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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Italy	Papua New Guinea	Italy	Papua New Guinea
1960	50,199,700	1,995,110	-	-
1961	50,536,350	2,046,127	0.67%	2.56%
1962	50,879,450	2,093,919	0.68%	2.34%
1963	51,252,000	2,141,376	0.73%	2.27%
1964	51,675,350	2,188,325	0.83%	2.19%
1965	52,112,350	2,235,820	0.85%	2.17%
1966	52,519,000	2,285,774	0.78%	2.23%
1967	52,900,500	2,337,532	0.73%	2.26%
1968	53,235,750	2,390,803	0.63%	2.28%
1969	53,537,950	2,446,927	0.57%	2.35%
1970	53,821,850	2,505,628	0.53%	2.4%
1971	54,073,490	2,566,421	0.47%	2.43%
1972	54,381,345	2,628,432	0.57%	2.42%
1973	54,751,406	2,690,629	0.68%	2.37%
1974	55,110,868	2,752,671	0.66%	2.31%
1975	55,441,001	2,814,820	0.6%	2.26%
1976	55,718,260	2,877,327	0.5%	2.22%
1977	55,955,411	2,940,327	0.43%	2.19%
1978	56,155,143	3,003,714	0.36%	2.16%
1979	56,317,749	3,067,341	0.29%	2.12%
1980	56,433,883	3,131,512	0.21%	2.09%
1981	56,501,675	3,197,019	0.12%	2.09%
1982	56,543,548	3,264,291	0.07%	2.1%
1983	56,564,074	3,333,633	0.04%	2.12%
1984	56,576,718	3,405,198	0.02%	2.15%
1985	56,593,071	3,478,936	0.03%	2.17%
1986	56,596,155	3,554,793	0.005%	2.18%
1987	56,601,931	3,632,543	0.01%	2.19%
1988	56,629,288	3,711,880	0.05%	2.18%
1989	56,671,781	3,796,078	0.08%	2.27%
1990	56,719,240	3,896,481	0.08%	2.64%
1991	56,758,521	4,021,837	0.07%	3.22%
1992	56,797,087	4,166,699	0.07%	3.6%
1993	56,831,821	4,320,872	0.06%	3.7%
1994	56,843,400	4,480,208	0.02%	3.69%
1995	56,844,303	4,644,278	0.002%	3.66%
1996	56,860,281	4,813,361	0.03%	3.64%
1997	56,890,372	4,987,883	0.05%	3.63%
1998	56,906,744	5,166,390	0.03%	3.58%
1999	56,916,317	5,349,333	0.02%	3.54%
2000	56,942,108	5,537,064	0.05%	3.51%
2001	56,976,981	5,728,435	0.06%	3.46%
2002	57,089,824	5,924,003	0.2%	3.41%
2003	57,399,184	6,123,997	0.54%	3.38%
2004	57,828,179	6,328,041	0.75%	3.33%
2005	58,166,682	6,535,905	0.59%	3.28%
2006	58,399,861	6,747,720	0.4%	3.24%
2007	58,756,247	6,963,345	0.61%	3.2%
2008	59,211,181	7,183,002	0.77%	3.15%
2009	59,555,454	7,406,438	0.58%	3.11%
2010	59,819,407	7,633,523	0.44%	3.07%
2011	60,026,841	7,859,346	0.35%	2.96%
2012	60,191,247	8,081,390	0.27%	2.83%
2013	60,311,613	8,302,698	0.2%	2.74%
2014	60,320,707	8,523,441	0.02%	2.66%
2015	60,229,605	8,743,246	-0.15%	2.58%
2016	60,115,223	8,961,718	-0.19%	2.5%
2017	60,002,252	9,178,714	-0.19%	2.42%
2018	60,148,658	9,394,513	0.24%	2.35%
2019	59,729,081	9,609,010	-0.7%	2.28%
2020	59,438,851	9,815,746	-0.49%	2.15%
2021	59,133,173	10,012,896	-0.51%	2.01%
2022	59,013,667	10,203,169	-0.2%	1.9%
2023	58,984,216	10,389,635	-0.05%	1.83%
2024	58,952,704	10,576,502	-0.05%	1.8%
2025	58,757,388	10,762,813	-0.33%	1.76%
2026	58,538,738	10,947,845	-0.37%	1.72%
2027	58,302,912	11,131,268	-0.4%	1.68%
2028	58,061,557	11,312,895	-0.41%	1.63%
2029	57,818,364	11,492,799	-0.42%	1.59%
2030	57,565,087	11,671,420	-0.44%	1.55%
2031	57,300,892	11,848,221	-0.46%	1.51%
2032	57,038,998	12,023,121	-0.46%	1.48%
2033	56,780,656	12,196,639	-0.45%	1.44%
2034	56,516,874	12,369,248	-0.46%	1.42%
2035	56,247,746	12,540,596	-0.48%	1.39%
2036	55,978,207	12,710,682	-0.48%	1.36%
2037	55,705,993	12,879,737	-0.49%	1.33%
2038	55,429,408	13,047,122	-0.5%	1.3%
2039	55,146,340	13,212,668	-0.51%	1.27%
2040	54,858,102	13,376,156	-0.52%	1.24%
2041	54,570,785	13,537,361	-0.52%	1.21%
2042	54,276,735	13,696,139	-0.54%	1.17%
2043	53,966,605	13,853,410	-0.57%	1.15%
2044	53,649,281	14,009,926	-0.59%	1.13%
2045	53,327,530	14,165,578	-0.6%	1.11%
2046	52,995,336	14,318,889	-0.62%	1.08%
2047	52,650,393	14,469,210	-0.65%	1.05%
2048	52,294,685	14,617,364	-0.68%	1.02%
2049	51,929,700	14,763,600	-0.7%	1%
2050	51,549,925	14,906,584	-0.73%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Italy increased by 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Italy lost -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2006 and is 26th 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) Italy's population will shrink by 11.9% to 51,549,925 people with a rank change from 26th to 40th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.