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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Rwanda	Papua New Guinea	Rwanda
1960	1,995,110	3,022,294	-	-
1961	2,046,127	3,106,779	2.56%	2.8%
1962	2,093,919	3,186,025	2.34%	2.55%
1963	2,141,376	3,258,890	2.27%	2.29%
1964	2,188,325	3,334,834	2.19%	2.33%
1965	2,235,820	3,423,210	2.17%	2.65%
1966	2,285,774	3,521,626	2.23%	2.87%
1967	2,337,532	3,629,577	2.26%	3.07%
1968	2,390,803	3,744,010	2.28%	3.15%
1969	2,446,927	3,861,271	2.35%	3.13%
1970	2,505,628	3,980,669	2.4%	3.09%
1971	2,566,421	4,100,044	2.43%	3%
1972	2,628,432	4,220,335	2.42%	2.93%
1973	2,690,629	4,345,047	2.37%	2.96%
1974	2,752,671	4,474,228	2.31%	2.97%
1975	2,814,820	4,607,728	2.26%	2.98%
1976	2,877,327	4,745,954	2.22%	3%
1977	2,940,327	4,888,240	2.19%	3%
1978	3,003,714	5,035,171	2.16%	3.01%
1979	3,067,341	5,189,541	2.12%	3.07%
1980	3,131,512	5,353,259	2.09%	3.15%
1981	3,197,019	5,527,230	2.09%	3.25%
1982	3,264,291	5,711,549	2.1%	3.33%
1983	3,333,633	5,905,311	2.12%	3.39%
1984	3,405,198	6,107,627	2.15%	3.43%
1985	3,478,936	6,317,228	2.17%	3.43%
1986	3,554,793	6,531,881	2.18%	3.4%
1987	3,632,543	6,749,493	2.19%	3.33%
1988	3,711,880	6,968,071	2.18%	3.24%
1989	3,796,078	7,184,706	2.27%	3.11%
1990	3,896,481	7,375,307	2.64%	2.65%
1991	4,021,837	7,526,966	3.22%	2.06%
1992	4,166,699	7,683,266	3.6%	2.08%
1993	4,320,872	7,981,132	3.7%	3.88%
1994	4,480,208	6,792,352	3.69%	-14.9%
1995	4,644,278	5,674,118	3.66%	-16.5%
1996	4,813,361	6,708,764	3.64%	18.2%
1997	4,987,883	7,755,238	3.63%	15.6%
1998	5,166,390	8,081,681	3.58%	4.21%
1999	5,349,333	8,147,912	3.54%	0.82%
2000	5,537,064	8,213,931	3.51%	0.81%
2001	5,728,435	8,287,094	3.46%	0.89%
2002	5,924,003	8,400,180	3.41%	1.36%
2003	6,123,997	8,586,875	3.38%	2.22%
2004	6,328,041	8,816,844	3.33%	2.68%
2005	6,535,905	9,054,528	3.28%	2.7%
2006	6,747,720	9,299,246	3.24%	2.7%
2007	6,963,345	9,549,933	3.2%	2.7%
2008	7,183,002	9,804,269	3.15%	2.66%
2009	7,406,438	10,060,432	3.11%	2.61%
2010	7,633,523	10,317,553	3.07%	2.56%
2011	7,859,346	10,573,733	2.96%	2.48%
2012	8,081,390	10,829,901	2.83%	2.42%
2013	8,302,698	11,093,340	2.74%	2.43%
2014	8,523,441	11,364,757	2.66%	2.45%
2015	8,743,246	11,640,022	2.58%	2.42%
2016	8,961,718	11,919,183	2.5%	2.4%
2017	9,178,714	12,202,060	2.42%	2.37%
2018	9,394,513	12,487,996	2.35%	2.34%
2019	9,609,010	12,776,103	2.28%	2.31%
2020	9,815,746	13,065,837	2.15%	2.27%
2021	10,012,896	13,355,260	2.01%	2.22%
2022	10,203,169	13,651,030	1.9%	2.21%
2023	10,389,635	13,954,471	1.83%	2.22%
2024	10,576,502	14,256,567	1.8%	2.16%
2025	10,762,813	14,569,343	1.76%	2.19%
2026	10,947,845	14,889,694	1.72%	2.2%
2027	11,131,268	15,214,324	1.68%	2.18%
2028	11,312,895	15,536,461	1.63%	2.12%
2029	11,492,799	15,844,649	1.59%	1.98%
2030	11,671,420	16,154,698	1.55%	1.96%
2031	11,848,221	16,473,106	1.51%	1.97%
2032	12,023,121	16,771,820	1.48%	1.81%
2033	12,196,639	17,073,475	1.44%	1.8%
2034	12,369,248	17,402,250	1.42%	1.93%
2035	12,540,596	17,746,315	1.39%	1.98%
2036	12,710,682	18,076,769	1.36%	1.86%
2037	12,879,737	18,395,838	1.33%	1.77%
2038	13,047,122	18,729,778	1.3%	1.82%
2039	13,212,668	19,076,783	1.27%	1.85%
2040	13,376,156	19,440,762	1.24%	1.91%
2041	13,537,361	19,806,170	1.21%	1.88%
2042	13,696,139	20,153,979	1.17%	1.76%
2043	13,853,410	20,500,826	1.15%	1.72%
2044	14,009,926	20,837,079	1.13%	1.64%
2045	14,165,578	21,152,650	1.11%	1.51%
2046	14,318,889	21,459,144	1.08%	1.45%
2047	14,469,210	21,764,578	1.05%	1.42%
2048	14,617,364	22,086,112	1.02%	1.48%
2049	14,763,600	22,403,887	1%	1.44%
2050	14,906,584	22,707,896	0.97%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.