Population in Papua New Guinea compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Papua New Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Sao Tome	Papua New Guinea	Sao Tome
1960	1,995,110	68,012	-	-
1961	2,046,127	68,707	2.56%	1.02%
1962	2,093,919	69,403	2.34%	1.01%
1963	2,141,376	70,112	2.27%	1.02%
1964	2,188,325	70,865	2.19%	1.07%
1965	2,235,820	71,680	2.17%	1.15%
1966	2,285,774	72,576	2.23%	1.25%
1967	2,337,532	73,596	2.26%	1.41%
1968	2,390,803	74,765	2.28%	1.59%
1969	2,446,927	76,083	2.35%	1.76%
1970	2,505,628	77,626	2.4%	2.03%
1971	2,566,421	79,330	2.43%	2.2%
1972	2,628,432	81,041	2.42%	2.16%
1973	2,690,629	82,798	2.37%	2.17%
1974	2,752,671	84,672	2.31%	2.26%
1975	2,814,820	86,708	2.26%	2.4%
1976	2,877,327	88,922	2.22%	2.55%
1977	2,940,327	91,301	2.19%	2.68%
1978	3,003,714	93,794	2.16%	2.73%
1979	3,067,341	96,252	2.12%	2.62%
1980	3,131,512	98,544	2.09%	2.38%
1981	3,197,019	100,615	2.09%	2.1%
1982	3,264,291	102,508	2.1%	1.88%
1983	3,333,633	104,380	2.12%	1.83%
1984	3,405,198	106,394	2.15%	1.93%
1985	3,478,936	108,658	2.17%	2.13%
1986	3,554,793	111,150	2.18%	2.29%
1987	3,632,543	113,919	2.19%	2.49%
1988	3,711,880	116,939	2.18%	2.65%
1989	3,796,078	119,979	2.27%	2.6%
1990	3,896,481	122,980	2.64%	2.5%
1991	4,021,837	125,697	3.22%	2.21%
1992	4,166,699	128,110	3.6%	1.92%
1993	4,320,872	130,467	3.7%	1.84%
1994	4,480,208	132,732	3.69%	1.74%
1995	4,644,278	134,895	3.66%	1.63%
1996	4,813,361	136,962	3.64%	1.53%
1997	4,987,883	138,922	3.63%	1.43%
1998	5,166,390	140,751	3.58%	1.32%
1999	5,349,333	142,442	3.54%	1.2%
2000	5,537,064	144,018	3.51%	1.11%
2001	5,728,435	146,375	3.46%	1.64%
2002	5,924,003	149,922	3.41%	2.42%
2003	6,123,997	153,814	3.38%	2.6%
2004	6,328,041	157,705	3.33%	2.53%
2005	6,535,905	161,639	3.28%	2.49%
2006	6,747,720	165,638	3.24%	2.47%
2007	6,963,345	169,700	3.2%	2.45%
2008	7,183,002	173,793	3.15%	2.41%
2009	7,406,438	177,853	3.11%	2.34%
2010	7,633,523	181,802	3.07%	2.22%
2011	7,859,346	185,649	2.96%	2.12%
2012	8,081,390	189,439	2.83%	2.04%
2013	8,302,698	193,148	2.74%	1.96%
2014	8,523,441	196,767	2.66%	1.87%
2015	8,743,246	200,291	2.58%	1.79%
2016	8,961,718	203,689	2.5%	1.7%
2017	9,178,714	206,970	2.42%	1.61%
2018	9,394,513	210,187	2.35%	1.55%
2019	9,609,010	213,392	2.28%	1.52%
2020	9,815,746	217,435	2.15%	1.89%
2021	10,012,896	221,961	2.01%	2.08%
2022	10,203,169	226,305	1.9%	1.96%
2023	10,389,635	230,871	1.83%	2.02%
2024	10,576,502	235,536	1.8%	2.02%
2025	10,762,813	240,251	1.76%	2%
2026	10,947,845	244,987	1.72%	1.97%
2027	11,131,268	249,783	1.68%	1.96%
2028	11,312,895	254,657	1.63%	1.95%
2029	11,492,799	259,597	1.59%	1.94%
2030	11,671,420	264,560	1.55%	1.91%
2031	11,848,221	269,566	1.51%	1.89%
2032	12,023,121	274,643	1.48%	1.88%
2033	12,196,639	279,761	1.44%	1.86%
2034	12,369,248	284,911	1.42%	1.84%
2035	12,540,596	290,082	1.39%	1.81%
2036	12,710,682	295,269	1.36%	1.79%
2037	12,879,737	300,439	1.33%	1.75%
2038	13,047,122	305,590	1.3%	1.71%
2039	13,212,668	310,729	1.27%	1.68%
2040	13,376,156	315,833	1.24%	1.64%
2041	13,537,361	320,875	1.21%	1.6%
2042	13,696,139	325,888	1.17%	1.56%
2043	13,853,410	330,908	1.15%	1.54%
2044	14,009,926	335,919	1.13%	1.51%
2045	14,165,578	340,911	1.11%	1.49%
2046	14,318,889	345,883	1.08%	1.46%
2047	14,469,210	350,758	1.05%	1.41%
2048	14,617,364	355,569	1.02%	1.37%
2049	14,763,600	360,353	1%	1.35%
2050	14,906,584	365,103	0.97%	1.32%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,051 people (a 23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 41,350 (a 20.3% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2006 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.