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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Solomon Islands	Papua New Guinea	Solomon Islands
1960	1,995,110	139,688	-	-
1961	2,046,127	142,912	2.56%	2.31%
1962	2,093,919	146,201	2.34%	2.3%
1963	2,141,376	149,589	2.27%	2.32%
1964	2,188,325	153,085	2.19%	2.34%
1965	2,235,820	156,686	2.17%	2.35%
1966	2,285,774	160,393	2.23%	2.37%
1967	2,337,532	164,245	2.26%	2.4%
1968	2,390,803	168,282	2.28%	2.46%
1969	2,446,927	172,476	2.35%	2.49%
1970	2,505,628	176,579	2.4%	2.38%
1971	2,566,421	180,637	2.43%	2.3%
1972	2,628,432	184,994	2.42%	2.41%
1973	2,690,629	189,774	2.37%	2.58%
1974	2,752,671	195,041	2.31%	2.78%
1975	2,814,820	200,744	2.26%	2.92%
1976	2,877,327	207,194	2.22%	3.21%
1977	2,940,327	214,418	2.19%	3.49%
1978	3,003,714	222,029	2.16%	3.55%
1979	3,067,341	229,953	2.12%	3.57%
1980	3,131,512	238,135	2.09%	3.56%
1981	3,197,019	246,555	2.09%	3.54%
1982	3,264,291	255,200	2.1%	3.51%
1983	3,333,633	264,068	2.12%	3.47%
1984	3,405,198	273,163	2.15%	3.44%
1985	3,478,936	282,455	2.17%	3.4%
1986	3,554,793	291,842	2.18%	3.32%
1987	3,632,543	301,414	2.19%	3.28%
1988	3,711,880	311,265	2.18%	3.27%
1989	3,796,078	321,282	2.27%	3.22%
1990	3,896,481	331,435	2.64%	3.16%
1991	4,021,837	341,738	3.22%	3.11%
1992	4,166,699	352,205	3.6%	3.06%
1993	4,320,872	362,839	3.7%	3.02%
1994	4,480,208	373,675	3.69%	2.99%
1995	4,644,278	384,733	3.66%	2.96%
1996	4,813,361	396,009	3.64%	2.93%
1997	4,987,883	407,474	3.63%	2.9%
1998	5,166,390	419,071	3.58%	2.85%
1999	5,349,333	430,500	3.54%	2.73%
2000	5,537,064	440,469	3.51%	2.32%
2001	5,728,435	449,125	3.46%	1.97%
2002	5,924,003	457,671	3.41%	1.9%
2003	6,123,997	466,154	3.38%	1.85%
2004	6,328,041	474,611	3.33%	1.81%
2005	6,535,905	483,080	3.28%	1.78%
2006	6,747,720	491,594	3.24%	1.76%
2007	6,963,345	500,156	3.2%	1.74%
2008	7,183,002	508,790	3.15%	1.73%
2009	7,406,438	518,141	3.11%	1.84%
2010	7,633,523	532,968	3.07%	2.86%
2011	7,859,346	552,945	2.96%	3.75%
2012	8,081,390	573,606	2.83%	3.74%
2013	8,302,698	594,945	2.74%	3.72%
2014	8,523,441	616,908	2.66%	3.69%
2015	8,743,246	639,415	2.58%	3.65%
2016	8,961,718	662,379	2.5%	3.59%
2017	9,178,714	685,672	2.42%	3.52%
2018	9,394,513	709,101	2.35%	3.42%
2019	9,609,010	728,147	2.28%	2.69%
2020	9,815,746	744,498	2.15%	2.25%
2021	10,012,896	762,591	2.01%	2.43%
2022	10,203,169	781,066	1.9%	2.42%
2023	10,389,635	800,005	1.83%	2.42%
2024	10,576,502	819,198	1.8%	2.4%
2025	10,762,813	838,646	1.76%	2.37%
2026	10,947,845	858,283	1.72%	2.34%
2027	11,131,268	878,097	1.68%	2.31%
2028	11,312,895	898,073	1.63%	2.27%
2029	11,492,799	918,152	1.59%	2.24%
2030	11,671,420	938,340	1.55%	2.2%
2031	11,848,221	958,614	1.51%	2.16%
2032	12,023,121	978,977	1.48%	2.12%
2033	12,196,639	999,314	1.44%	2.08%
2034	12,369,248	1,019,534	1.42%	2.02%
2035	12,540,596	1,039,655	1.39%	1.97%
2036	12,710,682	1,059,521	1.36%	1.91%
2037	12,879,737	1,079,088	1.33%	1.85%
2038	13,047,122	1,098,284	1.3%	1.78%
2039	13,212,668	1,117,085	1.27%	1.71%
2040	13,376,156	1,135,445	1.24%	1.64%
2041	13,537,361	1,153,450	1.21%	1.59%
2042	13,696,139	1,171,334	1.17%	1.55%
2043	13,853,410	1,189,113	1.15%	1.52%
2044	14,009,926	1,206,729	1.13%	1.48%
2045	14,165,578	1,224,188	1.11%	1.45%
2046	14,318,889	1,241,491	1.08%	1.41%
2047	14,469,210	1,258,611	1.05%	1.38%
2048	14,617,364	1,275,579	1.02%	1.35%
2049	14,763,600	1,292,414	1%	1.32%
2050	14,906,584	1,309,098	0.97%	1.29%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while the Solomon Islands gained 170,785 people (a 34.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 196,120 (a 29.6% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. The Solomon Islands was ranked 165th in 2006 and ranked 161st 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 Solomon Islands will increase by 52.5% to 1,309,098 people and rank change from 161st to 156th.