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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mali	Papua New Guinea	Mali	Papua New Guinea
1960	5,402,550	1,995,110	-	-
1961	5,482,283	2,046,127	1.48%	2.56%
1962	5,563,917	2,093,919	1.49%	2.34%
1963	5,646,605	2,141,376	1.49%	2.27%
1964	5,730,125	2,188,325	1.48%	2.19%
1965	5,815,487	2,235,820	1.49%	2.17%
1966	5,902,204	2,285,774	1.49%	2.23%
1967	5,990,906	2,337,532	1.5%	2.26%
1968	6,082,979	2,390,803	1.54%	2.28%
1969	6,177,704	2,446,927	1.56%	2.35%
1970	6,276,472	2,505,628	1.6%	2.4%
1971	6,377,944	2,566,421	1.62%	2.43%
1972	6,483,726	2,628,432	1.66%	2.42%
1973	6,597,106	2,690,629	1.75%	2.37%
1974	6,715,436	2,752,671	1.79%	2.31%
1975	6,837,261	2,814,820	1.81%	2.26%
1976	6,960,979	2,877,327	1.81%	2.22%
1977	7,090,979	2,940,327	1.87%	2.19%
1978	7,229,651	3,003,714	1.96%	2.16%
1979	7,375,266	3,067,341	2.01%	2.12%
1980	7,530,515	3,131,512	2.1%	2.09%
1981	7,692,766	3,197,019	2.15%	2.09%
1982	7,860,194	3,264,291	2.18%	2.1%
1983	8,034,400	3,333,633	2.22%	2.12%
1984	8,208,599	3,405,198	2.17%	2.15%
1985	8,374,663	3,478,936	2.02%	2.17%
1986	8,531,277	3,554,793	1.87%	2.18%
1987	8,681,164	3,632,543	1.76%	2.19%
1988	8,833,996	3,711,880	1.76%	2.18%
1989	8,999,938	3,796,078	1.88%	2.27%
1990	9,178,830	3,896,481	1.99%	2.64%
1991	9,362,888	4,021,837	2.01%	3.22%
1992	9,553,540	4,166,699	2.04%	3.6%
1993	9,754,786	4,320,872	2.11%	3.7%
1994	9,967,031	4,480,208	2.18%	3.69%
1995	10,185,365	4,644,278	2.19%	3.66%
1996	10,407,278	4,813,361	2.18%	3.64%
1997	10,646,495	4,987,883	2.3%	3.63%
1998	10,919,573	5,166,390	2.56%	3.58%
1999	11,227,415	5,349,333	2.82%	3.54%
2000	11,559,290	5,537,064	2.96%	3.51%
2001	11,912,158	5,728,435	3.05%	3.46%
2002	12,288,050	5,924,003	3.16%	3.41%
2003	12,684,955	6,123,997	3.23%	3.38%
2004	13,102,409	6,328,041	3.29%	3.33%
2005	13,538,647	6,535,905	3.33%	3.28%
2006	13,990,139	6,747,720	3.33%	3.24%
2007	14,457,775	6,963,345	3.34%	3.2%
2008	14,940,782	7,183,002	3.34%	3.15%
2009	15,435,539	7,406,438	3.31%	3.11%
2010	15,945,198	7,633,523	3.3%	3.07%
2011	16,469,049	7,859,346	3.29%	2.96%
2012	16,957,033	8,081,390	2.96%	2.83%
2013	17,459,615	8,302,698	2.96%	2.74%
2014	18,020,267	8,523,441	3.21%	2.66%
2015	18,593,022	8,743,246	3.18%	2.58%
2016	19,191,289	8,961,718	3.22%	2.5%
2017	19,813,011	9,178,714	3.24%	2.42%
2018	20,442,030	9,394,513	3.17%	2.35%
2019	21,068,405	9,609,010	3.06%	2.28%
2020	21,713,836	9,815,746	3.06%	2.15%
2021	22,388,630	10,012,896	3.11%	2.01%
2022	23,072,640	10,203,169	3.06%	1.9%
2023	23,769,127	10,389,635	3.02%	1.83%
2024	24,478,595	10,576,502	2.98%	1.8%
2025	25,198,817	10,762,813	2.94%	1.76%
2026	25,932,275	10,947,845	2.91%	1.72%
2027	26,679,171	11,131,268	2.88%	1.68%
2028	27,440,613	11,312,895	2.85%	1.63%
2029	28,215,513	11,492,799	2.82%	1.59%
2030	29,002,864	11,671,420	2.79%	1.55%
2031	29,804,545	11,848,221	2.76%	1.51%
2032	30,618,893	12,023,121	2.73%	1.48%
2033	31,442,801	12,196,639	2.69%	1.44%
2034	32,276,672	12,369,248	2.65%	1.42%
2035	33,118,344	12,540,596	2.61%	1.39%
2036	33,967,889	12,710,682	2.57%	1.36%
2037	34,823,450	12,879,737	2.52%	1.33%
2038	35,685,576	13,047,122	2.48%	1.3%
2039	36,549,487	13,212,668	2.42%	1.27%
2040	37,413,641	13,376,156	2.36%	1.24%
2041	38,280,868	13,537,361	2.32%	1.21%
2042	39,151,280	13,696,139	2.27%	1.17%
2043	40,026,317	13,853,410	2.24%	1.15%
2044	40,902,500	14,009,926	2.19%	1.13%
2045	41,778,984	14,165,578	2.14%	1.11%
2046	42,655,642	14,318,889	2.1%	1.08%
2047	43,530,852	14,469,210	2.05%	1.05%
2048	44,405,715	14,617,364	2.01%	1.02%
2049	45,279,772	14,763,600	1.97%	1%
2050	46,154,079	14,906,584	1.93%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mali increased by 5,201,150 people (a 37.2% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mali gained 6,749,148 (a 35.2% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2006 and is 58th 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) Mali's population will grow by 77.9% to 46,154,079 people with a rank change from 58th to 46th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.