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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Saint Lucia	Papua New Guinea	Saint Lucia
1960	1,995,110	92,585	-	-
1961	2,046,127	93,490	2.56%	0.98%
1962	2,093,919	94,505	2.34%	1.09%
1963	2,141,376	95,519	2.27%	1.07%
1964	2,188,325	96,505	2.19%	1.03%
1965	2,235,820	97,493	2.17%	1.02%
1966	2,285,774	98,463	2.23%	0.99%
1967	2,337,532	99,504	2.26%	1.06%
1968	2,390,803	100,675	2.28%	1.18%
1969	2,446,927	101,879	2.35%	1.2%
1970	2,505,628	103,165	2.4%	1.26%
1971	2,566,421	104,564	2.43%	1.36%
1972	2,628,432	106,002	2.42%	1.38%
1973	2,690,629	107,498	2.37%	1.41%
1974	2,752,671	109,076	2.31%	1.47%
1975	2,814,820	110,725	2.26%	1.51%
1976	2,877,327	112,425	2.22%	1.54%
1977	2,940,327	114,135	2.19%	1.52%
1978	3,003,714	115,834	2.16%	1.49%
1979	3,067,341	117,528	2.12%	1.46%
1980	3,131,512	119,290	2.09%	1.5%
1981	3,197,019	121,166	2.09%	1.57%
1982	3,264,291	123,087	2.1%	1.59%
1983	3,333,633	125,044	2.12%	1.59%
1984	3,405,198	127,067	2.15%	1.62%
1985	3,478,936	129,159	2.17%	1.65%
1986	3,554,793	131,239	2.18%	1.61%
1987	3,632,543	133,227	2.19%	1.51%
1988	3,711,880	135,000	2.18%	1.33%
1989	3,796,078	136,512	2.27%	1.12%
1990	3,896,481	137,857	2.64%	0.99%
1991	4,021,837	139,520	3.22%	1.21%
1992	4,166,699	141,617	3.6%	1.5%
1993	4,320,872	143,726	3.7%	1.49%
1994	4,480,208	145,890	3.69%	1.51%
1995	4,644,278	148,208	3.66%	1.59%
1996	4,813,361	150,436	3.64%	1.5%
1997	4,987,883	152,569	3.63%	1.42%
1998	5,166,390	154,677	3.58%	1.38%
1999	5,349,333	156,702	3.54%	1.31%
2000	5,537,064	158,616	3.51%	1.22%
2001	5,728,435	160,237	3.46%	1.02%
2002	5,924,003	161,641	3.41%	0.88%
2003	6,123,997	162,976	3.38%	0.83%
2004	6,328,041	164,239	3.33%	0.77%
2005	6,535,905	165,450	3.28%	0.74%
2006	6,747,720	166,639	3.24%	0.72%
2007	6,963,345	167,758	3.2%	0.67%
2008	7,183,002	168,808	3.15%	0.63%
2009	7,406,438	169,869	3.11%	0.63%
2010	7,633,523	170,906	3.07%	0.61%
2011	7,859,346	171,801	2.96%	0.52%
2012	8,081,390	172,587	2.83%	0.46%
2013	8,302,698	173,369	2.74%	0.45%
2014	8,523,441	174,138	2.66%	0.44%
2015	8,743,246	174,905	2.58%	0.44%
2016	8,961,718	175,646	2.5%	0.42%
2017	9,178,714	176,342	2.42%	0.4%
2018	9,394,513	177,017	2.35%	0.38%
2019	9,609,010	177,661	2.28%	0.36%
2020	9,815,746	178,250	2.15%	0.33%
2021	10,012,896	178,522	2.01%	0.15%
2022	10,203,169	178,781	1.9%	0.15%
2023	10,389,635	179,285	1.83%	0.28%
2024	10,576,502	179,744	1.8%	0.26%
2025	10,762,813	180,148	1.76%	0.23%
2026	10,947,845	180,489	1.72%	0.19%
2027	11,131,268	180,771	1.68%	0.16%
2028	11,312,895	181,003	1.63%	0.13%
2029	11,492,799	181,198	1.59%	0.11%
2030	11,671,420	181,360	1.55%	0.09%
2031	11,848,221	181,463	1.51%	0.06%
2032	12,023,121	181,495	1.48%	0.02%
2033	12,196,639	181,458	1.44%	-0.02%
2034	12,369,248	181,354	1.42%	-0.06%
2035	12,540,596	181,177	1.39%	-0.1%
2036	12,710,682	180,948	1.36%	-0.13%
2037	12,879,737	180,636	1.33%	-0.17%
2038	13,047,122	180,230	1.3%	-0.22%
2039	13,212,668	179,781	1.27%	-0.25%
2040	13,376,156	179,296	1.24%	-0.27%
2041	13,537,361	178,760	1.21%	-0.3%
2042	13,696,139	178,187	1.17%	-0.32%
2043	13,853,410	177,593	1.15%	-0.33%
2044	14,009,926	176,937	1.13%	-0.37%
2045	14,165,578	176,243	1.11%	-0.39%
2046	14,318,889	175,520	1.08%	-0.41%
2047	14,469,210	174,726	1.05%	-0.45%
2048	14,617,364	173,877	1.02%	-0.49%
2049	14,763,600	172,991	1%	-0.51%
2050	14,906,584	172,081	0.97%	-0.53%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Saint Lucia gained 9,007 people (a 5.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 4,846 (a 2.76% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2006 and ranked 178th 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 Lucia will decrease by 4.66% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.