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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Qatar	Papua New Guinea	Qatar
1960	1,995,110	36,010	-	-
1961	2,046,127	39,680	2.56%	10.2%
1962	2,093,919	44,630	2.34%	12.5%
1963	2,141,376	50,380	2.27%	12.9%
1964	2,188,325	56,867	2.19%	12.9%
1965	2,235,820	64,065	2.17%	12.7%
1966	2,285,774	72,192	2.23%	12.7%
1967	2,337,532	81,439	2.26%	12.8%
1968	2,390,803	91,749	2.28%	12.7%
1969	2,446,927	103,025	2.35%	12.3%
1970	2,505,628	116,350	2.4%	12.9%
1971	2,566,421	131,346	2.43%	12.9%
1972	2,628,432	146,506	2.42%	11.5%
1973	2,690,629	161,841	2.37%	10.5%
1974	2,752,671	177,362	2.31%	9.59%
1975	2,814,820	193,087	2.26%	8.87%
1976	2,877,327	209,052	2.22%	8.27%
1977	2,940,327	225,285	2.19%	7.77%
1978	3,003,714	241,808	2.16%	7.33%
1979	3,067,341	258,670	2.12%	6.97%
1980	3,131,512	275,913	2.09%	6.67%
1981	3,197,019	293,553	2.09%	6.39%
1982	3,264,291	311,537	2.1%	6.13%
1983	3,333,633	329,709	2.12%	5.83%
1984	3,405,198	347,878	2.15%	5.51%
1985	3,478,936	365,940	2.17%	5.19%
1986	3,554,793	382,422	2.18%	4.5%
1987	3,632,543	397,005	2.19%	3.81%
1988	3,711,880	411,264	2.18%	3.59%
1989	3,796,078	425,646	2.27%	3.5%
1990	3,896,481	440,175	2.64%	3.41%
1991	4,021,837	454,853	3.22%	3.33%
1992	4,166,699	469,657	3.6%	3.25%
1993	4,320,872	484,545	3.7%	3.17%
1994	4,480,208	499,459	3.69%	3.08%
1995	4,644,278	514,325	3.66%	2.98%
1996	4,813,361	529,019	3.64%	2.86%
1997	4,987,883	550,500	3.63%	4.06%
1998	5,166,390	580,540	3.58%	5.46%
1999	5,349,333	612,500	3.54%	5.51%
2000	5,537,064	644,989	3.51%	5.3%
2001	5,728,435	677,925	3.46%	5.11%
2002	5,924,003	711,205	3.41%	4.91%
2003	6,123,997	744,682	3.38%	4.71%
2004	6,328,041	773,332	3.33%	3.85%
2005	6,535,905	825,408	3.28%	6.73%
2006	6,747,720	972,831	3.24%	17.9%
2007	6,963,345	1,208,595	3.2%	24.2%
2008	7,183,002	1,426,938	3.15%	18.1%
2009	7,406,438	1,608,903	3.11%	12.8%
2010	7,633,523	1,616,832	3.07%	0.49%
2011	7,859,346	1,624,761	2.96%	0.49%
2012	8,081,390	1,722,438	2.83%	6.01%
2013	8,302,698	1,916,426	2.74%	11.3%
2014	8,523,441	2,151,745	2.66%	12.3%
2015	8,743,246	2,344,557	2.58%	8.96%
2016	8,961,718	2,477,113	2.5%	5.65%
2017	9,178,714	2,545,820	2.42%	2.77%
2018	9,394,513	2,580,734	2.35%	1.37%
2019	9,609,010	2,638,657	2.28%	2.24%
2020	9,815,746	2,794,148	2.15%	5.89%
2021	10,012,896	2,504,910	2.01%	-10.4%
2022	10,203,169	2,657,333	1.9%	6.08%
2023	10,389,635	2,656,032	1.83%	-0.05%
2024	10,576,502	2,857,822	1.8%	7.6%
2025	10,762,813	2,921,065	1.76%	2.21%
2026	10,947,845	2,975,134	1.72%	1.85%
2027	11,131,268	3,019,526	1.68%	1.49%
2028	11,312,895	3,057,695	1.63%	1.26%
2029	11,492,799	3,092,803	1.59%	1.15%
2030	11,671,420	3,125,174	1.55%	1.05%
2031	11,848,221	3,156,754	1.51%	1.01%
2032	12,023,121	3,189,188	1.48%	1.03%
2033	12,196,639	3,222,500	1.44%	1.04%
2034	12,369,248	3,256,691	1.42%	1.06%
2035	12,540,596	3,291,711	1.39%	1.08%
2036	12,710,682	3,327,585	1.36%	1.09%
2037	12,879,737	3,364,333	1.33%	1.1%
2038	13,047,122	3,401,906	1.3%	1.12%
2039	13,212,668	3,440,293	1.27%	1.13%
2040	13,376,156	3,479,439	1.24%	1.14%
2041	13,537,361	3,519,302	1.21%	1.15%
2042	13,696,139	3,559,840	1.17%	1.15%
2043	13,853,410	3,601,019	1.15%	1.16%
2044	14,009,926	3,642,784	1.13%	1.16%
2045	14,165,578	3,685,111	1.11%	1.16%
2046	14,318,889	3,727,959	1.08%	1.16%
2047	14,469,210	3,771,287	1.05%	1.16%
2048	14,617,364	3,815,108	1.02%	1.16%
2049	14,763,600	3,859,368	1%	1.16%
2050	14,906,584	3,904,074	0.97%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Papua New Guinea gained 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2005 and is 90th in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.