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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Luxembourg	Papua New Guinea	Luxembourg	Papua New Guinea
1960	313,970	1,995,110	-	-
1961	316,845	2,046,127	0.92%	2.56%
1962	320,750	2,093,919	1.23%	2.34%
1963	324,100	2,141,376	1.04%	2.27%
1964	327,750	2,188,325	1.13%	2.19%
1965	331,500	2,235,820	1.14%	2.17%
1966	333,895	2,285,774	0.72%	2.23%
1967	334,995	2,337,532	0.33%	2.26%
1968	335,850	2,390,803	0.26%	2.28%
1969	337,500	2,446,927	0.49%	2.35%
1970	339,171	2,505,628	0.5%	2.4%
1971	342,421	2,566,421	0.96%	2.43%
1972	346,600	2,628,432	1.22%	2.42%
1973	350,450	2,690,629	1.11%	2.37%
1974	355,050	2,752,671	1.31%	2.31%
1975	358,950	2,814,820	1.1%	2.26%
1976	360,731	2,877,327	0.5%	2.22%
1977	361,358	2,940,327	0.17%	2.19%
1978	362,007	3,003,714	0.18%	2.16%
1979	362,856	3,067,341	0.23%	2.12%
1980	364,150	3,131,512	0.36%	2.09%
1981	365,225	3,197,019	0.3%	2.09%
1982	365,525	3,264,291	0.08%	2.1%
1983	365,622	3,333,633	0.03%	2.12%
1984	365,998	3,405,198	0.1%	2.15%
1985	366,706	3,478,936	0.19%	2.17%
1986	368,355	3,554,793	0.45%	2.18%
1987	370,750	3,632,543	0.65%	2.19%
1988	373,450	3,711,880	0.73%	2.18%
1989	377,100	3,796,078	0.98%	2.27%
1990	381,850	3,896,481	1.26%	2.64%
1991	387,000	4,021,837	1.35%	3.22%
1992	392,175	4,166,699	1.34%	3.6%
1993	397,475	4,320,872	1.35%	3.7%
1994	402,925	4,480,208	1.37%	3.69%
1995	408,625	4,644,278	1.41%	3.66%
1996	414,225	4,813,361	1.37%	3.64%
1997	419,450	4,987,883	1.26%	3.63%
1998	424,700	5,166,390	1.25%	3.58%
1999	430,475	5,349,333	1.36%	3.54%
2000	436,300	5,537,064	1.35%	3.51%
2001	441,525	5,728,435	1.2%	3.46%
2002	446,175	5,924,003	1.05%	3.41%
2003	451,630	6,123,997	1.22%	3.38%
2004	458,095	6,328,041	1.43%	3.33%
2005	465,158	6,535,905	1.54%	3.28%
2006	472,637	6,747,720	1.61%	3.24%
2007	479,993	6,963,345	1.56%	3.2%
2008	488,650	7,183,002	1.8%	3.15%
2009	497,783	7,406,438	1.87%	3.11%
2010	506,953	7,633,523	1.84%	3.07%
2011	518,347	7,859,346	2.25%	2.96%
2012	530,946	8,081,390	2.43%	2.83%
2013	543,360	8,302,698	2.34%	2.74%
2014	556,319	8,523,441	2.38%	2.66%
2015	569,604	8,743,246	2.39%	2.58%
2016	582,014	8,961,718	2.18%	2.5%
2017	596,336	9,178,714	2.46%	2.42%
2018	607,950	9,394,513	1.95%	2.35%
2019	620,001	9,609,010	1.98%	2.28%
2020	630,419	9,815,746	1.68%	2.15%
2021	640,064	10,012,896	1.53%	2.01%
2022	653,103	10,203,169	2.04%	1.9%
2023	666,430	10,389,635	2.04%	1.83%
2024	677,717	10,576,502	1.69%	1.8%
2025	685,180	10,762,813	1.1%	1.76%
2026	692,217	10,947,845	1.03%	1.72%
2027	699,102	11,131,268	0.99%	1.68%
2028	705,956	11,312,895	0.98%	1.63%
2029	712,502	11,492,799	0.93%	1.59%
2030	718,627	11,671,420	0.86%	1.55%
2031	724,433	11,848,221	0.81%	1.51%
2032	730,118	12,023,121	0.78%	1.48%
2033	735,604	12,196,639	0.75%	1.44%
2034	740,767	12,369,248	0.7%	1.42%
2035	745,776	12,540,596	0.68%	1.39%
2036	750,596	12,710,682	0.65%	1.36%
2037	755,119	12,879,737	0.6%	1.33%
2038	759,551	13,047,122	0.59%	1.3%
2039	763,923	13,212,668	0.58%	1.27%
2040	767,972	13,376,156	0.53%	1.24%
2041	771,757	13,537,361	0.49%	1.21%
2042	775,418	13,696,139	0.47%	1.17%
2043	778,811	13,853,410	0.44%	1.15%
2044	781,936	14,009,926	0.4%	1.13%
2045	784,957	14,165,578	0.39%	1.11%
2046	787,788	14,318,889	0.36%	1.08%
2047	790,356	14,469,210	0.33%	1.05%
2048	792,821	14,617,364	0.31%	1.02%
2049	795,064	14,763,600	0.28%	1%
2050	796,958	14,906,584	0.24%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Luxembourg increased by 104,446 people (a 22.5% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Luxembourg gained 121,228 (a 21.3% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

Luxembourg was ranked 167th most populous country in 2005 and is 164th 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) Luxembourg's population will grow by 15.4% to 796,958 people and will still be ranked 164th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.