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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Norway	Papua New Guinea	Norway	Papua New Guinea
1960	3,581,239	1,995,110	-	-
1961	3,609,800	2,046,127	0.8%	2.56%
1962	3,638,918	2,093,919	0.81%	2.34%
1963	3,666,537	2,141,376	0.76%	2.27%
1964	3,694,339	2,188,325	0.76%	2.19%
1965	3,723,168	2,235,820	0.78%	2.17%
1966	3,753,012	2,285,774	0.8%	2.23%
1967	3,784,539	2,337,532	0.84%	2.26%
1968	3,816,486	2,390,803	0.84%	2.28%
1969	3,847,707	2,446,927	0.82%	2.35%
1970	3,875,763	2,505,628	0.73%	2.4%
1971	3,903,039	2,566,421	0.7%	2.43%
1972	3,933,004	2,628,432	0.77%	2.42%
1973	3,960,612	2,690,629	0.7%	2.37%
1974	3,985,258	2,752,671	0.62%	2.31%
1975	4,007,313	2,814,820	0.55%	2.26%
1976	4,026,152	2,877,327	0.47%	2.22%
1977	4,043,205	2,940,327	0.42%	2.19%
1978	4,058,671	3,003,714	0.38%	2.16%
1979	4,072,517	3,067,341	0.34%	2.12%
1980	4,085,620	3,131,512	0.32%	2.09%
1981	4,099,702	3,197,019	0.34%	2.09%
1982	4,114,787	3,264,291	0.37%	2.1%
1983	4,128,432	3,333,633	0.33%	2.12%
1984	4,140,099	3,405,198	0.28%	2.15%
1985	4,152,516	3,478,936	0.3%	2.17%
1986	4,167,354	3,554,793	0.36%	2.18%
1987	4,186,905	3,632,543	0.47%	2.19%
1988	4,209,488	3,711,880	0.54%	2.18%
1989	4,226,901	3,796,078	0.41%	2.27%
1990	4,241,473	3,896,481	0.34%	2.64%
1991	4,261,732	4,021,837	0.48%	3.22%
1992	4,286,401	4,166,699	0.58%	3.6%
1993	4,311,991	4,320,872	0.6%	3.7%
1994	4,336,613	4,480,208	0.57%	3.69%
1995	4,359,184	4,644,278	0.52%	3.66%
1996	4,381,336	4,813,361	0.51%	3.64%
1997	4,405,157	4,987,883	0.54%	3.63%
1998	4,431,464	5,166,390	0.6%	3.58%
1999	4,461,913	5,349,333	0.69%	3.54%
2000	4,490,967	5,537,064	0.65%	3.51%
2001	4,513,751	5,728,435	0.51%	3.46%
2002	4,538,159	5,924,003	0.54%	3.41%
2003	4,564,855	6,123,997	0.59%	3.38%
2004	4,591,910	6,328,041	0.59%	3.33%
2005	4,623,291	6,535,905	0.68%	3.28%
2006	4,660,677	6,747,720	0.81%	3.24%
2007	4,709,153	6,963,345	1.04%	3.2%
2008	4,768,212	7,183,002	1.25%	3.15%
2009	4,828,726	7,406,438	1.27%	3.11%
2010	4,889,252	7,633,523	1.25%	3.07%
2011	4,953,088	7,859,346	1.31%	2.96%
2012	5,018,573	8,081,390	1.32%	2.83%
2013	5,079,623	8,302,698	1.22%	2.74%
2014	5,137,232	8,523,441	1.13%	2.66%
2015	5,188,607	8,743,246	1%	2.58%
2016	5,234,519	8,961,718	0.88%	2.5%
2017	5,276,968	9,178,714	0.81%	2.42%
2018	5,311,916	9,394,513	0.66%	2.35%
2019	5,347,896	9,609,010	0.68%	2.28%
2020	5,379,475	9,815,746	0.59%	2.15%
2021	5,408,320	10,012,896	0.54%	2.01%
2022	5,457,127	10,203,169	0.9%	1.9%
2023	5,519,594	10,389,635	1.14%	1.83%
2024	5,572,272	10,576,502	0.95%	1.8%
2025	5,618,653	10,762,813	0.83%	1.76%
2026	5,648,542	10,947,845	0.53%	1.72%
2027	5,669,085	11,131,268	0.36%	1.68%
2028	5,688,775	11,312,895	0.35%	1.63%
2029	5,707,206	11,492,799	0.32%	1.59%
2030	5,724,586	11,671,420	0.3%	1.55%
2031	5,741,140	11,848,221	0.29%	1.51%
2032	5,756,663	12,023,121	0.27%	1.48%
2033	5,771,048	12,196,639	0.25%	1.44%
2034	5,784,408	12,369,248	0.23%	1.42%
2035	5,796,851	12,540,596	0.22%	1.39%
2036	5,808,721	12,710,682	0.2%	1.36%
2037	5,819,995	12,879,737	0.19%	1.33%
2038	5,830,604	13,047,122	0.18%	1.3%
2039	5,840,493	13,212,668	0.17%	1.27%
2040	5,849,273	13,376,156	0.15%	1.24%
2041	5,857,345	13,537,361	0.14%	1.21%
2042	5,864,766	13,696,139	0.13%	1.17%
2043	5,870,957	13,853,410	0.11%	1.15%
2044	5,876,291	14,009,926	0.09%	1.13%
2045	5,881,391	14,165,578	0.09%	1.11%
2046	5,885,772	14,318,889	0.07%	1.08%
2047	5,889,156	14,469,210	0.06%	1.05%
2048	5,892,131	14,617,364	0.05%	1.02%
2049	5,894,300	14,763,600	0.04%	1%
2050	5,895,192	14,906,584	0.02%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Norway increased by 565,316 people (a 12.2% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Norway gained 454,055 (a 8.75% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

Norway was ranked 116th most populous country in 2005 and is 119th 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) Norway's population will grow by 4.48% to 5,895,192 people with a rank change from 119th to 121st. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.