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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Seychelles	Papua New Guinea	Seychelles
1960	1,995,110	41,700	-	-
1961	2,046,127	42,889	2.56%	2.85%
1962	2,093,919	44,042	2.34%	2.69%
1963	2,141,376	45,176	2.27%	2.57%
1964	2,188,325	46,322	2.19%	2.54%
1965	2,235,820	47,500	2.17%	2.54%
1966	2,285,774	48,699	2.23%	2.52%
1967	2,337,532	49,911	2.26%	2.49%
1968	2,390,803	51,134	2.28%	2.45%
1969	2,446,927	52,365	2.35%	2.41%
1970	2,505,628	53,600	2.4%	2.36%
1971	2,566,421	54,695	2.43%	2.04%
1972	2,628,432	56,029	2.42%	2.44%
1973	2,690,629	56,892	2.37%	1.54%
1974	2,752,671	57,937	2.31%	1.84%
1975	2,814,820	59,292	2.26%	2.34%
1976	2,877,327	60,504	2.22%	2.04%
1977	2,940,327	61,786	2.19%	2.12%
1978	3,003,714	62,150	2.16%	0.59%
1979	3,067,341	62,686	2.12%	0.86%
1980	3,131,512	63,261	2.09%	0.92%
1981	3,197,019	64,035	2.09%	1.22%
1982	3,264,291	64,413	2.1%	0.59%
1983	3,333,633	64,335	2.12%	-0.12%
1984	3,405,198	64,717	2.15%	0.59%
1985	3,478,936	65,244	2.17%	0.81%
1986	3,554,793	65,652	2.18%	0.63%
1987	3,632,543	68,499	2.19%	4.34%
1988	3,711,880	68,755	2.18%	0.37%
1989	3,796,078	69,167	2.27%	0.6%
1990	3,896,481	69,507	2.64%	0.49%
1991	4,021,837	70,439	3.22%	1.34%
1992	4,166,699	70,763	3.6%	0.46%
1993	4,320,872	72,253	3.7%	2.11%
1994	4,480,208	74,205	3.69%	2.7%
1995	4,644,278	75,304	3.66%	1.48%
1996	4,813,361	76,417	3.64%	1.48%
1997	4,987,883	77,319	3.63%	1.18%
1998	5,166,390	78,846	3.58%	1.97%
1999	5,349,333	80,410	3.54%	1.98%
2000	5,537,064	81,131	3.51%	0.9%
2001	5,728,435	81,202	3.46%	0.09%
2002	5,924,003	83,723	3.41%	3.1%
2003	6,123,997	82,781	3.38%	-1.13%
2004	6,328,041	82,475	3.33%	-0.37%
2005	6,535,905	82,858	3.28%	0.46%
2006	6,747,720	84,600	3.24%	2.1%
2007	6,963,345	85,033	3.2%	0.51%
2008	7,183,002	86,956	3.15%	2.26%
2009	7,406,438	87,298	3.11%	0.39%
2010	7,633,523	89,770	3.07%	2.83%
2011	7,859,346	87,441	2.96%	-2.59%
2012	8,081,390	88,303	2.83%	0.99%
2013	8,302,698	89,949	2.74%	1.86%
2014	8,523,441	91,359	2.66%	1.57%
2015	8,743,246	93,419	2.58%	2.25%
2016	8,961,718	94,677	2.5%	1.35%
2017	9,178,714	95,843	2.42%	1.23%
2018	9,394,513	96,762	2.35%	0.96%
2019	9,609,010	97,625	2.28%	0.89%
2020	9,815,746	98,462	2.15%	0.86%
2021	10,012,896	99,258	2.01%	0.81%
2022	10,203,169	119,878	1.9%	20.8%
2023	10,389,635	119,773	1.83%	-0.09%
2024	10,576,502	121,354	1.8%	1.32%
2025	10,762,813	123,549	1.76%	1.81%
2026	10,947,845	125,581	1.72%	1.64%
2027	11,131,268	127,380	1.68%	1.43%
2028	11,312,895	128,883	1.63%	1.18%
2029	11,492,799	130,011	1.59%	0.87%
2030	11,671,420	130,635	1.55%	0.48%
2031	11,848,221	130,989	1.51%	0.27%
2032	12,023,121	131,305	1.48%	0.24%
2033	12,196,639	131,578	1.44%	0.21%
2034	12,369,248	131,816	1.42%	0.18%
2035	12,540,596	132,027	1.39%	0.16%
2036	12,710,682	132,202	1.36%	0.13%
2037	12,879,737	132,348	1.33%	0.11%
2038	13,047,122	132,467	1.3%	0.09%
2039	13,212,668	132,552	1.27%	0.06%
2040	13,376,156	132,631	1.24%	0.06%
2041	13,537,361	132,681	1.21%	0.04%
2042	13,696,139	132,700	1.17%	0.01%
2043	13,853,410	132,698	1.15%	-0.001%
2044	14,009,926	132,665	1.13%	-0.03%
2045	14,165,578	132,613	1.11%	-0.04%
2046	14,318,889	132,531	1.08%	-0.06%
2047	14,469,210	132,415	1.05%	-0.09%
2048	14,617,364	132,264	1.02%	-0.11%
2049	14,763,600	132,085	1%	-0.14%
2050	14,906,584	131,885	0.97%	-0.15%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,077 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 30,923 (a 32.7% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2006 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.