The latest officially reported population of Papua New Guinea was 10,576,502 in 2024 vs 19,009,151 people in Somalia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Papua New Guinea's population is 10,911,445 people compared to 20,177,806 in Somalia.
Population statistics:
- Somalia's population is 1.85 times bigger than Papua New Guinea's.
- Papua New Guinea is ranked the 90th most populous country in the world, while Somalia is the 66th.
- The countries together account for 0.38% of the world: 0.13% for Papua New Guinea vs 0.24% for Somalia.
- For the last 10 years, Papua New Guinea has had an average growth rate of +2.23% per year vs +3.61% in Somalia.
- Since 2005, the population of Papua New Guinea has increased from 6.54M people to 10.9M (66.9% growth), while Somalia has grown from 10.6M to 20.2M (89.6% growth).
- Papua New Guinea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 18.6M people compared to the peak of 67.4M people in 2100 for Somalia.
Papua New Guinea vs Somalia: live population counter
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| Current population |
10911445
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20177806
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| Population rank | 90/197 | 66/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.13% | 0.24% |
| One net population change |
2.81 minutes
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48.5 seconds
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| One birth every |
2.06 minutes
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40 seconds
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| One death every |
7.76 minutes
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2.91 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
12.4 hours
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19.6 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -707 | +26,859 |
| Daily growth/decline | +512 | +1,782 |
| Annual growth/decline | +186,867 | +650,536 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.8% | +3.54% |
| Population growth rate rank | 61/197 | 9/197 |
Papua New Guinea and Somalia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 2005 to 2015, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth), while Somalia gained 3,162,735 people (a 29.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Papua New Guinea gained 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 6,370,843 (a 46.1% growth).
Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2005 and is 90th in 2025. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2005 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 84.4% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Port Moresby | 317K |
| Lae | 101K |
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Population differences between Papua New Guinea and Somalia
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| Life expectancy | 66.4 years | 59.1 years |
| Average age | 26.7 years | 21.2 years |
| Median age | 23.6 years | 16.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.4:48.6 | 50.1:49.9 |
| Fertility rate | 3.1 births per woman | 6.13 births per woman |
| Population density | 60.5 ppl/mi² | 78.5 ppl/mi² |
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