046	1,825,551	14,318,889	0.88%	1.08%
2047	1,841,558	14,469,210	0.88%	1.05%
2048	1,858,311	14,617,364	0.91%	1.02%
2049	1,873,846	14,763,600	0.84%	1%
2050	1,889,246	14,906,584	0.82%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of East Timor increased by 251,715 people (a 25.8% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, East Timor gained 208,834 (a 17% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

East Timor was ranked 155th most populous country in 2006 and is 152nd 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) East Timor's population will grow by 31.5% to 1,889,246 people with a rank change from 152nd to 149th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.