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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mozambique	Papua New Guinea	Mozambique	Papua New Guinea
1960	6,713,695	1,995,110	-	-
1961	6,834,936	2,046,127	1.81%	2.56%
1962	6,969,364	2,093,919	1.97%	2.34%
1963	7,109,828	2,141,376	2.02%	2.27%
1964	7,255,061	2,188,325	2.04%	2.19%
1965	7,406,421	2,235,820	2.09%	2.17%
1966	7,562,990	2,285,774	2.11%	2.23%
1967	7,724,550	2,337,532	2.14%	2.26%
1968	7,892,613	2,390,803	2.18%	2.28%
1969	8,066,951	2,446,927	2.21%	2.35%
1970	8,250,506	2,505,628	2.28%	2.4%
1971	8,456,317	2,566,421	2.49%	2.43%
1972	8,692,935	2,628,432	2.8%	2.42%
1973	8,954,242	2,690,629	3.01%	2.37%
1974	9,236,093	2,752,671	3.15%	2.31%
1975	9,540,817	2,814,820	3.3%	2.26%
1976	9,867,209	2,877,327	3.42%	2.22%
1977	10,224,975	2,940,327	3.63%	2.19%
1978	10,618,250	3,003,714	3.85%	2.16%
1979	11,028,809	3,067,341	3.87%	2.12%
1980	11,336,221	3,131,512	2.79%	2.09%
1981	11,568,127	3,197,019	2.05%	2.09%
1982	11,824,370	3,264,291	2.22%	2.1%
1983	12,073,822	3,333,633	2.11%	2.12%
1984	12,315,954	3,405,198	2.01%	2.15%
1985	12,548,949	3,478,936	1.89%	2.17%
1986	12,770,578	3,554,793	1.77%	2.18%
1987	12,822,574	3,632,543	0.41%	2.19%
1988	12,800,558	3,711,880	-0.17%	2.18%
1989	12,906,842	3,796,078	0.83%	2.27%
1990	13,094,537	3,896,481	1.45%	2.64%
1991	13,352,090	4,021,837	1.97%	3.22%
1992	13,613,316	4,166,699	1.96%	3.6%
1993	14,051,192	4,320,872	3.22%	3.7%
1994	15,033,853	4,480,208	6.99%	3.69%
1995	15,960,530	4,644,278	6.16%	3.66%
1996	16,492,480	4,813,361	3.33%	3.64%
1997	16,949,982	4,987,883	2.77%	3.63%
1998	17,340,464	5,166,390	2.3%	3.58%
1999	17,734,506	5,349,333	2.27%	3.54%
2000	18,129,653	5,537,064	2.23%	3.51%
2001	18,537,729	5,728,435	2.25%	3.46%
2002	18,958,338	5,924,003	2.27%	3.41%
2003	19,392,475	6,123,997	2.29%	3.38%
2004	19,840,313	6,328,041	2.31%	3.33%
2005	20,304,569	6,535,905	2.34%	3.28%
2006	20,787,087	6,747,720	2.38%	3.24%
2007	21,287,635	6,963,345	2.41%	3.2%
2008	21,819,036	7,183,002	2.5%	3.15%
2009	22,391,745	7,406,438	2.62%	3.11%
2010	22,999,235	7,633,523	2.71%	3.07%
2011	23,649,039	7,859,346	2.83%	2.96%
2012	24,337,846	8,081,390	2.91%	2.83%
2013	25,051,611	8,302,698	2.93%	2.74%
2014	25,788,475	8,523,441	2.94%	2.66%
2015	26,547,572	8,743,246	2.94%	2.58%
2016	27,337,105	8,961,718	2.97%	2.5%
2017	28,166,393	9,178,714	3.03%	2.42%
2018	29,018,644	9,394,513	3.03%	2.35%
2019	29,884,380	9,609,010	2.98%	2.28%
2020	30,783,688	9,815,746	3.01%	2.15%
2021	31,707,800	10,012,896	3%	2.01%
2022	32,656,246	10,203,169	2.99%	1.9%
2023	33,635,160	10,389,635	3%	1.83%
2024	34,631,766	10,576,502	2.96%	1.8%
2025	35,631,656	10,762,813	2.89%	1.76%
2026	36,639,853	10,947,845	2.83%	1.72%
2027	37,668,656	11,131,268	2.81%	1.68%
2028	38,714,097	11,312,895	2.78%	1.63%
2029	39,774,947	11,492,799	2.74%	1.59%
2030	40,846,749	11,671,420	2.69%	1.55%
2031	41,931,250	11,848,221	2.66%	1.51%
2032	43,032,887	12,023,121	2.63%	1.48%
2033	44,144,533	12,196,639	2.58%	1.44%
2034	45,273,522	12,369,248	2.56%	1.42%
2035	46,411,774	12,540,596	2.51%	1.39%
2036	47,548,671	12,710,682	2.45%	1.36%
2037	48,684,563	12,879,737	2.39%	1.33%
2038	49,822,039	13,047,122	2.34%	1.3%
2039	50,971,124	13,212,668	2.31%	1.27%
2040	52,124,215	13,376,156	2.26%	1.24%
2041	53,271,004	13,537,361	2.2%	1.21%
2042	54,423,407	13,696,139	2.16%	1.17%
2043	55,574,711	13,853,410	2.12%	1.15%
2044	56,716,585	14,009,926	2.05%	1.13%
2045	57,851,787	14,165,578	2%	1.11%
2046	58,981,102	14,318,889	1.95%	1.08%
2047	60,117,587	14,469,210	1.93%	1.05%
2048	61,254,584	14,617,364	1.89%	1.02%
2049	62,397,018	14,763,600	1.87%	1%
2050	63,530,955	14,906,584	1.82%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mozambique increased by 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mozambique gained 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

Mozambique was ranked 52nd most populous country in 2005 and is 43rd 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) Mozambique's population will grow by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people with a rank change from 43rd to 32nd. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.