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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	South Sudan	Papua New Guinea	South Sudan
1960	1,995,110	2,931,559	-	-
1961	2,046,127	2,976,724	2.56%	1.54%
1962	2,093,919	3,024,308	2.34%	1.6%
1963	2,141,376	3,072,669	2.27%	1.6%
1964	2,188,325	3,129,918	2.19%	1.86%
1965	2,235,820	3,189,835	2.17%	1.91%
1966	2,285,774	3,236,423	2.23%	1.46%
1967	2,337,532	3,277,648	2.26%	1.27%
1968	2,390,803	3,321,528	2.28%	1.34%
1969	2,446,927	3,365,533	2.35%	1.32%
1970	2,505,628	3,409,614	2.4%	1.31%
1971	2,566,421	3,468,646	2.43%	1.73%
1972	2,628,432	3,542,497	2.42%	2.13%
1973	2,690,629	3,627,383	2.37%	2.4%
1974	2,752,671	3,723,259	2.31%	2.64%
1975	2,814,820	3,821,494	2.26%	2.64%
1976	2,877,327	3,921,910	2.22%	2.63%
1977	2,940,327	4,024,032	2.19%	2.6%
1978	3,003,714	4,127,657	2.16%	2.58%
1979	3,067,341	4,232,605	2.12%	2.54%
1980	3,131,512	4,339,030	2.09%	2.51%
1981	3,197,019	4,447,272	2.09%	2.49%
1982	3,264,291	4,557,686	2.1%	2.48%
1983	3,333,633	4,661,574	2.12%	2.28%
1984	3,405,198	4,750,627	2.15%	1.91%
1985	3,478,936	4,834,296	2.17%	1.76%
1986	3,554,793	4,921,240	2.18%	1.8%
1987	3,632,543	4,962,395	2.19%	0.84%
1988	3,711,880	4,848,029	2.18%	-2.3%
1989	3,796,078	4,713,229	2.27%	-2.78%
1990	3,896,481	4,737,633	2.64%	0.52%
1991	4,021,837	4,836,677	3.22%	2.09%
1992	4,166,699	4,909,749	3.6%	1.51%
1993	4,320,872	4,956,002	3.7%	0.94%
1994	4,480,208	5,071,184	3.69%	2.32%
1995	4,644,278	5,225,836	3.66%	3.05%
1996	4,813,361	5,356,925	3.64%	2.51%
1997	4,987,883	5,509,136	3.63%	2.84%
1998	5,166,390	5,620,068	3.58%	2.01%
1999	5,349,333	5,771,628	3.54%	2.7%
2000	5,537,064	6,032,267	3.51%	4.52%
2001	5,728,435	6,308,391	3.46%	4.58%
2002	5,924,003	6,596,806	3.41%	4.57%
2003	6,123,997	6,903,127	3.38%	4.64%
2004	6,328,041	7,233,041	3.33%	4.78%
2005	6,535,905	7,590,143	3.28%	4.94%
2006	6,747,720	7,976,526	3.24%	5.09%
2007	6,963,345	8,388,788	3.2%	5.17%
2008	7,183,002	8,817,647	3.15%	5.11%
2009	7,406,438	9,243,556	3.11%	4.83%
2010	7,633,523	9,745,953	3.07%	5.44%
2011	7,859,346	10,288,109	2.96%	5.56%
2012	8,081,390	10,756,240	2.83%	4.55%
2013	8,302,698	11,166,275	2.74%	3.81%
2014	8,523,441	11,235,073	2.66%	0.62%
2015	8,743,246	11,107,561	2.58%	-1.13%
2016	8,961,718	10,830,102	2.5%	-2.5%
2017	9,178,714	10,259,154	2.42%	-5.27%
2018	9,394,513	10,122,977	2.35%	-1.33%
2019	9,609,010	10,423,384	2.28%	2.97%
2020	9,815,746	10,698,467	2.15%	2.64%
2021	10,012,896	10,865,780	2.01%	1.56%
2022	10,203,169	11,021,177	1.9%	1.43%
2023	10,389,635	11,483,374	1.83%	4.19%
2024	10,576,502	11,943,408	1.8%	4.01%
2025	10,762,813	12,188,793	1.76%	2.05%
2026	10,947,845	12,436,036	1.72%	2.03%
2027	11,131,268	12,687,301	1.68%	2.02%
2028	11,312,895	12,941,503	1.63%	2%
2029	11,492,799	13,198,080	1.59%	1.98%
2030	11,671,420	13,457,446	1.55%	1.97%
2031	11,848,221	13,725,413	1.51%	1.99%
2032	12,023,121	13,996,343	1.48%	1.97%
2033	12,196,639	14,261,762	1.44%	1.9%
2034	12,369,248	14,527,550	1.42%	1.86%
2035	12,540,596	14,798,602	1.39%	1.87%
2036	12,710,682	15,070,098	1.36%	1.83%
2037	12,879,737	15,335,700	1.33%	1.76%
2038	13,047,122	15,595,968	1.3%	1.7%
2039	13,212,668	15,850,696	1.27%	1.63%
2040	13,376,156	16,101,470	1.24%	1.58%
2041	13,537,361	16,350,149	1.21%	1.54%
2042	13,696,139	16,593,361	1.17%	1.49%
2043	13,853,410	16,829,209	1.15%	1.42%
2044	14,009,926	17,060,176	1.13%	1.37%
2045	14,165,578	17,286,412	1.11%	1.33%
2046	14,318,889	17,509,693	1.08%	1.29%
2047	14,469,210	17,728,331	1.05%	1.25%
2048	14,617,364	17,938,437	1.02%	1.19%
2049	14,763,600	18,142,893	1%	1.14%
2050	14,906,584	18,341,968	0.97%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.