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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nepal	Papua New Guinea	Nepal	Papua New Guinea
1960	10,123,658	1,995,110	-	-
1961	10,318,396	2,046,127	1.92%	2.56%
1962	10,521,116	2,093,919	1.96%	2.34%
1963	10,729,818	2,141,376	1.98%	2.27%
1964	10,946,392	2,188,325	2.02%	2.19%
1965	11,173,411	2,235,820	2.07%	2.17%
1966	11,408,710	2,285,774	2.11%	2.23%
1967	11,652,716	2,337,532	2.14%	2.26%
1968	11,906,266	2,390,803	2.18%	2.28%
1969	12,167,036	2,446,927	2.19%	2.35%
1970	12,436,190	2,505,628	2.21%	2.4%
1971	12,710,061	2,566,421	2.2%	2.43%
1972	12,989,099	2,628,432	2.2%	2.42%
1973	13,275,239	2,690,629	2.2%	2.37%
1974	13,568,435	2,752,671	2.21%	2.31%
1975	13,870,695	2,814,820	2.23%	2.26%
1976	14,177,649	2,877,327	2.21%	2.22%
1977	14,499,175	2,940,327	2.27%	2.19%
1978	14,839,695	3,003,714	2.35%	2.16%
1979	15,190,590	3,067,341	2.36%	2.12%
1980	15,553,105	3,131,512	2.39%	2.09%
1981	15,922,423	3,197,019	2.37%	2.09%
1982	16,297,987	3,264,291	2.36%	2.1%
1983	16,689,119	3,333,633	2.4%	2.12%
1984	17,085,242	3,405,198	2.37%	2.15%
1985	17,477,692	3,478,936	2.3%	2.17%
1986	17,868,124	3,554,793	2.23%	2.18%
1987	18,250,505	3,632,543	2.14%	2.19%
1988	18,638,661	3,711,880	2.13%	2.18%
1989	19,057,807	3,796,078	2.25%	2.27%
1990	19,524,573	3,896,481	2.45%	2.64%
1991	20,036,500	4,021,837	2.62%	3.22%
1992	20,609,707	4,166,699	2.86%	3.6%
1993	21,180,159	4,320,872	2.77%	3.7%
1994	21,717,479	4,480,208	2.54%	3.69%
1995	22,245,439	4,644,278	2.43%	3.66%
1996	22,741,862	4,813,361	2.23%	3.64%
1997	23,219,463	4,987,883	2.1%	3.63%
1998	23,680,357	5,166,390	1.98%	3.58%
1999	24,125,199	5,349,333	1.88%	3.54%
2000	24,546,509	5,537,064	1.75%	3.51%
2001	24,946,748	5,728,435	1.63%	3.46%
2002	25,328,981	5,924,003	1.53%	3.41%
2003	25,688,758	6,123,997	1.42%	3.38%
2004	26,016,656	6,328,041	1.28%	3.33%
2005	26,309,458	6,535,905	1.13%	3.28%
2006	26,565,425	6,747,720	0.97%	3.24%
2007	26,788,492	6,963,345	0.84%	3.2%
2008	26,990,037	7,183,002	0.75%	3.15%
2009	27,173,035	7,406,438	0.68%	3.11%
2010	27,341,952	7,633,523	0.62%	3.07%
2011	27,464,494	7,859,346	0.45%	2.96%
2012	27,534,915	8,081,390	0.26%	2.83%
2013	27,589,996	8,302,698	0.2%	2.74%
2014	27,672,370	8,523,441	0.3%	2.66%
2015	27,823,629	8,743,246	0.55%	2.58%
2016	27,955,462	8,961,718	0.47%	2.5%
2017	28,011,258	9,178,714	0.2%	2.42%
2018	28,079,689	9,394,513	0.24%	2.35%
2019	28,414,064	9,609,010	1.19%	2.28%
2020	28,966,574	9,815,746	1.94%	2.15%
2021	29,475,010	10,012,896	1.76%	2.01%
2022	29,715,436	10,203,169	0.82%	1.9%
2023	29,694,614	10,389,635	-0.07%	1.83%
2024	29,651,054	10,576,502	-0.15%	1.8%
2025	29,618,120	10,762,813	-0.11%	1.76%
2026	29,629,406	10,947,845	0.04%	1.72%
2027	29,727,164	11,131,268	0.33%	1.68%
2028	29,947,588	11,312,895	0.74%	1.63%
2029	30,232,115	11,492,799	0.95%	1.59%
2030	30,509,999	11,671,420	0.92%	1.55%
2031	30,780,916	11,848,221	0.89%	1.51%
2032	31,045,411	12,023,121	0.86%	1.48%
2033	31,304,035	12,196,639	0.83%	1.44%
2034	31,555,068	12,369,248	0.8%	1.42%
2035	31,798,003	12,540,596	0.77%	1.39%
2036	32,033,714	12,710,682	0.74%	1.36%
2037	32,262,286	12,879,737	0.71%	1.33%
2038	32,484,801	13,047,122	0.69%	1.3%
2039	32,700,695	13,212,668	0.66%	1.27%
2040	32,909,540	13,376,156	0.64%	1.24%
2041	33,112,254	13,537,361	0.62%	1.21%
2042	33,309,062	13,696,139	0.59%	1.17%
2043	33,499,440	13,853,410	0.57%	1.15%
2044	33,683,331	14,009,926	0.55%	1.13%
2045	33,861,058	14,165,578	0.53%	1.11%
2046	34,032,994	14,318,889	0.51%	1.08%
2047	34,197,261	14,469,210	0.48%	1.05%
2048	34,352,077	14,617,364	0.45%	1.02%
2049	34,500,201	14,763,600	0.43%	1%
2050	34,642,021	14,906,584	0.41%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nepal increased by 1,390,037 people (a 5.23% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nepal gained 1,675,012 (a 5.99% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Nepal was ranked 43rd most populous country in 2006 and is 52nd 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) Nepal's population will grow by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people with a rank change from 52nd to 58th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.