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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Philippines	Papua New Guinea	Philippines
1960	1,995,110	27,891,897	-	-
1961	2,046,127	28,792,621	2.56%	3.23%
1962	2,093,919	29,723,536	2.34%	3.23%
1963	2,141,376	30,674,731	2.27%	3.2%
1964	2,188,325	31,643,032	2.19%	3.16%
1965	2,235,820	32,625,316	2.17%	3.1%
1966	2,285,774	33,617,170	2.23%	3.04%
1967	2,337,532	34,621,320	2.26%	2.99%
1968	2,390,803	35,638,342	2.28%	2.94%
1969	2,446,927	36,660,799	2.35%	2.87%
1970	2,505,628	37,622,204	2.4%	2.62%
1971	2,566,421	38,518,659	2.43%	2.38%
1972	2,628,432	39,408,560	2.42%	2.31%
1973	2,690,629	40,294,130	2.37%	2.25%
1974	2,752,671	41,174,341	2.31%	2.18%
1975	2,814,820	42,120,826	2.26%	2.3%
1976	2,877,327	43,201,488	2.22%	2.57%
1977	2,940,327	44,367,962	2.19%	2.7%
1978	3,003,714	45,575,281	2.16%	2.72%
1979	3,067,341	46,807,103	2.12%	2.7%
1980	3,131,512	48,043,740	2.09%	2.64%
1981	3,197,019	49,311,727	2.09%	2.64%
1982	3,264,291	50,695,707	2.1%	2.81%
1983	3,333,633	52,194,620	2.12%	2.96%
1984	3,405,198	53,726,181	2.15%	2.93%
1985	3,478,936	55,213,006	2.17%	2.77%
1986	3,554,793	56,645,077	2.18%	2.59%
1987	3,632,543	58,157,496	2.19%	2.67%
1988	3,711,880	59,739,052	2.18%	2.72%
1989	3,796,078	61,265,260	2.27%	2.55%
1990	3,896,481	62,854,666	2.64%	2.59%
1991	4,021,837	64,382,249	3.22%	2.43%
1992	4,166,699	65,926,125	3.6%	2.4%
1993	4,320,872	67,530,621	3.7%	2.43%
1994	4,480,208	69,019,291	3.69%	2.2%
1995	4,644,278	70,546,246	3.66%	2.21%
1996	4,813,361	72,190,242	3.64%	2.33%
1997	4,987,883	73,908,810	3.63%	2.38%
1998	5,166,390	75,791,024	3.58%	2.55%
1999	5,349,333	77,753,257	3.54%	2.59%
2000	5,537,064	79,625,397	3.51%	2.41%
2001	5,728,435	81,401,488	3.46%	2.23%
2002	5,924,003	83,068,889	3.41%	2.05%
2003	6,123,997	84,731,835	3.38%	2%
2004	6,328,041	86,394,504	3.33%	1.96%
2005	6,535,905	88,015,962	3.28%	1.88%
2006	6,747,720	89,508,986	3.24%	1.7%
2007	6,963,345	91,075,184	3.2%	1.75%
2008	7,183,002	92,699,095	3.15%	1.78%
2009	7,406,438	94,384,250	3.11%	1.82%
2010	7,633,523	96,337,125	3.07%	2.07%
2011	7,859,346	98,248,614	2.96%	1.98%
2012	8,081,390	100,175,512	2.83%	1.96%
2013	8,302,698	102,076,336	2.74%	1.9%
2014	8,523,441	103,767,130	2.66%	1.66%
2015	8,743,246	105,312,992	2.58%	1.49%
2016	8,961,718	106,735,719	2.5%	1.35%
2017	9,178,714	108,119,693	2.42%	1.3%
2018	9,394,513	109,465,287	2.35%	1.24%
2019	9,609,010	110,804,683	2.28%	1.22%
2020	9,815,746	112,081,264	2.15%	1.15%
2021	10,012,896	113,100,950	2.01%	0.91%
2022	10,203,169	113,964,338	1.9%	0.76%
2023	10,389,635	114,891,199	1.83%	0.81%
2024	10,576,502	115,843,670	1.8%	0.83%
2025	10,762,813	116,786,968	1.76%	0.81%
2026	10,947,845	117,724,479	1.72%	0.8%
2027	11,131,268	118,656,426	1.68%	0.79%
2028	11,312,895	119,583,984	1.63%	0.78%
2029	11,492,799	120,502,132	1.59%	0.77%
2030	11,671,420	121,408,897	1.55%	0.75%
2031	11,848,221	122,301,606	1.51%	0.74%
2032	12,023,121	123,180,341	1.48%	0.72%
2033	12,196,639	124,049,036	1.44%	0.71%
2034	12,369,248	124,904,124	1.42%	0.69%
2035	12,540,596	125,740,977	1.39%	0.67%
2036	12,710,682	126,558,232	1.36%	0.65%
2037	12,879,737	127,352,607	1.33%	0.63%
2038	13,047,122	128,118,535	1.3%	0.6%
2039	13,212,668	128,850,047	1.27%	0.57%
2040	13,376,156	129,546,666	1.24%	0.54%
2041	13,537,361	130,209,810	1.21%	0.51%
2042	13,696,139	130,837,005	1.17%	0.48%
2043	13,853,410	131,427,404	1.15%	0.45%
2044	14,009,926	131,979,673	1.13%	0.42%
2045	14,165,578	132,492,038	1.11%	0.39%
2046	14,318,889	132,962,001	1.08%	0.35%
2047	14,469,210	133,385,290	1.05%	0.32%
2048	14,617,364	133,759,436	1.02%	0.28%
2049	14,763,600	134,089,011	1%	0.25%
2050	14,906,584	134,373,439	0.97%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,226,733 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 10,998,945 (a 10.3% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2006 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.1% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.