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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Senegal	Papua New Guinea	Senegal
1960	1,995,110	3,340,907	-	-
1961	2,046,127	3,436,375	2.56%	2.86%
1962	2,093,919	3,534,686	2.34%	2.86%
1963	2,141,376	3,635,876	2.27%	2.86%
1964	2,188,325	3,740,535	2.19%	2.88%
1965	2,235,820	3,849,788	2.17%	2.92%
1966	2,285,774	3,964,299	2.23%	2.97%
1967	2,337,532	4,083,870	2.26%	3.02%
1968	2,390,803	4,207,587	2.28%	3.03%
1969	2,446,927	4,334,974	2.35%	3.03%
1970	2,505,628	4,466,328	2.4%	3.03%
1971	2,566,421	4,601,864	2.43%	3.03%
1972	2,628,432	4,741,631	2.42%	3.04%
1973	2,690,629	4,885,181	2.37%	3.03%
1974	2,752,671	5,029,437	2.31%	2.95%
1975	2,814,820	5,170,810	2.26%	2.81%
1976	2,877,327	5,308,564	2.22%	2.66%
1977	2,940,327	5,439,549	2.19%	2.47%
1978	3,003,714	5,568,096	2.16%	2.36%
1979	3,067,341	5,702,895	2.12%	2.42%
1980	3,131,512	5,845,638	2.09%	2.5%
1981	3,197,019	5,997,160	2.09%	2.59%
1982	3,264,291	6,156,961	2.1%	2.66%
1983	3,333,633	6,324,504	2.12%	2.72%
1984	3,405,198	6,499,364	2.15%	2.76%
1985	3,478,936	6,683,287	2.17%	2.83%
1986	3,554,793	6,878,192	2.18%	2.92%
1987	3,632,543	7,081,530	2.19%	2.96%
1988	3,711,880	7,289,618	2.18%	2.94%
1989	3,796,078	7,502,207	2.27%	2.92%
1990	3,896,481	7,720,523	2.64%	2.91%
1991	4,021,837	7,943,085	3.22%	2.88%
1992	4,166,699	8,168,395	3.6%	2.84%
1993	4,320,872	8,396,288	3.7%	2.79%
1994	4,480,208	8,624,078	3.69%	2.71%
1995	4,644,278	8,848,101	3.66%	2.6%
1996	4,813,361	9,067,014	3.64%	2.47%
1997	4,987,883	9,283,495	3.63%	2.39%
1998	5,166,390	9,502,952	3.58%	2.36%
1999	5,349,333	9,730,887	3.54%	2.4%
2000	5,537,064	9,968,260	3.51%	2.44%
2001	5,728,435	10,212,942	3.46%	2.45%
2002	5,924,003	10,466,214	3.41%	2.48%
2003	6,123,997	10,721,176	3.38%	2.44%
2004	6,328,041	10,975,704	3.33%	2.37%
2005	6,535,905	11,235,472	3.28%	2.37%
2006	6,747,720	11,500,094	3.24%	2.36%
2007	6,963,345	11,770,344	3.2%	2.35%
2008	7,183,002	12,048,959	3.15%	2.37%
2009	7,406,438	12,337,389	3.11%	2.39%
2010	7,633,523	12,635,413	3.07%	2.42%
2011	7,859,346	12,958,897	2.96%	2.56%
2012	8,081,390	13,310,495	2.83%	2.71%
2013	8,302,698	13,710,849	2.74%	3.01%
2014	8,523,441	14,152,102	2.66%	3.22%
2015	8,743,246	14,593,331	2.58%	3.12%
2016	8,961,718	15,034,521	2.5%	3.02%
2017	9,178,714	15,475,002	2.42%	2.93%
2018	9,394,513	15,914,498	2.35%	2.84%
2019	9,609,010	16,352,922	2.28%	2.75%
2020	9,815,746	16,789,219	2.15%	2.67%
2021	10,012,896	17,220,867	2.01%	2.57%
2022	10,203,169	17,651,103	1.9%	2.5%
2023	10,389,635	18,077,573	1.83%	2.42%
2024	10,576,502	18,501,984	1.8%	2.35%
2025	10,762,813	18,931,964	1.76%	2.32%
2026	10,947,845	19,366,546	1.72%	2.3%
2027	11,131,268	19,807,242	1.68%	2.28%
2028	11,312,895	20,254,562	1.63%	2.26%
2029	11,492,799	20,706,628	1.59%	2.23%
2030	11,671,420	21,163,189	1.55%	2.2%
2031	11,848,221	21,623,709	1.51%	2.18%
2032	12,023,121	22,085,928	1.48%	2.14%
2033	12,196,639	22,548,831	1.44%	2.1%
2034	12,369,248	23,012,018	1.42%	2.05%
2035	12,540,596	23,476,591	1.39%	2.02%
2036	12,710,682	23,942,221	1.36%	1.98%
2037	12,879,737	24,407,574	1.33%	1.94%
2038	13,047,122	24,872,512	1.3%	1.9%
2039	13,212,668	25,335,991	1.27%	1.86%
2040	13,376,156	25,797,506	1.24%	1.82%
2041	13,537,361	26,257,464	1.21%	1.78%
2042	13,696,139	26,716,424	1.17%	1.75%
2043	13,853,410	27,174,896	1.15%	1.72%
2044	14,009,926	27,632,997	1.13%	1.69%
2045	14,165,578	28,089,695	1.11%	1.65%
2046	14,318,889	28,546,280	1.08%	1.63%
2047	14,469,210	29,002,001	1.05%	1.6%
2048	14,617,364	29,457,233	1.02%	1.57%
2049	14,763,600	29,911,840	1%	1.54%
2050	14,906,584	30,364,944	0.97%	1.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Senegal gained 3,534,427 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while Senegal's population increased by 4,336,841 (a 28.8% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Senegal was ranked 72nd in 2006 and ranked 68th 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 Senegal will increase by 56.8% to 30,364,944 people and rank change from 68th to 63rd.