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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Niger	Papua New Guinea	Niger	Papua New Guinea
1960	3,505,050	1,995,110	-	-
1961	3,608,162	2,046,127	2.94%	2.56%
1962	3,714,520	2,093,919	2.95%	2.34%
1963	3,823,873	2,141,376	2.94%	2.27%
1964	3,935,814	2,188,325	2.93%	2.19%
1965	4,049,695	2,235,820	2.89%	2.17%
1966	4,165,544	2,285,774	2.86%	2.23%
1967	4,283,590	2,337,532	2.83%	2.26%
1968	4,403,637	2,390,803	2.8%	2.28%
1969	4,525,725	2,446,927	2.77%	2.35%
1970	4,650,275	2,505,628	2.75%	2.4%
1971	4,776,225	2,566,421	2.71%	2.43%
1972	4,904,845	2,628,432	2.69%	2.42%
1973	5,037,865	2,690,629	2.71%	2.37%
1974	5,174,953	2,752,671	2.72%	2.31%
1975	5,317,019	2,814,820	2.75%	2.26%
1976	5,464,962	2,877,327	2.78%	2.22%
1977	5,619,716	2,940,327	2.83%	2.19%
1978	5,782,932	3,003,714	2.9%	2.16%
1979	5,955,556	3,067,341	2.99%	2.12%
1980	6,135,971	3,131,512	3.03%	2.09%
1981	6,322,006	3,197,019	3.03%	2.09%
1982	6,512,732	3,264,291	3.02%	2.1%
1983	6,708,644	3,333,633	3.01%	2.12%
1984	6,909,971	3,405,198	3%	2.15%
1985	7,118,457	3,478,936	3.02%	2.17%
1986	7,335,811	3,554,793	3.05%	2.18%
1987	7,561,150	3,632,543	3.07%	2.19%
1988	7,793,748	3,711,880	3.08%	2.18%
1989	8,034,780	3,796,078	3.09%	2.27%
1990	8,286,059	3,896,481	3.13%	2.64%
1991	8,546,900	4,021,837	3.15%	3.22%
1992	8,817,633	4,166,699	3.17%	3.6%
1993	9,100,789	4,320,872	3.21%	3.7%
1994	9,398,258	4,480,208	3.27%	3.69%
1995	9,714,529	4,644,278	3.37%	3.66%
1996	10,044,852	4,813,361	3.4%	3.64%
1997	10,383,969	4,987,883	3.38%	3.63%
1998	10,741,413	5,166,390	3.44%	3.58%
1999	11,117,411	5,349,333	3.5%	3.54%
2000	11,509,630	5,537,064	3.53%	3.51%
2001	11,920,647	5,728,435	3.57%	3.46%
2002	12,349,144	5,924,003	3.59%	3.41%
2003	12,796,984	6,123,997	3.63%	3.38%
2004	13,265,836	6,328,041	3.66%	3.33%
2005	13,756,192	6,535,905	3.7%	3.28%
2006	14,268,581	6,747,720	3.72%	3.24%
2007	14,803,610	6,963,345	3.75%	3.2%
2008	15,361,915	7,183,002	3.77%	3.15%
2009	15,943,675	7,406,438	3.79%	3.11%
2010	16,548,835	7,633,523	3.8%	3.07%
2011	17,176,283	7,859,346	3.79%	2.96%
2012	17,836,769	8,081,390	3.85%	2.83%
2013	18,519,898	8,302,698	3.83%	2.74%
2014	19,215,909	8,523,441	3.76%	2.66%
2015	19,939,498	8,743,246	3.77%	2.58%
2016	20,685,753	8,961,718	3.74%	2.5%
2017	21,435,446	9,178,714	3.62%	2.42%
2018	22,188,069	9,394,513	3.51%	2.35%
2019	22,947,757	9,609,010	3.42%	2.28%
2020	23,717,613	9,815,746	3.35%	2.15%
2021	24,502,140	10,012,896	3.31%	2.01%
2022	25,311,973	10,203,169	3.31%	1.9%
2023	26,159,867	10,389,635	3.35%	1.83%
2024	27,032,412	10,576,502	3.34%	1.8%
2025	27,917,825	10,762,813	3.28%	1.76%
2026	28,814,872	10,947,845	3.21%	1.72%
2027	29,723,688	11,131,268	3.15%	1.68%
2028	30,643,561	11,312,895	3.09%	1.63%
2029	31,575,091	11,492,799	3.04%	1.59%
2030	32,518,069	11,671,420	2.99%	1.55%
2031	33,469,616	11,848,221	2.93%	1.51%
2032	34,428,638	12,023,121	2.87%	1.48%
2033	35,397,029	12,196,639	2.81%	1.44%
2034	36,372,374	12,369,248	2.76%	1.42%
2035	37,353,462	12,540,596	2.7%	1.39%
2036	38,340,142	12,710,682	2.64%	1.36%
2037	39,330,372	12,879,737	2.58%	1.33%
2038	40,323,460	13,047,122	2.52%	1.3%
2039	41,318,407	13,212,668	2.47%	1.27%
2040	42,316,733	13,376,156	2.42%	1.24%
2041	43,319,236	13,537,361	2.37%	1.21%
2042	44,326,115	13,696,139	2.32%	1.17%
2043	45,337,248	13,853,410	2.28%	1.15%
2044	46,353,160	14,009,926	2.24%	1.13%
2045	47,374,113	14,165,578	2.2%	1.11%
2046	48,397,993	14,318,889	2.16%	1.08%
2047	49,423,853	14,469,210	2.12%	1.05%
2048	50,452,202	14,617,364	2.08%	1.02%
2049	51,482,559	14,763,600	2.04%	1%
2050	52,513,870	14,906,584	2%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Niger increased by 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Niger gained 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

Niger was ranked 65th most populous country in 2005 and is 53rd 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) Niger's population will grow by 83.4% to 52,513,870 people with a rank change from 53rd to 38th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.