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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Russia	Papua New Guinea	Russia
1960	1,995,110	119,897,000	-	-
1961	2,046,127	121,236,000	2.56%	1.12%
1962	2,093,919	122,591,000	2.34%	1.12%
1963	2,141,376	123,960,000	2.27%	1.12%
1964	2,188,325	125,345,000	2.19%	1.12%
1965	2,235,820	126,745,000	2.17%	1.12%
1966	2,285,774	127,468,000	2.23%	0.57%
1967	2,337,532	128,196,000	2.26%	0.57%
1968	2,390,803	128,928,000	2.28%	0.57%
1969	2,446,927	129,664,000	2.35%	0.57%
1970	2,505,628	130,404,000	2.4%	0.57%
1971	2,566,421	131,155,000	2.43%	0.58%
1972	2,628,432	131,909,000	2.42%	0.57%
1973	2,690,629	132,669,000	2.37%	0.58%
1974	2,752,671	133,432,000	2.31%	0.58%
1975	2,814,820	134,200,000	2.26%	0.58%
1976	2,877,327	135,147,000	2.22%	0.71%
1977	2,940,327	136,100,000	2.19%	0.71%
1978	3,003,714	137,060,000	2.16%	0.71%
1979	3,067,341	138,027,000	2.12%	0.71%
1980	3,131,512	139,010,000	2.09%	0.71%
1981	3,197,019	139,941,000	2.09%	0.67%
1982	3,264,291	140,823,000	2.1%	0.63%
1983	3,333,633	141,668,000	2.12%	0.6%
1984	3,405,198	142,745,000	2.15%	0.76%
1985	3,478,936	143,858,000	2.17%	0.78%
1986	3,554,793	144,894,000	2.18%	0.72%
1987	3,632,543	145,908,000	2.19%	0.7%
1988	3,711,880	146,857,000	2.18%	0.65%
1989	3,796,078	147,721,000	2.27%	0.59%
1990	3,896,481	147,969,406	2.64%	0.17%
1991	4,021,837	148,394,216	3.22%	0.29%
1992	4,166,699	148,538,197	3.6%	0.1%
1993	4,320,872	148,458,777	3.7%	-0.05%
1994	4,480,208	148,407,912	3.69%	-0.03%
1995	4,644,278	148,375,787	3.66%	-0.02%
1996	4,813,361	148,160,129	3.64%	-0.15%
1997	4,987,883	147,915,361	3.63%	-0.17%
1998	5,166,390	147,670,784	3.58%	-0.17%
1999	5,349,333	147,214,776	3.54%	-0.31%
2000	5,537,064	146,596,869	3.51%	-0.42%
2001	5,728,435	145,976,482	3.46%	-0.42%
2002	5,924,003	145,306,497	3.41%	-0.46%
2003	6,123,997	144,648,618	3.38%	-0.45%
2004	6,328,041	144,067,316	3.33%	-0.4%
2005	6,535,905	143,518,814	3.28%	-0.38%
2006	6,747,720	143,049,637	3.24%	-0.33%
2007	6,963,345	142,805,114	3.2%	-0.17%
2008	7,183,002	142,742,366	3.15%	-0.04%
2009	7,406,438	142,785,348	3.11%	0.03%
2010	7,633,523	142,849,468	3.07%	0.04%
2011	7,859,346	143,018,195	2.96%	0.12%
2012	8,081,390	143,378,447	2.83%	0.25%
2013	8,302,698	143,805,638	2.74%	0.3%
2014	8,523,441	144,237,223	2.66%	0.3%
2015	8,743,246	144,640,716	2.58%	0.28%
2016	8,961,718	145,015,460	2.5%	0.26%
2017	9,178,714	145,293,260	2.42%	0.19%
2018	9,394,513	145,398,106	2.35%	0.07%
2019	9,609,010	145,453,291	2.28%	0.04%
2020	9,815,746	145,245,148	2.15%	-0.14%
2021	10,012,896	144,746,762	2.01%	-0.34%
2022	10,203,169	144,236,933	1.9%	-0.35%
2023	10,389,635	143,826,130	1.83%	-0.28%
2024	10,576,502	143,533,851	1.8%	-0.2%
2025	10,762,813	142,718,132	1.76%	-0.57%
2026	10,947,845	142,120,553	1.72%	-0.42%
2027	11,131,268	141,773,330	1.68%	-0.24%
2028	11,312,895	141,402,326	1.63%	-0.26%
2029	11,492,799	141,021,009	1.59%	-0.27%
2030	11,671,420	140,628,883	1.55%	-0.28%
2031	11,848,221	140,218,596	1.51%	-0.29%
2032	12,023,121	139,807,207	1.48%	-0.29%
2033	12,196,639	139,414,947	1.44%	-0.28%
2034	12,369,248	139,034,543	1.42%	-0.27%
2035	12,540,596	138,666,694	1.39%	-0.26%
2036	12,710,682	138,311,757	1.36%	-0.26%
2037	12,879,737	137,968,177	1.33%	-0.25%
2038	13,047,122	137,643,032	1.3%	-0.24%
2039	13,212,668	137,336,299	1.27%	-0.22%
2040	13,376,156	137,053,347	1.24%	-0.21%
2041	13,537,361	136,795,588	1.21%	-0.19%
2042	13,696,139	136,558,692	1.17%	-0.17%
2043	13,853,410	136,335,849	1.15%	-0.16%
2044	14,009,926	136,124,845	1.13%	-0.15%
2045	14,165,578	135,933,758	1.11%	-0.14%
2046	14,318,889	135,756,848	1.08%	-0.13%
2047	14,469,210	135,574,181	1.05%	-0.13%
2048	14,617,364	135,372,557	1.02%	-0.15%
2049	14,763,600	135,156,911	1%	-0.16%
2050	14,906,584	134,923,391	0.97%	-0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Papua New Guinea gained 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2005 and is 90th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.