The current population of Papua New Guinea is 10,911,445 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 10,576,502 in 2024.
Population facts:
- For the last 20 years, Papua New Guinea has had an average growth rate of 3.35% per year.
- Papua New Guinea is ranked 90/197 by population and was ranked 100th in 2005.
- Papua New Guinea accounts for 0.13% of the world's population.
- Papua New Guinea is projected to reach 18.6M people in 2100.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 6.54M people to 10.9M (66.9% growth in 20 years).
Papua New Guinea population clock
Papua New Guinea
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World
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
10911445
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8266870341
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| Population rank | 90/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | N/A |
| One net population change |
2.81 minutes
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0.41 seconds
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| One birth every |
2.06 minutes
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0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
7.76 minutes
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0.52 seconds
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| Daily growth/decline | +512 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +186,867 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.8% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 61/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
12.4 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -707 | N/A |
Papua New Guinea population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,995,110 | - |
| 1961 | 2,046,127 | 2.56% |
| 1962 | 2,093,919 | 2.34% |
| 1963 | 2,141,376 | 2.27% |
| 1964 | 2,188,325 | 2.19% |
| 1965 | 2,235,820 | 2.17% |
| 1966 | 2,285,774 | 2.23% |
| 1967 | 2,337,532 | 2.26% |
| 1968 | 2,390,803 | 2.28% |
| 1969 | 2,446,927 | 2.35% |
| 1970 | 2,505,628 | 2.4% |
| 1971 | 2,566,421 | 2.43% |
| 1972 | 2,628,432 | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 2,690,629 | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 2,752,671 | 2.31% |
| 1975 | 2,814,820 | 2.26% |
| 1976 | 2,877,327 | 2.22% |
| 1977 | 2,940,327 | 2.19% |
| 1978 | 3,003,714 | 2.16% |
| 1979 | 3,067,341 | 2.12% |
| 1980 | 3,131,512 | 2.09% |
| 1981 | 3,197,019 | 2.09% |
| 1982 | 3,264,291 | 2.1% |
| 1983 | 3,333,633 | 2.12% |
| 1984 | 3,405,198 | 2.15% |
| 1985 | 3,478,936 | 2.17% |
| 1986 | 3,554,793 | 2.18% |
| 1987 | 3,632,543 | 2.19% |
| 1988 | 3,711,880 | 2.18% |
| 1989 | 3,796,078 | 2.27% |
| 1990 | 3,896,481 | 2.64% |
| 1991 | 4,021,837 | 3.22% |
| 1992 | 4,166,699 | 3.6% |
| 1993 | 4,320,872 | 3.7% |
| 1994 | 4,480,208 | 3.69% |
| 1995 | 4,644,278 | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 4,813,361 | 3.64% |
| 1997 | 4,987,883 | 3.63% |
| 1998 | 5,166,390 | 3.58% |
| 1999 | 5,349,333 | 3.54% |
| 2000 | 5,537,064 | 3.51% |
| 2001 | 5,728,435 | 3.46% |
| 2002 | 5,924,003 | 3.41% |
| 2003 | 6,123,997 | 3.38% |
| 2004 | 6,328,041 | 3.33% |
| 2005 | 6,535,905 | 3.28% |
| 2006 | 6,747,720 | 3.24% |
| 2007 | 6,963,345 | 3.2% |
| 2008 | 7,183,002 | 3.15% |
| 2009 | 7,406,438 | 3.11% |
| 2010 | 7,633,523 | 3.07% |
| 2011 | 7,859,346 | 2.96% |
| 2012 | 8,081,390 | 2.83% |
| 2013 | 8,302,698 | 2.74% |
| 2014 | 8,523,441 | 2.66% |
| 2015 | 8,743,246 | 2.58% |
| 2016 | 8,961,718 | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 9,178,714 | 2.42% |
| 2018 | 9,394,513 | 2.35% |
| 2019 | 9,609,010 | 2.28% |
| 2020 | 9,815,746 | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 10,012,896 | 2.01% |
| 2022 | 10,203,169 | 1.9% |
| 2023 | 10,389,635 | 1.83% |
| 2024 | 10,576,502 | 1.8% |
| 2025 | 10,762,813 | 1.76% |
| 2026 | 10,947,845 | 1.72% |
| 2027 | 11,131,268 | 1.68% |
| 2028 | 11,312,895 | 1.63% |
| 2029 | 11,492,799 | 1.59% |
| 2030 | 11,671,420 | 1.55% |
| 2031 | 11,848,221 | 1.51% |
| 2032 | 12,023,121 | 1.48% |
| 2033 | 12,196,639 | 1.44% |
| 2034 | 12,369,248 | 1.42% |
| 2035 | 12,540,596 | 1.39% |
| 2036 | 12,710,682 | 1.36% |
| 2037 | 12,879,737 | 1.33% |
| 2038 | 13,047,122 | 1.3% |
| 2039 | 13,212,668 | 1.27% |
| 2040 | 13,376,156 | 1.24% |
| 2041 | 13,537,361 | 1.21% |
| 2042 | 13,696,139 | 1.17% |
| 2043 | 13,853,410 | 1.15% |
| 2044 | 14,009,926 | 1.13% |
| 2045 | 14,165,578 | 1.11% |
| 2046 | 14,318,889 | 1.08% |
| 2047 | 14,469,210 | 1.05% |
| 2048 | 14,617,364 | 1.02% |
| 2049 | 14,763,600 | 1% |
| 2050 | 14,906,584 | 0.97% |
Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.9M as of 2025, compared to 8.74M in 2015, 6.54M in 2005, and 4.64M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 2.48% per year. Papua New Guinea is ranked 51st out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Papua New Guinea will have 14,165,578 people (29.8% growth) with a rank change from 90th to 87th.
By the year 2100, Papua New Guinea's population is projected to grow by 70.8% to 18.6M people.
Largest cities by population
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Papua New Guinea
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|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Port Moresby | 317K |
| Lae | 101K |
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Papua New Guinea population statistics
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Papua New Guinea
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World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 66.4 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 26.7 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 23.6 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.4:48.6 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 3.1 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 60.5 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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