The latest officially reported population of Papua New Guinea was 10,576,502 in 2024 vs 121,354 people in the Seychelles in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Papua New Guinea's population is 10,911,445 people compared to 125,181 in the Seychelles.
Population statistics:
- Papua New Guinea's population is 87.2 times bigger than the Seychelles'.
- Papua New Guinea is ranked the 90th most populous country in the world, while the Seychelles is the 181st.
- The countries together account for 0.13% of the world: 0.13% for Papua New Guinea vs 0.002% for the Seychelles.
- For the last 10 years, Papua New Guinea has had an average growth rate of +2.23% per year vs +2.9% in the Seychelles.
- Since 2005, the population of Papua New Guinea has increased from 6.54M people to 10.9M (66.9% growth), while the Seychelles has grown from 82.9K to 125K (51.1% growth).
- Papua New Guinea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 18.6M people compared to the peak of 133K people in 2042 for the Seychelles.
Papua New Guinea vs Seychelles: live population counter
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| Current population |
10911445
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125181
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| Population rank | 90/197 | 181/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | 0.002% |
| One net population change |
2.81 minutes
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5.54 hours
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| One birth every |
2.06 minutes
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5.63 hours
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| One death every |
7.76 minutes
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10 hours
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| One migration net change every |
12.4 hours
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5.01 hours
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| Annual migration change | -707 | +1,747 |
| Daily growth/decline | +512 | +4 |
| Annual growth/decline | +186,867 | +1,581 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.8% | +1.32% |
| Population growth rate rank | 61/197 | 83/197 |
Papua New Guinea and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 2005 to 2015, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Papua New Guinea gained 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).
Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2005 and is 90th in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Port Moresby | 317K |
| Lae | 101K |
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| City | Population |
| Victoria | 24.7K |
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Population differences between Papua New Guinea and the Seychelles
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| Life expectancy | 66.4 years | 73.1 years |
| Average age | 26.7 years | 35.4 years |
| Median age | 23.6 years | 35 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.4:48.6 | 55.2:44.8 |
| Fertility rate | 3.1 births per woman | 2.02 births per woman |
| Population density | 60.5 ppl/mi² | 683 ppl/mi² |
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