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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Saudi Arabia	Papua New Guinea	Saudi Arabia
1960	1,995,110	2,435,403	-	-
1961	2,046,127	2,526,347	2.56%	3.73%
1962	2,093,919	2,620,910	2.34%	3.74%
1963	2,141,376	2,719,341	2.27%	3.76%
1964	2,188,325	2,821,968	2.19%	3.77%
1965	2,235,820	2,928,771	2.17%	3.78%
1966	2,285,774	3,039,887	2.23%	3.79%
1967	2,337,532	3,157,242	2.26%	3.86%
1968	2,390,803	3,282,711	2.28%	3.97%
1969	2,446,927	3,417,114	2.35%	4.09%
1970	2,505,628	3,562,470	2.4%	4.25%
1971	2,566,421	3,724,031	2.43%	4.54%
1972	2,628,432	3,905,722	2.42%	4.88%
1973	2,690,629	4,106,344	2.37%	5.14%
1974	2,752,671	4,323,632	2.31%	5.29%
1975	2,814,820	4,556,287	2.26%	5.38%
1976	2,877,327	4,807,933	2.22%	5.52%
1977	2,940,327	5,083,048	2.19%	5.72%
1978	3,003,714	5,381,902	2.16%	5.88%
1979	3,067,341	5,703,698	2.12%	5.98%
1980	3,131,512	6,047,997	2.09%	6.04%
1981	3,197,019	6,420,551	2.09%	6.16%
1982	3,264,291	6,824,486	2.1%	6.29%
1983	3,333,633	7,252,941	2.12%	6.28%
1984	3,405,198	7,697,307	2.15%	6.13%
1985	3,478,936	8,151,779	2.17%	5.9%
1986	3,554,793	8,628,639	2.18%	5.85%
1987	3,632,543	9,130,194	2.19%	5.81%
1988	3,711,880	9,629,165	2.18%	5.47%
1989	3,796,078	10,128,394	2.27%	5.18%
1990	3,896,481	10,640,691	2.64%	5.06%
1991	4,021,837	11,160,744	3.22%	4.89%
1992	4,166,699	11,686,676	3.6%	4.71%
1993	4,320,872	12,215,862	3.7%	4.53%
1994	4,480,208	12,750,040	3.69%	4.37%
1995	4,644,278	13,289,245	3.66%	4.23%
1996	4,813,361	13,831,009	3.64%	4.08%
1997	4,987,883	14,374,943	3.63%	3.93%
1998	5,166,390	14,922,185	3.58%	3.81%
1999	5,349,333	15,472,075	3.54%	3.69%
2000	5,537,064	16,177,722	3.51%	4.56%
2001	5,728,435	17,041,397	3.46%	5.34%
2002	5,924,003	17,910,910	3.41%	5.1%
2003	6,123,997	18,786,767	3.38%	4.89%
2004	6,328,041	19,669,480	3.33%	4.7%
2005	6,535,905	20,559,890	3.28%	4.53%
2006	6,747,720	21,459,144	3.24%	4.37%
2007	6,963,345	22,368,313	3.2%	4.24%
2008	7,183,002	23,287,877	3.15%	4.11%
2009	7,406,438	24,217,654	3.11%	3.99%
2010	7,633,523	23,978,487	3.07%	-0.99%
2011	7,859,346	25,091,867	2.96%	4.64%
2012	8,081,390	26,168,861	2.83%	4.29%
2013	8,302,698	27,624,004	2.74%	5.56%
2014	8,523,441	28,309,273	2.66%	2.48%
2015	8,743,246	29,816,382	2.58%	5.32%
2016	8,961,718	30,954,198	2.5%	3.82%
2017	9,178,714	30,977,355	2.42%	0.07%
2018	9,394,513	30,196,281	2.35%	-2.52%
2019	9,609,010	30,063,799	2.28%	-0.44%
2020	9,815,746	31,552,510	2.15%	4.95%
2021	10,012,896	30,784,383	2.01%	-2.43%
2022	10,203,169	32,175,224	1.9%	4.52%
2023	10,389,635	33,702,731	1.83%	4.75%
2024	10,576,502	35,300,280	1.8%	4.74%
2025	10,762,813	35,927,625	1.76%	1.78%
2026	10,947,845	36,550,694	1.72%	1.73%
2027	11,131,268	37,167,513	1.68%	1.69%
2028	11,312,895	37,775,810	1.63%	1.64%
2029	11,492,799	38,364,377	1.59%	1.56%
2030	11,671,420	38,918,375	1.55%	1.44%
2031	11,848,221	39,450,880	1.51%	1.37%
2032	12,023,121	39,983,934	1.48%	1.35%
2033	12,196,639	40,517,599	1.44%	1.33%
2034	12,369,248	41,052,423	1.42%	1.32%
2035	12,540,596	41,588,429	1.39%	1.31%
2036	12,710,682	42,125,184	1.36%	1.29%
2037	12,879,737	42,661,908	1.33%	1.27%
2038	13,047,122	43,198,420	1.3%	1.26%
2039	13,212,668	43,734,316	1.27%	1.24%
2040	13,376,156	44,269,571	1.24%	1.22%
2041	13,537,361	44,804,338	1.21%	1.21%
2042	13,696,139	45,338,111	1.17%	1.19%
2043	13,853,410	45,870,896	1.15%	1.18%
2044	14,009,926	46,403,116	1.13%	1.16%
2045	14,165,578	46,934,822	1.11%	1.15%
2046	14,318,889	47,465,267	1.08%	1.13%
2047	14,469,210	47,993,976	1.05%	1.11%
2048	14,617,364	48,521,364	1.02%	1.1%
2049	14,763,600	49,047,461	1%	1.08%
2050	14,906,584	49,572,202	0.97%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Papua New Guinea gained 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2005 and is 90th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Papua New Guinea's population will grow by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people with a rank change from 90th to 85th. The population of Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.