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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mexico	Papua New Guinea	Mexico	Papua New Guinea
1960	36,724,615	1,995,110	-	-
1961	37,890,118	2,046,127	3.17%	2.56%
1962	39,129,200	2,093,919	3.27%	2.34%
1963	40,424,065	2,141,376	3.31%	2.27%
1964	41,772,049	2,188,325	3.33%	2.19%
1965	43,174,477	2,235,820	3.36%	2.17%
1966	44,629,106	2,285,774	3.37%	2.23%
1967	46,129,608	2,337,532	3.36%	2.26%
1968	47,668,303	2,390,803	3.34%	2.28%
1969	49,233,194	2,446,927	3.28%	2.35%
1970	50,814,953	2,505,628	3.21%	2.4%
1971	52,412,558	2,566,421	3.14%	2.43%
1972	54,030,168	2,628,432	3.09%	2.42%
1973	55,667,284	2,690,629	3.03%	2.37%
1974	57,320,149	2,752,671	2.97%	2.31%
1975	58,982,400	2,814,820	2.9%	2.26%
1976	60,645,512	2,877,327	2.82%	2.22%
1977	62,308,493	2,940,327	2.74%	2.19%
1978	63,979,046	3,003,714	2.68%	2.16%
1979	65,648,865	3,067,341	2.61%	2.12%
1980	67,300,334	3,131,512	2.52%	2.09%
1981	68,892,108	3,197,019	2.37%	2.09%
1982	70,433,260	3,264,291	2.24%	2.1%
1983	71,971,240	3,333,633	2.18%	2.12%
1984	73,506,846	3,405,198	2.13%	2.15%
1985	75,043,414	3,478,936	2.09%	2.17%
1986	76,585,637	3,554,793	2.06%	2.18%
1987	78,136,651	3,632,543	2.03%	2.19%
1988	79,695,531	3,711,880	2%	2.18%
1989	81,247,182	3,796,078	1.95%	2.27%
1990	82,820,170	3,896,481	1.94%	2.64%
1991	84,430,572	4,021,837	1.94%	3.22%
1992	86,044,809	4,166,699	1.91%	3.6%
1993	87,653,807	4,320,872	1.87%	3.7%
1994	89,259,205	4,480,208	1.83%	3.69%
1995	90,862,455	4,644,278	1.8%	3.66%
1996	92,452,702	4,813,361	1.75%	3.64%
1997	94,021,207	4,987,883	1.7%	3.63%
1998	95,575,245	5,166,390	1.65%	3.58%
1999	97,115,707	5,349,333	1.61%	3.54%
2000	98,625,552	5,537,064	1.55%	3.51%
2001	100,099,099	5,728,435	1.49%	3.46%
2002	101,548,624	5,924,003	1.45%	3.41%
2003	102,978,515	6,123,997	1.41%	3.38%
2004	104,394,131	6,328,041	1.37%	3.33%
2005	105,811,504	6,535,905	1.36%	3.28%
2006	107,253,666	6,747,720	1.36%	3.24%
2007	108,774,360	6,963,345	1.42%	3.2%
2008	110,374,288	7,183,002	1.47%	3.15%
2009	111,999,721	7,406,438	1.47%	3.11%
2010	113,623,895	7,633,523	1.45%	3.07%
2011	115,243,504	7,859,346	1.43%	2.96%
2012	116,818,208	8,081,390	1.37%	2.83%
2013	118,343,573	8,302,698	1.31%	2.74%
2014	119,784,261	8,523,441	1.22%	2.66%
2015	121,072,306	8,743,246	1.08%	2.58%
2016	122,251,351	8,961,718	0.97%	2.5%
2017	123,400,057	9,178,714	0.94%	2.42%
2018	124,573,711	9,394,513	0.95%	2.35%
2019	125,762,982	9,609,010	0.95%	2.28%
2020	126,799,054	9,815,746	0.82%	2.15%
2021	127,648,148	10,012,896	0.67%	2.01%
2022	128,613,117	10,203,169	0.76%	1.9%
2023	129,739,759	10,389,635	0.88%	1.83%
2024	130,861,007	10,576,502	0.86%	1.8%
2025	131,946,905	10,762,813	0.83%	1.76%
2026	132,997,664	10,947,845	0.8%	1.72%
2027	134,017,711	11,131,268	0.77%	1.68%
2028	135,008,697	11,312,895	0.74%	1.63%
2029	135,970,893	11,492,799	0.71%	1.59%
2030	136,904,747	11,671,420	0.69%	1.55%
2031	137,811,068	11,848,221	0.66%	1.51%
2032	138,690,189	12,023,121	0.64%	1.48%
2033	139,542,087	12,196,639	0.61%	1.44%
2034	140,362,026	12,369,248	0.59%	1.42%
2035	141,150,818	12,540,596	0.56%	1.39%
2036	141,909,168	12,710,682	0.54%	1.36%
2037	142,637,546	12,879,737	0.51%	1.33%
2038	143,336,222	13,047,122	0.49%	1.3%
2039	143,998,296	13,212,668	0.46%	1.27%
2040	144,624,328	13,376,156	0.43%	1.24%
2041	145,217,780	13,537,361	0.41%	1.21%
2042	145,777,459	13,696,139	0.39%	1.17%
2043	146,300,011	13,853,410	0.36%	1.15%
2044	146,787,722	14,009,926	0.33%	1.13%
2045	147,240,096	14,165,578	0.31%	1.11%
2046	147,654,160	14,318,889	0.28%	1.08%
2047	148,030,153	14,469,210	0.25%	1.05%
2048	148,372,233	14,617,364	0.23%	1.02%
2049	148,677,894	14,763,600	0.21%	1%
2050	148,946,272	14,906,584	0.18%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Mexico increased by 14,997,685 people (a 14% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Mexico gained 10,757,461 (a 8.8% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Mexico was ranked 11th most populous country in 2006 and is still 11th 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) Mexico's population will grow by 12% to 148,946,272 people with a rank change from 11th to 12th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.