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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Papua New Guinea	Liberia	Papua New Guinea
1960	1,139,522	1,995,110	-	-
1961	1,167,717	2,046,127	2.47%	2.56%
1962	1,197,039	2,093,919	2.51%	2.34%
1963	1,227,414	2,141,376	2.54%	2.27%
1964	1,258,745	2,188,325	2.55%	2.19%
1965	1,291,156	2,235,820	2.57%	2.17%
1966	1,324,383	2,285,774	2.57%	2.23%
1967	1,358,435	2,337,532	2.57%	2.26%
1968	1,393,530	2,390,803	2.58%	2.28%
1969	1,429,605	2,446,927	2.59%	2.35%
1970	1,466,676	2,505,628	2.59%	2.4%
1971	1,504,077	2,566,421	2.55%	2.43%
1972	1,542,670	2,628,432	2.57%	2.42%
1973	1,583,588	2,690,629	2.65%	2.37%
1974	1,626,362	2,752,671	2.7%	2.31%
1975	1,670,913	2,814,820	2.74%	2.26%
1976	1,717,060	2,877,327	2.76%	2.22%
1977	1,766,019	2,940,327	2.85%	2.19%
1978	1,818,247	3,003,714	2.96%	2.16%
1979	1,872,713	3,067,341	3%	2.12%
1980	1,929,253	3,131,512	3.02%	2.09%
1981	1,986,867	3,197,019	2.99%	2.09%
1982	2,045,073	3,264,291	2.93%	2.1%
1983	2,107,113	3,333,633	3.03%	2.12%
1984	2,173,312	3,405,198	3.14%	2.15%
1985	2,240,539	3,478,936	3.09%	2.17%
1986	2,308,511	3,554,793	3.03%	2.18%
1987	2,377,229	3,632,543	2.98%	2.19%
1988	2,446,941	3,711,880	2.93%	2.18%
1989	2,517,858	3,796,078	2.9%	2.27%
1990	2,223,667	3,896,481	-11.7%	2.64%
1991	1,956,518	4,021,837	-12%	3.22%
1992	2,072,461	4,166,699	5.93%	3.6%
1993	2,155,126	4,320,872	3.99%	3.7%
1994	2,149,928	4,480,208	-0.24%	3.69%
1995	2,169,162	4,644,278	0.89%	3.66%
1996	2,232,289	4,813,361	2.91%	3.64%
1997	2,412,989	4,987,883	8.09%	3.63%
1998	2,670,124	5,166,390	10.7%	3.58%
1999	2,821,684	5,349,333	5.68%	3.54%
2000	2,928,117	5,537,064	3.77%	3.51%
2001	3,015,338	5,728,435	2.98%	3.46%
2002	3,094,782	5,924,003	2.63%	3.41%
2003	3,119,532	6,123,997	0.8%	3.38%
2004	3,156,892	6,328,041	1.2%	3.33%
2005	3,301,015	6,535,905	4.57%	3.28%
2006	3,490,787	6,747,720	5.75%	3.24%
2007	3,669,050	6,963,345	5.11%	3.2%
2008	3,821,003	7,183,002	4.14%	3.15%
2009	3,943,028	7,406,438	3.19%	3.11%
2010	4,058,890	7,633,523	2.94%	3.07%
2011	4,221,178	7,859,346	4%	2.96%
2012	4,373,043	8,081,390	3.6%	2.83%
2013	4,470,239	8,302,698	2.22%	2.74%
2014	4,564,293	8,523,441	2.1%	2.66%
2015	4,659,431	8,743,246	2.08%	2.58%
2016	4,755,608	8,961,718	2.06%	2.5%
2017	4,848,925	9,178,714	1.96%	2.42%
2018	4,944,726	9,394,513	1.98%	2.35%
2019	5,043,721	9,609,010	2%	2.28%
2020	5,149,463	9,815,746	2.1%	2.15%
2021	5,259,323	10,012,896	2.13%	2.01%
2022	5,373,294	10,203,169	2.17%	1.9%
2023	5,493,031	10,389,635	2.23%	1.83%
2024	5,612,817	10,576,502	2.18%	1.8%
2025	5,731,211	10,762,813	2.11%	1.76%
2026	5,853,958	10,947,845	2.14%	1.72%
2027	5,986,805	11,131,268	2.27%	1.68%
2028	6,118,769	11,312,895	2.2%	1.63%
2029	6,245,093	11,492,799	2.06%	1.59%
2030	6,366,293	11,671,420	1.94%	1.55%
2031	6,486,749	11,848,221	1.89%	1.51%
2032	6,614,257	12,023,121	1.97%	1.48%
2033	6,744,927	12,196,639	1.98%	1.44%
2034	6,873,688	12,369,248	1.91%	1.42%
2035	7,003,567	12,540,596	1.89%	1.39%
2036	7,142,326	12,710,682	1.98%	1.36%
2037	7,278,759	12,879,737	1.91%	1.33%
2038	7,408,720	13,047,122	1.79%	1.3%
2039	7,545,510	13,212,668	1.85%	1.27%
2040	7,681,693	13,376,156	1.8%	1.24%
2041	7,817,089	13,537,361	1.76%	1.21%
2042	7,954,182	13,696,139	1.75%	1.17%
2043	8,077,173	13,853,410	1.55%	1.15%
2044	8,194,136	14,009,926	1.45%	1.13%
2045	8,310,657	14,165,578	1.42%	1.11%
2046	8,428,924	14,318,889	1.42%	1.08%
2047	8,552,033	14,469,210	1.46%	1.05%
2048	8,673,963	14,617,364	1.43%	1.02%
2049	8,795,838	14,763,600	1.41%	1%
2050	8,910,539	14,906,584	1.3%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Liberia increased by 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Liberia gained 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

Liberia was ranked 129th most populous country in 2005 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.8% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.