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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Spain	Papua New Guinea	Spain
1960	1,995,110	30,455,000	-	-
1961	2,046,127	30,739,250	2.56%	0.93%
1962	2,093,919	31,023,366	2.34%	0.92%
1963	2,141,376	31,296,651	2.27%	0.88%
1964	2,188,325	31,609,195	2.19%	1%
1965	2,235,820	31,954,292	2.17%	1.09%
1966	2,285,774	32,283,194	2.23%	1.03%
1967	2,337,532	32,682,947	2.26%	1.24%
1968	2,390,803	33,113,134	2.28%	1.32%
1969	2,446,927	33,441,054	2.35%	0.99%
1970	2,505,628	33,814,531	2.4%	1.12%
1971	2,566,421	34,224,490	2.43%	1.21%
1972	2,628,432	34,604,469	2.42%	1.11%
1973	2,690,629	34,988,947	2.37%	1.11%
1974	2,752,671	35,373,335	2.31%	1.1%
1975	2,814,820	35,757,900	2.26%	1.09%
1976	2,877,327	36,137,812	2.22%	1.06%
1977	2,940,327	36,511,638	2.19%	1.03%
1978	3,003,714	36,864,898	2.16%	0.97%
1979	3,067,341	37,191,330	2.12%	0.89%
1980	3,131,512	37,491,165	2.09%	0.81%
1981	3,197,019	37,758,631	2.09%	0.71%
1982	3,264,291	37,986,012	2.1%	0.6%
1983	3,333,633	38,171,525	2.12%	0.49%
1984	3,405,198	38,330,364	2.15%	0.42%
1985	3,478,936	38,469,512	2.17%	0.36%
1986	3,554,793	38,584,624	2.18%	0.3%
1987	3,632,543	38,684,815	2.19%	0.26%
1988	3,711,880	38,766,939	2.18%	0.21%
1989	3,796,078	38,827,764	2.27%	0.16%
1990	3,896,481	38,867,322	2.64%	0.1%
1991	4,021,837	38,966,376	3.22%	0.25%
1992	4,166,699	39,157,685	3.6%	0.49%
1993	4,320,872	39,361,262	3.7%	0.52%
1994	4,480,208	39,549,108	3.69%	0.48%
1995	4,644,278	39,724,050	3.66%	0.44%
1996	4,813,361	39,889,852	3.64%	0.42%
1997	4,987,883	40,057,389	3.63%	0.42%
1998	5,166,390	40,223,509	3.58%	0.41%
1999	5,349,333	40,386,875	3.54%	0.41%
2000	5,537,064	40,567,864	3.51%	0.45%
2001	5,728,435	40,850,412	3.46%	0.7%
2002	5,924,003	41,431,558	3.41%	1.42%
2003	6,123,997	42,187,645	3.38%	1.82%
2004	6,328,041	42,921,895	3.33%	1.74%
2005	6,535,905	43,653,155	3.28%	1.7%
2006	6,747,720	44,397,319	3.24%	1.7%
2007	6,963,345	45,226,803	3.2%	1.87%
2008	7,183,002	45,954,106	3.15%	1.61%
2009	7,406,438	46,362,946	3.11%	0.89%
2010	7,633,523	46,576,897	3.07%	0.46%
2011	7,859,346	46,742,697	2.96%	0.36%
2012	8,081,390	46,773,055	2.83%	0.06%
2013	8,302,698	46,604,197	2.74%	-0.36%
2014	8,523,441	46,460,733	2.66%	-0.31%
2015	8,743,246	46,422,303	2.58%	-0.08%
2016	8,961,718	46,458,139	2.5%	0.08%
2017	9,178,714	46,571,232	2.42%	0.24%
2018	9,394,513	46,782,011	2.35%	0.45%
2019	9,609,010	47,118,501	2.28%	0.72%
2020	9,815,746	47,359,424	2.15%	0.51%
2021	10,012,896	47,443,821	2.01%	0.18%
2022	10,203,169	47,786,102	1.9%	0.72%
2023	10,389,635	48,352,528	1.83%	1.19%
2024	10,576,502	48,848,840	1.8%	1.03%
2025	10,762,813	48,827,866	1.76%	-0.04%
2026	10,947,845	48,787,930	1.72%	-0.08%
2027	11,131,268	48,738,456	1.68%	-0.1%
2028	11,312,895	48,683,694	1.63%	-0.11%
2029	11,492,799	48,619,674	1.59%	-0.13%
2030	11,671,420	48,542,955	1.55%	-0.16%
2031	11,848,221	48,454,221	1.51%	-0.18%
2032	12,023,121	48,362,482	1.48%	-0.19%
2033	12,196,639	48,271,264	1.44%	-0.19%
2034	12,369,248	48,177,551	1.42%	-0.19%
2035	12,540,596	48,077,695	1.39%	-0.21%
2036	12,710,682	47,970,911	1.36%	-0.22%
2037	12,879,737	47,860,116	1.33%	-0.23%
2038	13,047,122	47,747,343	1.3%	-0.24%
2039	13,212,668	47,629,540	1.27%	-0.25%
2040	13,376,156	47,504,152	1.24%	-0.26%
2041	13,537,361	47,373,061	1.21%	-0.28%
2042	13,696,139	47,234,914	1.17%	-0.29%
2043	13,853,410	47,092,497	1.15%	-0.3%
2044	14,009,926	46,942,712	1.13%	-0.32%
2045	14,165,578	46,778,501	1.11%	-0.35%
2046	14,318,889	46,604,170	1.08%	-0.37%
2047	14,469,210	46,421,312	1.05%	-0.39%
2048	14,617,364	46,230,109	1.02%	-0.41%
2049	14,763,600	46,024,720	1%	-0.44%
2050	14,906,584	45,808,469	0.97%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.