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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Panama	Papua New Guinea	Panama	Papua New Guinea
1960	1,126,005	1,995,110	-	-
1961	1,159,870	2,046,127	3.01%	2.56%
1962	1,195,301	2,093,919	3.05%	2.34%
1963	1,232,124	2,141,376	3.08%	2.27%
1964	1,270,065	2,188,325	3.08%	2.19%
1965	1,308,835	2,235,820	3.05%	2.17%
1966	1,348,388	2,285,774	3.02%	2.23%
1967	1,388,628	2,337,532	2.98%	2.26%
1968	1,429,447	2,390,803	2.94%	2.28%
1969	1,470,886	2,446,927	2.9%	2.35%
1970	1,513,070	2,505,628	2.87%	2.4%
1971	1,556,081	2,566,421	2.84%	2.43%
1972	1,599,723	2,628,432	2.8%	2.42%
1973	1,643,690	2,690,629	2.75%	2.37%
1974	1,687,926	2,752,671	2.69%	2.31%
1975	1,732,389	2,814,820	2.63%	2.26%
1976	1,776,935	2,877,327	2.57%	2.22%
1977	1,821,543	2,940,327	2.51%	2.19%
1978	1,866,311	3,003,714	2.46%	2.16%
1979	1,911,552	3,067,341	2.42%	2.12%
1980	1,957,534	3,131,512	2.41%	2.09%
1981	2,004,418	3,197,019	2.4%	2.09%
1982	2,052,271	3,264,291	2.39%	2.1%
1983	2,101,106	3,333,633	2.38%	2.12%
1984	2,150,782	3,405,198	2.36%	2.15%
1985	2,200,915	3,478,936	2.33%	2.17%
1986	2,251,325	3,554,793	2.29%	2.18%
1987	2,301,970	3,632,543	2.25%	2.19%
1988	2,352,848	3,711,880	2.21%	2.18%
1989	2,403,820	3,796,078	2.17%	2.27%
1990	2,455,583	3,896,481	2.15%	2.64%
1991	2,508,265	4,021,837	2.15%	3.22%
1992	2,561,336	4,166,699	2.12%	3.6%
1993	2,615,099	4,320,872	2.1%	3.7%
1994	2,669,546	4,480,208	2.08%	3.69%
1995	2,724,557	4,644,278	2.06%	3.66%
1996	2,780,227	4,813,361	2.04%	3.64%
1997	2,836,695	4,987,883	2.03%	3.63%
1998	2,893,914	5,166,390	2.02%	3.58%
1999	2,951,822	5,349,333	2%	3.54%
2000	3,010,369	5,537,064	1.98%	3.51%
2001	3,069,537	5,728,435	1.97%	3.46%
2002	3,129,344	5,924,003	1.95%	3.41%
2003	3,189,807	6,123,997	1.93%	3.38%
2004	3,251,155	6,328,041	1.92%	3.33%
2005	3,313,026	6,535,905	1.9%	3.28%
2006	3,375,024	6,747,720	1.87%	3.24%
2007	3,437,490	6,963,345	1.85%	3.2%
2008	3,500,648	7,183,002	1.84%	3.15%
2009	3,564,381	7,406,438	1.82%	3.11%
2010	3,628,535	7,633,523	1.8%	3.07%
2011	3,693,505	7,859,346	1.79%	2.96%
2012	3,759,256	8,081,390	1.78%	2.83%
2013	3,825,329	8,302,698	1.76%	2.74%
2014	3,892,101	8,523,441	1.75%	2.66%
2015	3,960,035	8,743,246	1.75%	2.58%
2016	4,029,086	8,961,718	1.74%	2.5%
2017	4,098,707	9,178,714	1.73%	2.42%
2018	4,167,860	9,394,513	1.69%	2.35%
2019	4,234,700	9,609,010	1.6%	2.28%
2020	4,293,261	9,815,746	1.38%	2.15%
2021	4,345,405	10,012,896	1.21%	2.01%
2022	4,400,773	10,203,169	1.27%	1.9%
2023	4,458,759	10,389,635	1.32%	1.83%
2024	4,515,577	10,576,502	1.27%	1.8%
2025	4,571,195	10,762,813	1.23%	1.76%
2026	4,625,720	10,947,845	1.19%	1.72%
2027	4,679,241	11,131,268	1.16%	1.68%
2028	4,731,818	11,312,895	1.12%	1.63%
2029	4,783,378	11,492,799	1.09%	1.59%
2030	4,833,856	11,671,420	1.06%	1.55%
2031	4,883,390	11,848,221	1.02%	1.51%
2032	4,932,075	12,023,121	1%	1.48%
2033	4,979,812	12,196,639	0.97%	1.44%
2034	5,026,494	12,369,248	0.94%	1.42%
2035	5,072,267	12,540,596	0.91%	1.39%
2036	5,117,124	12,710,682	0.88%	1.36%
2037	5,161,085	12,879,737	0.86%	1.33%
2038	5,204,053	13,047,122	0.83%	1.3%
2039	5,245,902	13,212,668	0.8%	1.27%
2040	5,286,595	13,376,156	0.78%	1.24%
2041	5,326,183	13,537,361	0.75%	1.21%
2042	5,364,671	13,696,139	0.72%	1.17%
2043	5,402,037	13,853,410	0.7%	1.15%
2044	5,438,259	14,009,926	0.67%	1.13%
2045	5,473,283	14,165,578	0.64%	1.11%
2046	5,507,148	14,318,889	0.62%	1.08%
2047	5,539,873	14,469,210	0.59%	1.05%
2048	5,571,404	14,617,364	0.57%	1.02%
2049	5,601,670	14,763,600	0.54%	1%
2050	5,630,681	14,906,584	0.52%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Panama increased by 654,062 people (a 19.4% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Panama gained 597,218 (a 14.8% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Panama was ranked 128th most populous country in 2006 and is still 128th 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) Panama's population will grow by 21.7% to 5,630,681 people with a rank change from 128th to 124th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.