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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	South Africa	Papua New Guinea	South Africa
1960	1,995,110	16,440,172	-	-
1961	2,046,127	16,908,035	2.56%	2.85%
1962	2,093,919	17,418,522	2.34%	3.02%
1963	2,141,376	17,954,564	2.27%	3.08%
1964	2,188,325	18,511,361	2.19%	3.1%
1965	2,235,820	19,089,380	2.17%	3.12%
1966	2,285,774	19,690,087	2.23%	3.15%
1967	2,337,532	20,314,066	2.26%	3.17%
1968	2,390,803	20,957,287	2.28%	3.17%
1969	2,446,927	21,614,676	2.35%	3.14%
1970	2,505,628	22,279,984	2.4%	3.08%
1971	2,566,421	22,942,143	2.43%	2.97%
1972	2,628,432	23,609,456	2.42%	2.91%
1973	2,690,629	24,294,263	2.37%	2.9%
1974	2,752,671	24,989,108	2.31%	2.86%
1975	2,814,820	25,690,940	2.26%	2.81%
1976	2,877,327	26,395,450	2.22%	2.74%
1977	2,940,327	27,118,952	2.19%	2.74%
1978	3,003,714	27,869,507	2.16%	2.77%
1979	3,067,341	28,634,162	2.12%	2.74%
1980	3,131,512	29,518,857	2.09%	3.09%
1981	3,197,019	30,541,044	2.09%	3.46%
1982	3,264,291	31,615,339	2.1%	3.52%
1983	3,333,633	32,739,304	2.12%	3.56%
1984	3,405,198	33,892,788	2.15%	3.52%
1985	3,478,936	35,042,093	2.17%	3.39%
1986	3,554,793	36,180,515	2.18%	3.25%
1987	3,632,543	37,326,190	2.19%	3.17%
1988	3,711,880	38,480,649	2.18%	3.09%
1989	3,796,078	39,628,575	2.27%	2.98%
1990	3,896,481	40,746,268	2.64%	2.82%
1991	4,021,837	41,687,898	3.22%	2.31%
1992	4,166,699	42,443,509	3.6%	1.81%
1993	4,320,872	43,297,156	3.7%	2.01%
1994	4,480,208	44,004,139	3.69%	1.63%
1995	4,644,278	44,541,554	3.66%	1.22%
1996	4,813,361	45,123,018	3.64%	1.31%
1997	4,987,883	45,666,838	3.63%	1.21%
1998	5,166,390	46,223,880	3.58%	1.22%
1999	5,349,333	46,730,335	3.54%	1.1%
2000	5,537,064	47,159,719	3.51%	0.92%
2001	5,728,435	47,566,800	3.46%	0.86%
2002	5,924,003	48,019,415	3.41%	0.95%
2003	6,123,997	48,500,348	3.38%	1%
2004	6,328,041	48,991,421	3.33%	1.01%
2005	6,535,905	49,490,033	3.28%	1.02%
2006	6,747,720	49,998,277	3.24%	1.03%
2007	6,963,345	50,528,584	3.2%	1.06%
2008	7,183,002	51,114,599	3.15%	1.16%
2009	7,406,438	51,728,516	3.11%	1.2%
2010	7,633,523	52,344,051	3.07%	1.19%
2011	7,859,346	52,995,205	2.96%	1.24%
2012	8,081,390	53,782,567	2.83%	1.49%
2013	8,302,698	54,678,791	2.74%	1.67%
2014	8,523,441	55,594,838	2.66%	1.68%
2015	8,743,246	56,723,537	2.58%	2.03%
2016	8,961,718	57,259,551	2.5%	0.94%
2017	9,178,714	57,635,162	2.42%	0.66%
2018	9,394,513	58,613,001	2.35%	1.7%
2019	9,609,010	59,587,885	2.28%	1.66%
2020	9,815,746	60,562,381	2.15%	1.64%
2021	10,012,896	61,502,603	2.01%	1.55%
2022	10,203,169	62,378,410	1.9%	1.42%
2023	10,389,635	63,212,384	1.83%	1.34%
2024	10,576,502	64,007,187	1.8%	1.26%
2025	10,762,813	64,747,317	1.76%	1.16%
2026	10,947,845	65,453,086	1.72%	1.09%
2027	11,131,268	66,143,018	1.68%	1.05%
2028	11,312,895	66,830,384	1.63%	1.04%
2029	11,492,799	67,506,850	1.59%	1.01%
2030	11,671,420	68,161,357	1.55%	0.97%
2031	11,848,221	68,798,574	1.51%	0.93%
2032	12,023,121	69,426,441	1.48%	0.91%
2033	12,196,639	70,040,484	1.44%	0.88%
2034	12,369,248	70,641,572	1.42%	0.86%
2035	12,540,596	71,234,749	1.39%	0.84%
2036	12,710,682	71,816,372	1.36%	0.82%
2037	12,879,737	72,387,807	1.33%	0.8%
2038	13,047,122	72,949,611	1.3%	0.78%
2039	13,212,668	73,496,152	1.27%	0.75%
2040	13,376,156	74,035,615	1.24%	0.73%
2041	13,537,361	74,575,444	1.21%	0.73%
2042	13,696,139	75,111,899	1.17%	0.72%
2043	13,853,410	75,641,512	1.15%	0.71%
2044	14,009,926	76,164,461	1.13%	0.69%
2045	14,165,578	76,681,448	1.11%	0.68%
2046	14,318,889	77,199,542	1.08%	0.68%
2047	14,469,210	77,716,650	1.05%	0.67%
2048	14,617,364	78,215,323	1.02%	0.64%
2049	14,763,600	78,699,584	1%	0.62%
2050	14,906,584	79,177,329	0.97%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2006 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.