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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Sierra Leone	Papua New Guinea	Sierra Leone
1960	1,995,110	2,268,356	-	-
1961	2,046,127	2,304,227	2.56%	1.58%
1962	2,093,919	2,342,242	2.34%	1.65%
1963	2,141,376	2,382,258	2.27%	1.71%
1964	2,188,325	2,424,390	2.19%	1.77%
1965	2,235,820	2,468,666	2.17%	1.83%
1966	2,285,774	2,514,638	2.23%	1.86%
1967	2,337,532	2,562,384	2.26%	1.9%
1968	2,390,803	2,611,532	2.28%	1.92%
1969	2,446,927	2,661,365	2.35%	1.91%
1970	2,505,628	2,712,286	2.4%	1.91%
1971	2,566,421	2,763,222	2.43%	1.88%
1972	2,628,432	2,814,388	2.42%	1.85%
1973	2,690,629	2,866,955	2.37%	1.87%
1974	2,752,671	2,920,459	2.31%	1.87%
1975	2,814,820	2,974,657	2.26%	1.86%
1976	2,877,327	3,028,820	2.22%	1.82%
1977	2,940,327	3,085,354	2.19%	1.87%
1978	3,003,714	3,145,517	2.16%	1.95%
1979	3,067,341	3,207,499	2.12%	1.97%
1980	3,131,512	3,272,089	2.09%	2.01%
1981	3,197,019	3,338,940	2.09%	2.04%
1982	3,264,291	3,408,183	2.1%	2.07%
1983	3,333,633	3,481,646	2.12%	2.16%
1984	3,405,198	3,558,758	2.15%	2.21%
1985	3,478,936	3,638,438	2.17%	2.24%
1986	3,554,793	3,728,380	2.18%	2.47%
1987	3,632,543	3,829,718	2.19%	2.72%
1988	3,711,880	3,934,517	2.18%	2.74%
1989	3,796,078	4,034,037	2.27%	2.53%
1990	3,896,481	4,196,828	2.64%	4.04%
1991	4,021,837	4,246,267	3.22%	1.18%
1992	4,166,699	4,166,366	3.6%	-1.88%
1993	4,320,872	4,157,130	3.7%	-0.22%
1994	4,480,208	4,173,105	3.69%	0.38%
1995	4,644,278	4,179,179	3.66%	0.15%
1996	4,813,361	4,199,210	3.64%	0.48%
1997	4,987,883	4,253,716	3.63%	1.3%
1998	5,166,390	4,295,785	3.58%	0.99%
1999	5,349,333	4,318,043	3.54%	0.52%
2000	5,537,064	4,423,611	3.51%	2.44%
2001	5,728,435	4,692,716	3.46%	6.08%
2002	5,924,003	4,971,435	3.41%	5.94%
2003	6,123,997	5,177,687	3.38%	4.15%
2004	6,328,041	5,355,717	3.33%	3.44%
2005	6,535,905	5,501,712	3.28%	2.73%
2006	6,747,720	5,624,466	3.24%	2.23%
2007	6,963,345	5,749,352	3.2%	2.22%
2008	7,183,002	5,894,722	3.15%	2.53%
2009	7,406,438	6,055,646	3.11%	2.73%
2010	7,633,523	6,222,714	3.07%	2.76%
2011	7,859,346	6,387,251	2.96%	2.64%
2012	8,081,390	6,551,080	2.83%	2.56%
2013	8,302,698	6,714,051	2.74%	2.49%
2014	8,523,441	6,876,385	2.66%	2.42%
2015	8,743,246	7,037,655	2.58%	2.35%
2016	8,961,718	7,205,328	2.5%	2.38%
2017	9,178,714	7,379,299	2.42%	2.41%
2018	9,394,513	7,554,563	2.35%	2.38%
2019	9,609,010	7,731,991	2.28%	2.35%
2020	9,815,746	7,912,558	2.15%	2.34%
2021	10,012,896	8,094,602	2.01%	2.3%
2022	10,203,169	8,276,807	1.9%	2.25%
2023	10,389,635	8,460,512	1.83%	2.22%
2024	10,576,502	8,642,022	1.8%	2.15%
2025	10,762,813	8,819,789	1.76%	2.06%
2026	10,947,845	8,996,743	1.72%	2.01%
2027	11,131,268	9,174,695	1.68%	1.98%
2028	11,312,895	9,349,021	1.63%	1.9%
2029	11,492,799	9,520,811	1.59%	1.84%
2030	11,671,420	9,694,851	1.55%	1.83%
2031	11,848,221	9,870,295	1.51%	1.81%
2032	12,023,121	10,047,193	1.48%	1.79%
2033	12,196,639	10,221,006	1.44%	1.73%
2034	12,369,248	10,391,485	1.42%	1.67%
2035	12,540,596	10,563,163	1.39%	1.65%
2036	12,710,682	10,734,341	1.36%	1.62%
2037	12,879,737	10,902,263	1.33%	1.56%
2038	13,047,122	11,066,143	1.3%	1.5%
2039	13,212,668	11,230,060	1.27%	1.48%
2040	13,376,156	11,398,391	1.24%	1.5%
2041	13,537,361	11,566,213	1.21%	1.47%
2042	13,696,139	11,728,787	1.17%	1.41%
2043	13,853,410	11,887,934	1.15%	1.36%
2044	14,009,926	12,049,424	1.13%	1.36%
2045	14,165,578	12,208,872	1.11%	1.32%
2046	14,318,889	12,363,446	1.08%	1.27%
2047	14,469,210	12,512,739	1.05%	1.21%
2048	14,617,364	12,659,609	1.02%	1.17%
2049	14,763,600	12,805,136	1%	1.15%
2050	14,906,584	12,948,320	0.97%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Papua New Guinea gained 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2005 and is 90th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.