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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Somalia	Papua New Guinea	Somalia
1960	1,995,110	2,876,331	-	-
1961	2,046,127	2,952,054	2.56%	2.63%
1962	2,093,919	3,030,091	2.34%	2.64%
1963	2,141,376	3,110,361	2.27%	2.65%
1964	2,188,325	3,192,796	2.19%	2.65%
1965	2,235,820	3,277,874	2.17%	2.66%
1966	2,285,774	3,365,106	2.23%	2.66%
1967	2,337,532	3,454,537	2.26%	2.66%
1968	2,390,803	3,546,590	2.28%	2.66%
1969	2,446,927	3,641,015	2.35%	2.66%
1970	2,505,628	3,738,448	2.4%	2.68%
1971	2,566,421	3,837,691	2.43%	2.65%
1972	2,628,432	3,939,436	2.42%	2.65%
1973	2,690,629	4,045,592	2.37%	2.69%
1974	2,752,671	4,151,842	2.31%	2.63%
1975	2,814,820	4,257,535	2.26%	2.55%
1976	2,877,327	4,365,812	2.22%	2.54%
1977	2,940,327	4,484,050	2.19%	2.71%
1978	3,003,714	4,814,892	2.16%	7.38%
1979	3,067,341	5,449,117	2.12%	13.2%
1980	3,131,512	5,936,154	2.09%	8.94%
1981	3,197,019	5,982,849	2.09%	0.79%
1982	3,264,291	6,003,840	2.1%	0.35%
1983	3,333,633	6,198,430	2.12%	3.24%
1984	3,405,198	6,428,389	2.15%	3.71%
1985	3,478,936	6,693,289	2.17%	4.12%
1986	3,554,793	6,974,788	2.18%	4.21%
1987	3,632,543	7,228,302	2.19%	3.63%
1988	3,711,880	7,235,360	2.18%	0.1%
1989	3,796,078	7,114,817	2.27%	-1.67%
1990	3,896,481	7,082,811	2.64%	-0.45%
1991	4,021,837	6,813,760	3.22%	-3.8%
1992	4,166,699	6,495,107	3.6%	-4.68%
1993	4,320,872	6,681,399	3.7%	2.87%
1994	4,480,208	7,026,797	3.69%	5.17%
1995	4,644,278	7,285,007	3.66%	3.67%
1996	4,813,361	7,554,474	3.64%	3.7%
1997	4,987,883	7,824,525	3.63%	3.57%
1998	5,166,390	8,155,417	3.58%	4.23%
1999	5,349,333	8,492,059	3.54%	4.13%
2000	5,537,064	8,838,713	3.51%	4.08%
2001	5,728,435	9,198,493	3.46%	4.07%
2002	5,924,003	9,550,063	3.41%	3.82%
2003	6,123,997	9,909,157	3.38%	3.76%
2004	6,328,041	10,280,998	3.33%	3.75%
2005	6,535,905	10,644,228	3.28%	3.53%
2006	6,747,720	10,975,502	3.24%	3.11%
2007	6,963,345	11,322,582	3.2%	3.16%
2008	7,183,002	11,663,084	3.15%	3.01%
2009	7,406,438	11,961,201	3.11%	2.56%
2010	7,633,523	12,261,756	3.07%	2.51%
2011	7,859,346	12,348,830	2.96%	0.71%
2012	8,081,390	12,461,160	2.83%	0.91%
2013	8,302,698	12,869,594	2.74%	3.28%
2014	8,523,441	13,339,491	2.66%	3.65%
2015	8,743,246	13,806,963	2.58%	3.5%
2016	8,961,718	14,348,740	2.5%	3.92%
2017	9,178,714	14,916,629	2.42%	3.96%
2018	9,394,513	15,452,487	2.35%	3.59%
2019	9,609,010	16,030,971	2.28%	3.74%
2020	9,815,746	16,651,191	2.15%	3.87%
2021	10,012,896	17,271,431	2.01%	3.72%
2022	10,203,169	17,801,897	1.9%	3.07%
2023	10,389,635	18,358,615	1.83%	3.13%
2024	10,576,502	19,009,151	1.8%	3.54%
2025	10,762,813	19,654,737	1.76%	3.4%
2026	10,947,845	20,305,905	1.72%	3.31%
2027	11,131,268	20,959,056	1.68%	3.22%
2028	11,312,895	21,601,810	1.63%	3.07%
2029	11,492,799	22,247,714	1.59%	2.99%
2030	11,671,420	22,915,042	1.55%	3%
2031	11,848,221	23,589,793	1.51%	2.94%
2032	12,023,121	24,258,789	1.48%	2.84%
2033	12,196,639	24,921,830	1.44%	2.73%
2034	12,369,248	25,593,666	1.42%	2.7%
2035	12,540,596	26,294,943	1.39%	2.74%
2036	12,710,682	27,009,199	1.36%	2.72%
2037	12,879,737	27,731,170	1.33%	2.67%
2038	13,047,122	28,455,755	1.3%	2.61%
2039	13,212,668	29,167,897	1.27%	2.5%
2040	13,376,156	29,896,286	1.24%	2.5%
2041	13,537,361	30,635,956	1.21%	2.47%
2042	13,696,139	31,350,028	1.17%	2.33%
2043	13,853,410	32,057,980	1.15%	2.26%
2044	14,009,926	32,780,417	1.13%	2.25%
2045	14,165,578	33,510,163	1.11%	2.23%
2046	14,318,889	34,248,030	1.08%	2.2%
2047	14,469,210	34,996,366	1.05%	2.19%
2048	14,617,364	35,743,960	1.02%	2.14%
2049	14,763,600	36,474,683	1%	2.04%
2050	14,906,584	37,206,497	0.97%	2.01%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 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 Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2006 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.