The latest officially reported population of Montenegro was 623,831 in 2024 vs 10,576,502 people in Papua New Guinea in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Montenegro's population is 618,209 people compared to 10,911,445 in Papua New Guinea.
Population statistics:
- Papua New Guinea's population is 17.7 times bigger than Montenegro's.
- Montenegro is ranked the 166th most populous country in the world, while Papua New Guinea is the 90th.
- The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.007% for Montenegro vs 0.13% for Papua New Guinea.
- For the last 10 years, Montenegro has had an average growth rate of +0.02% per year vs +2.23% in Papua New Guinea.
- Since 2005, the population of Montenegro has increased from 614K people to 618K (0.64% growth), while Papua New Guinea has grown from 6.54M to 10.9M (66.9% growth).
- Papua New Guinea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 18.6M people, while Montenegro's population already peaked in 2019 at 627K people and is projected to decrease to 319K people by 2100.
Montenegro vs Papua New Guinea: live population counter
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| Current population |
618209
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10911445
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| Population rank | 166/197 | 90/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.007% | 0.13% |
| One net population change |
1.21 days
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2.81 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.25 hours
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2.06 minutes
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| One death every |
1.39 hours
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7.76 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.2 hours
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12.4 hours
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| Annual migration change | -1,686 | -707 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1 | +512 |
| Annual growth/decline | +302 | +186,867 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.05% | +1.8% |
| Population growth rate rank | 163/197 | 61/197 |
Montenegro and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 480,579 | 1,995,110 | - | - |
| 1961 | 491,140 | 2,046,127 | 2.2% | 2.56% |
| 1962 | 502,558 | 2,093,919 | 2.32% | 2.34% |
| 1963 | 513,409 | 2,141,376 | 2.16% | 2.27% |
| 1964 | 521,753 | 2,188,325 | 1.63% | 2.19% |
| 1965 | 526,327 | 2,235,820 | 0.88% | 2.17% |
| 1966 | 526,419 | 2,285,774 | 0.02% | 2.23% |
| 1967 | 522,796 | 2,337,532 | -0.69% | 2.26% |
| 1968 | 517,481 | 2,390,803 | -1.02% | 2.28% |
| 1969 | 513,340 | 2,446,927 | -0.8% | 2.35% |
| 1970 | 512,407 | 2,505,628 | -0.18% | 2.4% |
| 1971 | 515,449 | 2,566,421 | 0.59% | 2.43% |
| 1972 | 521,785 | 2,628,432 | 1.23% | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 530,220 | 2,690,629 | 1.62% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 538,902 | 2,752,671 | 1.64% | 2.31% |
| 1975 | 546,487 | 2,814,820 | 1.41% | 2.26% |
| 1976 | 552,562 | 2,877,327 | 1.11% | 2.22% |
| 1977 | 557,576 | 2,940,327 | 0.91% | 2.19% |
| 1978 | 562,065 | 3,003,714 | 0.81% | 2.16% |
| 1979 | 566,888 | 3,067,341 | 0.86% | 2.12% |
| 1980 | 572,608 | 3,131,512 | 1.01% | 2.09% |
| 1981 | 579,445 | 3,197,019 | 1.19% | 2.09% |
| 1982 | 587,001 | 3,264,291 | 1.3% | 2.1% |
| 1983 | 594,506 | 3,333,633 | 1.28% | 2.12% |
| 1984 | 600,884 | 3,405,198 | 1.07% | 2.15% |
| 1985 | 605,398 | 3,478,936 | 0.75% | 2.17% |
| 1986 | 607,711 | 3,554,793 | 0.38% | 2.18% |
| 1987 | 608,144 | 3,632,543 | 0.07% | 2.19% |
| 1988 | 607,413 | 3,711,880 | -0.12% | 2.18% |
| 1989 | 606,571 | 3,796,078 | -0.14% | 2.27% |
| 1990 | 606,372 | 3,896,481 | -0.03% | 2.64% |
| 1991 | 607,105 | 4,021,837 | 0.12% | 3.22% |
| 1992 | 608,516 | 4,166,699 | 0.23% | 3.6% |
| 1993 | 610,170 | 4,320,872 | 0.27% | 3.7% |
| 1994 | 611,389 | 4,480,208 | 0.2% | 3.69% |
| 1995 | 611,712 | 4,644,278 | 0.05% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 611,003 | 4,813,361 | -0.12% | 3.64% |
| 1997 | 609,520 | 4,987,883 | -0.24% | 3.63% |
| 1998 | 607,662 | 5,166,390 | -0.3% | 3.58% |
| 1999 | 606,001 | 5,349,333 | -0.27% | 3.54% |
| 2000 | 604,950 | 5,537,064 | -0.17% | 3.51% |
| 2001 | 607,389 | 5,728,435 | 0.4% | 3.46% |
| 2002 | 609,828 | 5,924,003 | 0.4% | 3.41% |
| 2003 | 612,267 | 6,123,997 | 0.4% | 3.38% |
| 2004 | 613,353 | 6,328,041 | 0.18% | 3.33% |
| 2005 | 614,261 | 6,535,905 | 0.15% | 3.28% |
| 2006 | 615,025 | 6,747,720 | 0.12% | 3.24% |
| 2007 | 615,875 | 6,963,345 | 0.14% | 3.2% |
| 2008 | 616,969 | 7,183,002 | 0.18% | 3.15% |
| 2009 | 618,294 | 7,406,438 | 0.21% | 3.11% |
| 2010 | 619,428 | 7,633,523 | 0.18% | 3.07% |
| 2011 | 620,345 | 7,859,346 | 0.15% | 2.96% |
| 2012 | 621,418 | 8,081,390 | 0.17% | 2.83% |
| 2013 | 622,587 | 8,302,698 | 0.19% | 2.74% |
| 2014 | 623,744 | 8,523,441 | 0.19% | 2.66% |
| 2015 | 624,651 | 8,743,246 | 0.15% | 2.58% |
| 2016 | 625,353 | 8,961,718 | 0.11% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 625,982 | 9,178,714 | 0.1% | 2.42% |
| 2018 | 626,438 | 9,394,513 | 0.07% | 2.35% |
| 2019 | 626,753 | 9,609,010 | 0.05% | 2.28% |
| 2020 | 626,590 | 9,815,746 | -0.03% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 625,053 | 10,012,896 | -0.25% | 2.01% |
| 2022 | 623,591 | 10,203,169 | -0.23% | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 623,529 | 10,389,635 | -0.01% | 1.83% |
| 2024 | 623,831 | 10,576,502 | 0.05% | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 618,209 | 10,762,813 | -0.9% | 1.76% |
| 2026 | 611,868 | 10,947,845 | -1.03% | 1.72% |
| 2027 | 608,570 | 11,131,268 | -0.54% | 1.68% |
| 2028 | 605,281 | 11,312,895 | -0.54% | 1.63% |
| 2029 | 601,917 | 11,492,799 | -0.56% | 1.59% |
| 2030 | 598,501 | 11,671,420 | -0.57% | 1.55% |
| 2031 | 595,047 | 11,848,221 | -0.58% | 1.51% |
| 2032 | 591,507 | 12,023,121 | -0.59% | 1.48% |
| 2033 | 587,900 | 12,196,639 | -0.61% | 1.44% |
| 2034 | 584,230 | 12,369,248 | -0.62% | 1.42% |
| 2035 | 580,502 | 12,540,596 | -0.64% | 1.39% |
| 2036 | 576,713 | 12,710,682 | -0.65% | 1.36% |
| 2037 | 572,889 | 12,879,737 | -0.66% | 1.33% |
| 2038 | 569,027 | 13,047,122 | -0.67% | 1.3% |
| 2039 | 565,147 | 13,212,668 | -0.68% | 1.27% |
| 2040 | 561,254 | 13,376,156 | -0.69% | 1.24% |
| 2041 | 557,345 | 13,537,361 | -0.7% | 1.21% |
| 2042 | 553,430 | 13,696,139 | -0.7% | 1.17% |
| 2043 | 549,485 | 13,853,410 | -0.71% | 1.15% |
| 2044 | 545,508 | 14,009,926 | -0.72% | 1.13% |
| 2045 | 541,510 | 14,165,578 | -0.73% | 1.11% |
| 2046 | 537,487 | 14,318,889 | -0.74% | 1.08% |
| 2047 | 533,411 | 14,469,210 | -0.76% | 1.05% |
| 2048 | 529,311 | 14,617,364 | -0.77% | 1.02% |
| 2049 | 525,208 | 14,763,600 | -0.78% | 1% |
| 2050 | 521,056 | 14,906,584 | -0.79% | 0.97% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Montenegro increased by 10,390 people (a 1.69% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Montenegro lost -6,442 (a 1.03% decline), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).
Montenegro was ranked 162nd most populous country in 2005 and is 166th 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) Montenegro's population will shrink by 15.7% to 521,056 people with a rank change from 166th to 170th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Podgorica | 151K |
| Ulcinj | 19.9K |
| Cetinje | 14K |
| Plav | 13.8K |
| Bar | 13.7K |
| Budva | 13.3K |
| Berane | 11.1K |
| Mojkovac | 3.59K |
| Kotor | 961 |
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| City | Population |
| Port Moresby | 317K |
| Lae | 101K |
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Population differences between Montenegro and Papua New Guinea
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| Life expectancy | 77.4 years | 66.4 years |
| Average age | 40.3 years | 26.7 years |
| Median age | 40.6 years | 23.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.1:51.9 | 51.4:48.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.74 births per woman | 3.1 births per woman |
| Population density | 120.1 ppl/mi² | 60.5 ppl/mi² |
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