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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Samoa	Papua New Guinea	Samoa
1960	1,995,110	112,490	-	-
1961	2,046,127	115,496	2.56%	2.67%
1962	2,093,919	118,597	2.34%	2.68%
1963	2,141,376	121,764	2.27%	2.67%
1964	2,188,325	124,894	2.19%	2.57%
1965	2,235,820	127,978	2.17%	2.47%
1966	2,285,774	131,073	2.23%	2.42%
1967	2,337,532	133,764	2.26%	2.05%
1968	2,390,803	136,020	2.28%	1.69%
1969	2,446,927	138,233	2.35%	1.63%
1970	2,505,628	140,400	2.4%	1.57%
1971	2,566,421	142,503	2.43%	1.5%
1972	2,628,432	144,538	2.42%	1.43%
1973	2,690,629	146,516	2.37%	1.37%
1974	2,752,671	149,431	2.31%	1.99%
1975	2,814,820	153,344	2.26%	2.62%
1976	2,877,327	157,113	2.22%	2.46%
1977	2,940,327	159,753	2.19%	1.68%
1978	3,003,714	161,375	2.16%	1.02%
1979	3,067,341	162,882	2.12%	0.93%
1980	3,131,512	164,322	2.09%	0.88%
1981	3,197,019	165,678	2.09%	0.83%
1982	3,264,291	166,484	2.1%	0.49%
1983	3,333,633	166,714	2.12%	0.14%
1984	3,405,198	166,796	2.15%	0.05%
1985	3,478,936	166,849	2.17%	0.03%
1986	3,554,793	167,061	2.18%	0.13%
1987	3,632,543	167,661	2.19%	0.36%
1988	3,711,880	168,346	2.18%	0.41%
1989	3,796,078	168,768	2.27%	0.25%
1990	3,896,481	169,042	2.64%	0.16%
1991	4,021,837	169,368	3.22%	0.19%
1992	4,166,699	170,331	3.6%	0.57%
1993	4,320,872	171,774	3.7%	0.85%
1994	4,480,208	173,159	3.69%	0.81%
1995	4,644,278	174,571	3.66%	0.82%
1996	4,813,361	176,071	3.64%	0.86%
1997	4,987,883	177,547	3.63%	0.84%
1998	5,166,390	178,905	3.58%	0.76%
1999	5,349,333	180,275	3.54%	0.77%
2000	5,537,064	181,685	3.51%	0.78%
2001	5,728,435	183,166	3.46%	0.82%
2002	5,924,003	184,471	3.41%	0.71%
2003	6,123,997	185,430	3.38%	0.52%
2004	6,328,041	186,249	3.33%	0.44%
2005	6,535,905	186,978	3.28%	0.39%
2006	6,747,720	187,709	3.24%	0.39%
2007	6,963,345	188,753	3.2%	0.56%
2008	7,183,002	190,107	3.15%	0.72%
2009	7,406,438	191,513	3.11%	0.74%
2010	7,633,523	193,023	3.07%	0.79%
2011	7,859,346	194,713	2.96%	0.88%
2012	8,081,390	196,498	2.83%	0.92%
2013	8,302,698	198,268	2.74%	0.9%
2014	8,523,441	200,037	2.66%	0.89%
2015	8,743,246	201,782	2.58%	0.87%
2016	8,961,718	203,499	2.5%	0.85%
2017	9,178,714	205,415	2.42%	0.94%
2018	9,394,513	207,582	2.35%	1.05%
2019	9,609,010	209,780	2.28%	1.06%
2020	9,815,746	211,944	2.15%	1.03%
2021	10,012,896	213,779	2.01%	0.87%
2022	10,203,169	215,261	1.9%	0.69%
2023	10,389,635	216,663	1.83%	0.65%
2024	10,576,502	218,019	1.8%	0.63%
2025	10,762,813	219,302	1.76%	0.59%
2026	10,947,845	220,530	1.72%	0.56%
2027	11,131,268	221,772	1.68%	0.56%
2028	11,312,895	223,104	1.63%	0.6%
2029	11,492,799	224,504	1.59%	0.63%
2030	11,671,420	225,968	1.55%	0.65%
2031	11,848,221	227,581	1.51%	0.71%
2032	12,023,121	229,298	1.48%	0.75%
2033	12,196,639	231,110	1.44%	0.79%
2034	12,369,248	233,061	1.42%	0.84%
2035	12,540,596	235,172	1.39%	0.91%
2036	12,710,682	237,415	1.36%	0.95%
2037	12,879,737	239,730	1.33%	0.98%
2038	13,047,122	242,155	1.3%	1.01%
2039	13,212,668	244,653	1.27%	1.03%
2040	13,376,156	247,196	1.24%	1.04%
2041	13,537,361	249,796	1.21%	1.05%
2042	13,696,139	252,427	1.17%	1.05%
2043	13,853,410	255,023	1.15%	1.03%
2044	14,009,926	257,609	1.13%	1.01%
2045	14,165,578	260,250	1.11%	1.03%
2046	14,318,889	262,849	1.08%	1%
2047	14,469,210	265,365	1.05%	0.96%
2048	14,617,364	267,836	1.02%	0.93%
2049	14,763,600	270,291	1%	0.92%
2050	14,906,584	272,711	0.97%	0.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Samoa gained 15,790 people (a 8.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 17,044 (a 8.38% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2006 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.7% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.