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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Paraguay	Papua New Guinea	Paraguay
1960	1,995,110	1,883,514	-	-
1961	2,046,127	1,927,394	2.56%	2.33%
1962	2,093,919	1,973,130	2.34%	2.37%
1963	2,141,376	2,021,909	2.27%	2.47%
1964	2,188,325	2,073,119	2.19%	2.53%
1965	2,235,820	2,125,177	2.17%	2.51%
1966	2,285,774	2,177,584	2.23%	2.47%
1967	2,337,532	2,229,994	2.26%	2.41%
1968	2,390,803	2,282,391	2.28%	2.35%
1969	2,446,927	2,334,992	2.35%	2.3%
1970	2,505,628	2,388,028	2.4%	2.27%
1971	2,566,421	2,442,537	2.43%	2.28%
1972	2,628,432	2,499,881	2.42%	2.35%
1973	2,690,629	2,561,102	2.37%	2.45%
1974	2,752,671	2,625,621	2.31%	2.52%
1975	2,814,820	2,691,648	2.26%	2.51%
1976	2,877,327	2,758,836	2.22%	2.5%
1977	2,940,327	2,827,874	2.19%	2.5%
1978	3,003,714	2,899,269	2.16%	2.52%
1979	3,067,341	2,973,968	2.12%	2.58%
1980	3,131,512	3,053,235	2.09%	2.67%
1981	3,197,019	3,137,604	2.09%	2.76%
1982	3,264,291	3,226,189	2.1%	2.82%
1983	3,333,633	3,318,068	2.12%	2.85%
1984	3,405,198	3,412,936	2.15%	2.86%
1985	3,478,936	3,510,671	2.17%	2.86%
1986	3,554,793	3,611,474	2.18%	2.87%
1987	3,632,543	3,714,889	2.19%	2.86%
1988	3,711,880	3,820,546	2.18%	2.84%
1989	3,796,078	3,927,802	2.27%	2.81%
1990	3,896,481	4,035,747	2.64%	2.75%
1991	4,021,837	4,144,364	3.22%	2.69%
1992	4,166,699	4,253,600	3.6%	2.64%
1993	4,320,872	4,362,696	3.7%	2.56%
1994	4,480,208	4,471,417	3.69%	2.49%
1995	4,644,278	4,579,806	3.66%	2.42%
1996	4,813,361	4,687,543	3.64%	2.35%
1997	4,987,883	4,794,412	3.63%	2.28%
1998	5,166,390	4,900,025	3.58%	2.2%
1999	5,349,333	5,003,135	3.54%	2.1%
2000	5,537,064	5,100,868	3.51%	1.95%
2001	5,728,435	5,187,689	3.46%	1.7%
2002	5,924,003	5,261,328	3.41%	1.42%
2003	6,123,997	5,326,436	3.38%	1.24%
2004	6,328,041	5,388,175	3.33%	1.16%
2005	6,535,905	5,448,097	3.28%	1.11%
2006	6,747,720	5,505,148	3.24%	1.05%
2007	6,963,345	5,559,386	3.2%	0.99%
2008	7,183,002	5,613,574	3.15%	0.97%
2009	7,406,438	5,671,236	3.11%	1.03%
2010	7,633,523	5,737,971	3.07%	1.18%
2011	7,859,346	5,814,626	2.96%	1.34%
2012	8,081,390	5,897,008	2.83%	1.42%
2013	8,302,698	5,982,445	2.74%	1.45%
2014	8,523,441	6,069,811	2.66%	1.46%
2015	8,743,246	6,159,103	2.58%	1.47%
2016	8,961,718	6,249,126	2.5%	1.46%
2017	9,178,714	6,338,660	2.42%	1.43%
2018	9,394,513	6,427,382	2.35%	1.4%
2019	9,609,010	6,515,058	2.28%	1.36%
2020	9,815,746	6,603,739	2.15%	1.36%
2021	10,012,896	6,684,182	2.01%	1.22%
2022	10,203,169	6,760,464	1.9%	1.14%
2023	10,389,635	6,844,146	1.83%	1.24%
2024	10,576,502	6,929,153	1.8%	1.24%
2025	10,762,813	7,013,079	1.76%	1.21%
2026	10,947,845	7,095,273	1.72%	1.17%
2027	11,131,268	7,175,671	1.68%	1.13%
2028	11,312,895	7,254,526	1.63%	1.1%
2029	11,492,799	7,331,909	1.59%	1.07%
2030	11,671,420	7,407,622	1.55%	1.03%
2031	11,848,221	7,481,641	1.51%	1%
2032	12,023,121	7,554,221	1.48%	0.97%
2033	12,196,639	7,625,459	1.44%	0.94%
2034	12,369,248	7,695,120	1.42%	0.91%
2035	12,540,596	7,763,524	1.39%	0.89%
2036	12,710,682	7,830,885	1.36%	0.87%
2037	12,879,737	7,896,975	1.33%	0.84%
2038	13,047,122	7,961,863	1.3%	0.82%
2039	13,212,668	8,025,487	1.27%	0.8%
2040	13,376,156	8,087,571	1.24%	0.77%
2041	13,537,361	8,148,407	1.21%	0.75%
2042	13,696,139	8,208,318	1.17%	0.74%
2043	13,853,410	8,267,008	1.15%	0.72%
2044	14,009,926	8,324,330	1.13%	0.69%
2045	14,165,578	8,380,533	1.11%	0.68%
2046	14,318,889	8,435,754	1.08%	0.66%
2047	14,469,210	8,489,460	1.05%	0.64%
2048	14,617,364	8,541,342	1.02%	0.61%
2049	14,763,600	8,591,710	1%	0.59%
2050	14,906,584	8,640,471	0.97%	0.57%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Paraguay gained 743,978 people (a 13.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while Paraguay's population increased by 847,025 (a 13.6% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Paraguay was ranked 107th in 2006 and ranked 108th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Papua New Guinea's population will grow by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people with a rank change from 89th to 85th. The population of Paraguay will increase by 21.8% to 8,640,471 people and rank change from 108th to 110th.