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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Oman	Papua New Guinea	Oman	Papua New Guinea
1960	530,485	1,995,110	-	-
1961	539,854	2,046,127	1.77%	2.56%
1962	549,941	2,093,919	1.87%	2.34%
1963	560,827	2,141,376	1.98%	2.27%
1964	572,577	2,188,325	2.1%	2.19%
1965	585,236	2,235,820	2.21%	2.17%
1966	598,804	2,285,774	2.32%	2.23%
1967	613,318	2,337,532	2.42%	2.26%
1968	628,798	2,390,803	2.52%	2.28%
1969	645,255	2,446,927	2.62%	2.35%
1970	662,680	2,505,628	2.7%	2.4%
1971	681,119	2,566,421	2.78%	2.43%
1972	700,593	2,628,432	2.86%	2.42%
1973	721,179	2,690,629	2.94%	2.37%
1974	746,988	2,752,671	3.58%	2.31%
1975	778,864	2,814,820	4.27%	2.26%
1976	814,701	2,877,327	4.6%	2.22%
1977	855,314	2,940,327	4.99%	2.19%
1978	900,304	3,003,714	5.26%	2.16%
1979	949,116	3,067,341	5.42%	2.12%
1980	1,001,248	3,131,512	5.49%	2.09%
1981	1,057,320	3,197,019	5.6%	2.09%
1982	1,117,678	3,264,291	5.71%	2.1%
1983	1,181,459	3,333,633	5.71%	2.12%
1984	1,247,716	3,405,198	5.61%	2.15%
1985	1,325,480	3,478,936	6.23%	2.17%
1986	1,413,419	3,554,793	6.63%	2.18%
1987	1,500,996	3,632,543	6.2%	2.19%
1988	1,588,568	3,711,880	5.83%	2.18%
1989	1,676,228	3,796,078	5.52%	2.27%
1990	1,763,954	3,896,481	5.23%	2.64%
1991	1,851,473	4,021,837	4.96%	3.22%
1992	1,938,238	4,166,699	4.69%	3.6%
1993	2,021,675	4,320,872	4.3%	3.7%
1994	2,081,834	4,480,208	2.98%	3.69%
1995	2,120,528	4,644,278	1.86%	3.66%
1996	2,156,926	4,813,361	1.72%	3.64%
1997	2,190,720	4,987,883	1.57%	3.63%
1998	2,222,489	5,166,390	1.45%	3.58%
1999	2,252,909	5,349,333	1.37%	3.54%
2000	2,282,131	5,537,064	1.3%	3.51%
2001	2,310,217	5,728,435	1.23%	3.46%
2002	2,337,140	5,924,003	1.17%	3.41%
2003	2,363,796	6,123,997	1.14%	3.38%
2004	2,404,821	6,328,041	1.74%	3.33%
2005	2,459,802	6,535,905	2.29%	3.28%
2006	2,514,795	6,747,720	2.24%	3.24%
2007	2,570,174	6,963,345	2.2%	3.2%
2008	2,626,529	7,183,002	2.19%	3.15%
2009	2,684,659	7,406,438	2.21%	3.11%
2010	2,757,446	7,633,523	2.71%	3.07%
2011	3,076,763	7,859,346	11.6%	2.96%
2012	3,547,106	8,081,390	15.3%	2.83%
2013	3,833,913	8,302,698	8.09%	2.74%
2014	4,002,439	8,523,441	4.4%	2.66%
2015	4,184,895	8,743,246	4.56%	2.58%
2016	4,390,877	8,961,718	4.92%	2.5%
2017	4,537,396	9,178,714	3.34%	2.42%
2018	4,597,877	9,394,513	1.33%	2.35%
2019	4,591,241	9,609,010	-0.14%	2.28%
2020	4,522,497	9,815,746	-1.5%	2.15%
2021	4,500,424	10,012,896	-0.49%	2.01%
2022	4,730,226	10,203,169	5.11%	1.9%
2023	5,049,269	10,389,635	6.74%	1.83%
2024	5,281,538	10,576,502	4.6%	1.8%
2025	5,494,693	10,762,813	4.04%	1.76%
2026	5,671,451	10,947,845	3.22%	1.72%
2027	5,814,719	11,131,268	2.53%	1.68%
2028	5,929,317	11,312,895	1.97%	1.63%
2029	6,026,178	11,492,799	1.63%	1.59%
2030	6,112,708	11,671,420	1.44%	1.55%
2031	6,194,366	11,848,221	1.34%	1.51%
2032	6,275,465	12,023,121	1.31%	1.48%
2033	6,356,248	12,196,639	1.29%	1.44%
2034	6,436,919	12,369,248	1.27%	1.42%
2035	6,517,799	12,540,596	1.26%	1.39%
2036	6,599,101	12,710,682	1.25%	1.36%
2037	6,681,041	12,879,737	1.24%	1.33%
2038	6,763,781	13,047,122	1.24%	1.3%
2039	6,847,380	13,212,668	1.24%	1.27%
2040	6,931,970	13,376,156	1.24%	1.24%
2041	7,017,684	13,537,361	1.24%	1.21%
2042	7,104,475	13,696,139	1.24%	1.17%
2043	7,192,217	13,853,410	1.24%	1.15%
2044	7,280,846	14,009,926	1.23%	1.13%
2045	7,370,221	14,165,578	1.23%	1.11%
2046	7,460,268	14,318,889	1.22%	1.08%
2047	7,550,973	14,469,210	1.22%	1.05%
2048	7,642,323	14,617,364	1.21%	1.02%
2049	7,734,352	14,763,600	1.2%	1%
2050	7,826,991	14,906,584	1.2%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Oman increased by 1,725,093 people (a 70.1% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Oman gained 1,451,783 (a 34.7% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

Oman was ranked 138th most populous country in 2005 and is 120th 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) Oman's population will grow by 38.9% to 7,826,991 people with a rank change from 120th to 113th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.