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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Peru	Papua New Guinea	Peru
1960	1,995,110	10,174,127	-	-
1961	2,046,127	10,475,123	2.56%	2.96%
1962	2,093,919	10,784,612	2.34%	2.95%
1963	2,141,376	11,102,099	2.27%	2.94%
1964	2,188,325	11,427,978	2.19%	2.94%
1965	2,235,820	11,761,085	2.17%	2.91%
1966	2,285,774	12,101,297	2.23%	2.89%
1967	2,337,532	12,448,814	2.26%	2.87%
1968	2,390,803	12,803,993	2.28%	2.85%
1969	2,446,927	13,166,767	2.35%	2.83%
1970	2,505,628	13,501,237	2.4%	2.54%
1971	2,566,421	13,838,067	2.43%	2.49%
1972	2,628,432	14,210,147	2.42%	2.69%
1973	2,690,629	14,582,867	2.37%	2.62%
1974	2,752,671	14,956,552	2.31%	2.56%
1975	2,814,820	15,333,957	2.26%	2.52%
1976	2,877,327	15,716,809	2.22%	2.5%
1977	2,940,327	16,109,806	2.19%	2.5%
1978	3,003,714	16,516,059	2.16%	2.52%
1979	3,067,341	16,933,139	2.12%	2.53%
1980	3,131,512	17,360,949	2.09%	2.53%
1981	3,197,019	17,798,805	2.09%	2.52%
1982	3,264,291	18,246,503	2.1%	2.52%
1983	3,333,633	18,705,957	2.12%	2.52%
1984	3,405,198	19,174,716	2.15%	2.51%
1985	3,478,936	19,648,204	2.17%	2.47%
1986	3,554,793	20,117,122	2.18%	2.39%
1987	3,632,543	20,582,320	2.19%	2.31%
1988	3,711,880	21,054,702	2.18%	2.3%
1989	3,796,078	21,532,589	2.27%	2.27%
1990	3,896,481	22,014,771	2.64%	2.24%
1991	4,021,837	22,483,775	3.22%	2.13%
1992	4,166,699	22,946,340	3.6%	2.06%
1993	4,320,872	23,413,783	3.7%	2.04%
1994	4,480,208	23,881,493	3.69%	2%
1995	4,644,278	24,348,919	3.66%	1.96%
1996	4,813,361	24,811,171	3.64%	1.9%
1997	4,987,883	25,274,147	3.63%	1.87%
1998	5,166,390	25,738,095	3.58%	1.84%
1999	5,349,333	26,186,504	3.54%	1.74%
2000	5,537,064	26,598,331	3.51%	1.57%
2001	5,728,435	26,964,601	3.46%	1.38%
2002	5,924,003	27,288,217	3.41%	1.2%
2003	6,123,997	27,580,490	3.38%	1.07%
2004	6,328,041	27,852,190	3.33%	0.99%
2005	6,535,905	28,101,180	3.28%	0.89%
2006	6,747,720	28,324,491	3.24%	0.79%
2007	6,963,345	28,530,699	3.2%	0.73%
2008	7,183,002	28,719,041	3.15%	0.66%
2009	7,406,438	28,896,811	3.11%	0.62%
2010	7,633,523	29,086,019	3.07%	0.65%
2011	7,859,346	29,304,086	2.96%	0.75%
2012	8,081,390	29,550,366	2.83%	0.84%
2013	8,302,698	29,817,919	2.74%	0.91%
2014	8,523,441	30,115,826	2.66%	1%
2015	8,743,246	30,457,600	2.58%	1.13%
2016	8,961,718	30,866,494	2.5%	1.34%
2017	9,178,714	31,324,637	2.42%	1.48%
2018	9,394,513	31,897,584	2.35%	1.83%
2019	9,609,010	32,449,303	2.28%	1.73%
2020	9,815,746	32,838,579	2.15%	1.2%
2021	10,012,896	33,155,882	2.01%	0.97%
2022	10,203,169	33,475,438	1.9%	0.96%
2023	10,389,635	33,845,617	1.83%	1.11%
2024	10,576,502	34,217,848	1.8%	1.1%
2025	10,762,813	34,576,670	1.76%	1.05%
2026	10,947,845	34,922,144	1.72%	1%
2027	11,131,268	35,255,683	1.68%	0.96%
2028	11,312,895	35,578,281	1.63%	0.92%
2029	11,492,799	35,890,705	1.59%	0.88%
2030	11,671,420	36,193,882	1.55%	0.84%
2031	11,848,221	36,488,437	1.51%	0.81%
2032	12,023,121	36,774,937	1.48%	0.79%
2033	12,196,639	37,054,380	1.44%	0.76%
2034	12,369,248	37,326,798	1.42%	0.74%
2035	12,540,596	37,591,420	1.39%	0.71%
2036	12,710,682	37,848,147	1.36%	0.68%
2037	12,879,737	38,096,898	1.33%	0.66%
2038	13,047,122	38,337,328	1.3%	0.63%
2039	13,212,668	38,569,891	1.27%	0.61%
2040	13,376,156	38,794,647	1.24%	0.58%
2041	13,537,361	39,011,537	1.21%	0.56%
2042	13,696,139	39,220,371	1.17%	0.54%
2043	13,853,410	39,420,647	1.15%	0.51%
2044	14,009,926	39,612,847	1.13%	0.49%
2045	14,165,578	39,796,723	1.11%	0.46%
2046	14,318,889	39,971,719	1.08%	0.44%
2047	14,469,210	40,137,869	1.05%	0.42%
2048	14,617,364	40,294,857	1.02%	0.39%
2049	14,763,600	40,443,273	1%	0.37%
2050	14,906,584	40,583,875	0.97%	0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Peru gained 2,542,003 people (a 8.97% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,059,295 (a 13.2% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Peru was ranked 40th in 2006 and ranked 48th 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 Peru will increase by 16.2% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.