Population in Papua New Guinea compared to Saint Kitts and Nevis: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Papua New Guinea and Saint Kitts and Nevis: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Saint Kitts	Papua New Guinea	Saint Kitts
1960	1,995,110	55,810	-	-
1961	2,046,127	55,334	2.56%	-0.85%
1962	2,093,919	54,461	2.34%	-1.58%
1963	2,141,376	53,441	2.27%	-1.87%
1964	2,188,325	52,326	2.19%	-2.09%
1965	2,235,820	51,139	2.17%	-2.27%
1966	2,285,774	49,898	2.23%	-2.43%
1967	2,337,532	48,605	2.26%	-2.59%
1968	2,390,803	47,245	2.28%	-2.8%
1969	2,446,927	45,731	2.35%	-3.2%
1970	2,505,628	44,606	2.4%	-2.46%
1971	2,566,421	44,206	2.43%	-0.9%
1972	2,628,432	44,033	2.42%	-0.39%
1973	2,690,629	43,880	2.37%	-0.35%
1974	2,752,671	43,738	2.31%	-0.32%
1975	2,814,820	43,606	2.26%	-0.3%
1976	2,877,327	43,482	2.22%	-0.28%
1977	2,940,327	43,358	2.19%	-0.29%
1978	3,003,714	43,217	2.16%	-0.33%
1979	3,067,341	43,033	2.12%	-0.43%
1980	3,131,512	42,850	2.09%	-0.43%
1981	3,197,019	42,698	2.09%	-0.35%
1982	3,264,291	42,532	2.1%	-0.39%
1983	3,333,633	42,334	2.12%	-0.47%
1984	3,405,198	42,113	2.15%	-0.52%
1985	3,478,936	41,874	2.17%	-0.57%
1986	3,554,793	41,618	2.18%	-0.61%
1987	3,632,543	41,348	2.19%	-0.65%
1988	3,711,880	41,062	2.18%	-0.69%
1989	3,796,078	40,758	2.27%	-0.74%
1990	3,896,481	40,432	2.64%	-0.8%
1991	4,021,837	40,358	3.22%	-0.18%
1992	4,166,699	40,715	3.6%	0.88%
1993	4,320,872	41,242	3.7%	1.29%
1994	4,480,208	41,776	3.69%	1.29%
1995	4,644,278	42,326	3.66%	1.32%
1996	4,813,361	42,877	3.64%	1.3%
1997	4,987,883	43,428	3.63%	1.29%
1998	5,166,390	43,998	3.58%	1.31%
1999	5,349,333	44,601	3.54%	1.37%
2000	5,537,064	45,248	3.51%	1.45%
2001	5,728,435	45,761	3.46%	1.13%
2002	5,924,003	46,020	3.41%	0.57%
2003	6,123,997	46,176	3.38%	0.34%
2004	6,328,041	46,315	3.33%	0.3%
2005	6,535,905	46,437	3.28%	0.26%
2006	6,747,720	46,569	3.24%	0.28%
2007	6,963,345	46,706	3.2%	0.29%
2008	7,183,002	46,835	3.15%	0.28%
2009	7,406,438	46,916	3.11%	0.17%
2010	7,633,523	46,846	3.07%	-0.15%
2011	7,859,346	46,886	2.96%	0.09%
2012	8,081,390	47,033	2.83%	0.31%
2013	8,302,698	47,069	2.74%	0.08%
2014	8,523,441	47,089	2.66%	0.04%
2015	8,743,246	47,087	2.58%	-0.004%
2016	8,961,718	47,075	2.5%	-0.03%
2017	9,178,714	47,050	2.42%	-0.05%
2018	9,394,513	47,008	2.35%	-0.09%
2019	9,609,010	46,952	2.28%	-0.12%
2020	9,815,746	46,870	2.15%	-0.17%
2021	10,012,896	46,763	2.01%	-0.23%
2022	10,203,169	46,709	1.9%	-0.12%
2023	10,389,635	46,758	1.83%	0.1%
2024	10,576,502	46,843	1.8%	0.18%
2025	10,762,813	46,920	1.76%	0.17%
2026	10,947,845	46,992	1.72%	0.15%
2027	11,131,268	47,049	1.68%	0.12%
2028	11,312,895	47,093	1.63%	0.09%
2029	11,492,799	47,112	1.59%	0.04%
2030	11,671,420	47,132	1.55%	0.04%
2031	11,848,221	47,125	1.51%	-0.01%
2032	12,023,121	47,105	1.48%	-0.04%
2033	12,196,639	47,066	1.44%	-0.08%
2034	12,369,248	47,007	1.42%	-0.13%
2035	12,540,596	46,930	1.39%	-0.16%
2036	12,710,682	46,825	1.36%	-0.23%
2037	12,879,737	46,717	1.33%	-0.23%
2038	13,047,122	46,594	1.3%	-0.26%
2039	13,212,668	46,463	1.27%	-0.28%
2040	13,376,156	46,315	1.24%	-0.32%
2041	13,537,361	46,154	1.21%	-0.35%
2042	13,696,139	45,983	1.17%	-0.37%
2043	13,853,410	45,783	1.15%	-0.43%
2044	14,009,926	45,579	1.13%	-0.45%
2045	14,165,578	45,362	1.11%	-0.48%
2046	14,318,889	45,147	1.08%	-0.47%
2047	14,469,210	44,925	1.05%	-0.49%
2048	14,617,364	44,699	1.02%	-0.51%
2049	14,763,600	44,478	1%	-0.49%
2050	14,906,584	44,251	0.97%	-0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Saint Kitts and Nevis gained 506 people (a 1.09% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while Saint Kitts and Nevis' population decreased by -83 (a 0.18% decline).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Saint Kitts and Nevis was ranked 190th in 2006 and ranked 189th 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis will decrease by 5.83% to 44,251 people and will still be ranked 189th.