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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Portugal	Papua New Guinea	Portugal
1960	1,995,110	8,857,716	-	-
1961	2,046,127	8,929,316	2.56%	0.81%
1962	2,093,919	8,993,985	2.34%	0.72%
1963	2,141,376	9,030,355	2.27%	0.4%
1964	2,188,325	9,035,365	2.19%	0.06%
1965	2,235,820	8,998,595	2.17%	-0.41%
1966	2,285,774	8,930,990	2.23%	-0.75%
1967	2,337,532	8,874,520	2.26%	-0.63%
1968	2,390,803	8,836,650	2.28%	-0.43%
1969	2,446,927	8,757,705	2.35%	-0.89%
1970	2,505,628	8,680,431	2.4%	-0.88%
1971	2,566,421	8,643,756	2.43%	-0.42%
1972	2,628,432	8,630,430	2.42%	-0.15%
1973	2,690,629	8,633,100	2.37%	0.03%
1974	2,752,671	8,754,365	2.31%	1.4%
1975	2,814,820	9,093,470	2.26%	3.87%
1976	2,877,327	9,355,810	2.22%	2.88%
1977	2,940,327	9,455,675	2.19%	1.07%
1978	3,003,714	9,558,250	2.16%	1.08%
1979	3,067,341	9,661,265	2.12%	1.08%
1980	3,131,512	9,766,312	2.09%	1.09%
1981	3,197,019	9,851,362	2.09%	0.87%
1982	3,264,291	9,911,771	2.1%	0.61%
1983	3,333,633	9,957,865	2.12%	0.47%
1984	3,405,198	9,996,232	2.15%	0.39%
1985	3,478,936	10,023,613	2.17%	0.27%
1986	3,554,793	10,032,734	2.18%	0.09%
1987	3,632,543	10,030,031	2.19%	-0.03%
1988	3,711,880	10,019,610	2.18%	-0.1%
1989	3,796,078	10,005,000	2.27%	-0.15%
1990	3,896,481	9,983,218	2.64%	-0.22%
1991	4,021,837	9,960,235	3.22%	-0.23%
1992	4,166,699	9,952,494	3.6%	-0.08%
1993	4,320,872	9,964,675	3.7%	0.12%
1994	4,480,208	9,991,525	3.69%	0.27%
1995	4,644,278	10,026,176	3.66%	0.35%
1996	4,813,361	10,063,945	3.64%	0.38%
1997	4,987,883	10,108,977	3.63%	0.45%
1998	5,166,390	10,160,196	3.58%	0.51%
1999	5,349,333	10,217,828	3.54%	0.57%
2000	5,537,064	10,289,898	3.51%	0.71%
2001	5,728,435	10,362,722	3.46%	0.71%
2002	5,924,003	10,419,631	3.41%	0.55%
2003	6,123,997	10,458,821	3.38%	0.38%
2004	6,328,041	10,483,861	3.33%	0.24%
2005	6,535,905	10,503,330	3.28%	0.19%
2006	6,747,720	10,522,288	3.24%	0.18%
2007	6,963,345	10,542,964	3.2%	0.2%
2008	7,183,002	10,558,177	3.15%	0.14%
2009	7,406,438	10,568,247	3.11%	0.1%
2010	7,633,523	10,573,100	3.07%	0.05%
2011	7,859,346	10,557,560	2.96%	-0.15%
2012	8,081,390	10,514,844	2.83%	-0.4%
2013	8,302,698	10,457,295	2.74%	-0.55%
2014	8,523,441	10,401,062	2.66%	-0.54%
2015	8,743,246	10,358,076	2.58%	-0.41%
2016	8,961,718	10,325,452	2.5%	-0.31%
2017	9,178,714	10,300,300	2.42%	-0.24%
2018	9,394,513	10,283,822	2.35%	-0.16%
2019	9,609,010	10,286,263	2.28%	0.02%
2020	9,815,746	10,297,081	2.15%	0.11%
2021	10,012,896	10,361,831	2.01%	0.63%
2022	10,203,169	10,434,332	1.9%	0.7%
2023	10,389,635	10,578,174	1.83%	1.38%
2024	10,576,502	10,701,636	1.8%	1.17%
2025	10,762,813	10,687,819	1.76%	-0.13%
2026	10,947,845	10,670,917	1.72%	-0.16%
2027	11,131,268	10,653,073	1.68%	-0.17%
2028	11,312,895	10,632,868	1.63%	-0.19%
2029	11,492,799	10,611,484	1.59%	-0.2%
2030	11,671,420	10,591,436	1.55%	-0.19%
2031	11,848,221	10,571,418	1.51%	-0.19%
2032	12,023,121	10,549,456	1.48%	-0.21%
2033	12,196,639	10,526,482	1.44%	-0.22%
2034	12,369,248	10,502,882	1.42%	-0.22%
2035	12,540,596	10,478,843	1.39%	-0.23%
2036	12,710,682	10,454,630	1.36%	-0.23%
2037	12,879,737	10,430,128	1.33%	-0.23%
2038	13,047,122	10,404,947	1.3%	-0.24%
2039	13,212,668	10,377,968	1.27%	-0.26%
2040	13,376,156	10,349,515	1.24%	-0.27%
2041	13,537,361	10,321,577	1.21%	-0.27%
2042	13,696,139	10,294,106	1.17%	-0.27%
2043	13,853,410	10,264,596	1.15%	-0.29%
2044	14,009,926	10,233,543	1.13%	-0.3%
2045	14,165,578	10,201,832	1.11%	-0.31%
2046	14,318,889	10,168,932	1.08%	-0.32%
2047	14,469,210	10,135,159	1.05%	-0.33%
2048	14,617,364	10,101,419	1.02%	-0.33%
2049	14,763,600	10,066,064	1%	-0.35%
2050	14,906,584	10,029,252	0.97%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Papua New Guinea gained 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2005 and is 90th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Papua New Guinea's population will grow by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people with a rank change from 90th to 85th. The population of Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.