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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Fiji	Papua New Guinea	Fiji	Papua New Guinea
1960	404,887	1,995,110	-	-
1961	417,406	2,046,127	3.09%	2.56%
1962	430,536	2,093,919	3.15%	2.34%
1963	444,276	2,141,376	3.19%	2.27%
1964	458,324	2,188,325	3.16%	2.19%
1965	472,575	2,235,820	3.11%	2.17%
1966	486,487	2,285,774	2.94%	2.23%
1967	498,873	2,337,532	2.55%	2.26%
1968	510,002	2,390,803	2.23%	2.28%
1969	520,797	2,446,927	2.12%	2.35%
1970	531,188	2,505,628	2%	2.4%
1971	541,121	2,566,421	1.87%	2.43%
1972	550,499	2,628,432	1.73%	2.42%
1973	559,222	2,690,629	1.58%	2.37%
1974	567,489	2,752,671	1.48%	2.31%
1975	575,906	2,814,820	1.48%	2.26%
1976	585,534	2,877,327	1.67%	2.22%
1977	597,805	2,940,327	2.1%	2.19%
1978	612,091	3,003,714	2.39%	2.16%
1979	626,862	3,067,341	2.41%	2.12%
1980	641,975	3,131,512	2.41%	2.09%
1981	657,471	3,197,019	2.41%	2.09%
1982	673,414	3,264,291	2.42%	2.1%
1983	689,835	3,333,633	2.44%	2.12%
1984	706,716	3,405,198	2.45%	2.15%
1985	723,761	3,478,936	2.41%	2.17%
1986	739,306	3,554,793	2.15%	2.18%
1987	750,540	3,632,543	1.52%	2.19%
1988	758,697	3,711,880	1.09%	2.18%
1989	766,321	3,796,078	1%	2.27%
1990	773,316	3,896,481	0.91%	2.64%
1991	779,656	4,021,837	0.82%	3.22%
1992	785,346	4,166,699	0.73%	3.6%
1993	790,369	4,320,872	0.64%	3.7%
1994	794,771	4,480,208	0.56%	3.69%
1995	798,746	4,644,278	0.5%	3.66%
1996	803,789	4,813,361	0.63%	3.64%
1997	812,139	4,987,883	1.04%	3.63%
1998	822,258	5,166,390	1.25%	3.58%
1999	831,828	5,349,333	1.16%	3.54%
2000	840,909	5,537,064	1.09%	3.51%
2001	849,596	5,728,435	1.03%	3.46%
2002	858,049	5,924,003	0.99%	3.41%
2003	866,286	6,123,997	0.96%	3.38%
2004	874,366	6,328,041	0.93%	3.33%
2005	882,379	6,535,905	0.92%	3.28%
2006	890,365	6,747,720	0.91%	3.24%
2007	897,832	6,963,345	0.84%	3.2%
2008	903,399	7,183,002	0.62%	3.15%
2009	907,239	7,406,438	0.43%	3.11%
2010	910,419	7,633,523	0.35%	3.07%
2011	912,989	7,859,346	0.28%	2.96%
2012	914,918	8,081,390	0.21%	2.83%
2013	916,352	8,302,698	0.16%	2.74%
2014	917,585	8,523,441	0.13%	2.66%
2015	918,578	8,743,246	0.11%	2.58%
2016	919,166	8,961,718	0.06%	2.5%
2017	918,759	9,178,714	-0.04%	2.42%
2018	917,180	9,394,513	-0.17%	2.35%
2019	914,899	9,609,010	-0.25%	2.28%
2020	914,963	9,815,746	0.007%	2.15%
2021	916,711	10,012,896	0.19%	2.01%
2022	919,422	10,203,169	0.3%	1.9%
2023	924,145	10,389,635	0.51%	1.83%
2024	928,784	10,576,502	0.5%	1.8%
2025	933,141	10,762,813	0.47%	1.76%
2026	937,268	10,947,845	0.44%	1.72%
2027	941,304	11,131,268	0.43%	1.68%
2028	945,347	11,312,895	0.43%	1.63%
2029	949,269	11,492,799	0.41%	1.59%
2030	953,095	11,671,420	0.4%	1.55%
2031	956,685	11,848,221	0.38%	1.51%
2032	960,056	12,023,121	0.35%	1.48%
2033	963,339	12,196,639	0.34%	1.44%
2034	966,516	12,369,248	0.33%	1.42%
2035	969,613	12,540,596	0.32%	1.39%
2036	972,641	12,710,682	0.31%	1.36%
2037	975,643	12,879,737	0.31%	1.33%
2038	978,533	13,047,122	0.3%	1.3%
2039	981,270	13,212,668	0.28%	1.27%
2040	983,842	13,376,156	0.26%	1.24%
2041	986,409	13,537,361	0.26%	1.21%
2042	988,810	13,696,139	0.24%	1.17%
2043	990,851	13,853,410	0.21%	1.15%
2044	992,731	14,009,926	0.19%	1.13%
2045	994,437	14,165,578	0.17%	1.11%
2046	995,957	14,318,889	0.15%	1.08%
2047	997,319	14,469,210	0.14%	1.05%
2048	998,544	14,617,364	0.12%	1.02%
2049	999,530	14,763,600	0.1%	1%
2050	1,000,244	14,906,584	0.07%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Fiji increased by 28,801 people (a 3.23% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Fiji gained 18,146 (a 1.97% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Fiji was ranked 158th most populous country in 2006 and is 159th 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) Fiji's population will grow by 6.71% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.