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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Sri Lanka	Papua New Guinea	Sri Lanka
1960	1,995,110	9,661,389	-	-
1961	2,046,127	9,899,372	2.56%	2.46%
1962	2,093,919	10,143,754	2.34%	2.47%
1963	2,141,376	10,395,040	2.27%	2.48%
1964	2,188,325	10,653,397	2.19%	2.49%
1965	2,235,820	10,916,965	2.17%	2.47%
1966	2,285,774	11,183,928	2.23%	2.45%
1967	2,337,532	11,457,328	2.26%	2.44%
1968	2,390,803	11,736,088	2.28%	2.43%
1969	2,446,927	12,013,858	2.35%	2.37%
1970	2,505,628	12,287,110	2.4%	2.27%
1971	2,566,421	12,551,910	2.43%	2.16%
1972	2,628,432	12,809,205	2.42%	2.05%
1973	2,690,629	13,060,916	2.37%	1.97%
1974	2,752,671	13,305,693	2.31%	1.87%
1975	2,814,820	13,548,984	2.26%	1.83%
1976	2,877,327	13,796,770	2.22%	1.83%
1977	2,940,327	14,049,371	2.19%	1.83%
1978	3,003,714	14,310,128	2.16%	1.86%
1979	3,067,341	14,579,614	2.12%	1.88%
1980	3,131,512	14,847,974	2.09%	1.84%
1981	3,197,019	15,099,414	2.09%	1.69%
1982	3,264,291	15,286,567	2.1%	1.24%
1983	3,333,633	15,388,794	2.12%	0.67%
1984	3,405,198	15,441,860	2.15%	0.34%
1985	3,478,936	15,544,154	2.17%	0.66%
1986	3,554,793	15,731,256	2.18%	1.2%
1987	3,632,543	15,916,576	2.19%	1.18%
1988	3,711,880	16,078,621	2.18%	1.02%
1989	3,796,078	16,248,557	2.27%	1.06%
1990	3,896,481	16,352,458	2.64%	0.64%
1991	4,021,837	16,475,354	3.22%	0.75%
1992	4,166,699	16,739,284	3.6%	1.6%
1993	4,320,872	17,025,918	3.7%	1.71%
1994	4,480,208	17,275,773	3.69%	1.47%
1995	4,644,278	17,564,068	3.66%	1.67%
1996	4,813,361	17,905,018	3.64%	1.94%
1997	4,987,883	18,248,200	3.63%	1.92%
1998	5,166,390	18,596,003	3.58%	1.91%
1999	5,349,333	18,944,731	3.54%	1.88%
2000	5,537,064	19,293,054	3.51%	1.84%
2001	5,728,435	19,600,362	3.46%	1.59%
2002	5,924,003	19,805,752	3.41%	1.05%
2003	6,123,997	19,951,521	3.38%	0.74%
2004	6,328,041	20,087,605	3.33%	0.68%
2005	6,535,905	20,216,524	3.28%	0.64%
2006	6,747,720	20,352,411	3.24%	0.67%
2007	6,963,345	20,492,545	3.2%	0.69%
2008	7,183,002	20,629,378	3.15%	0.67%
2009	7,406,438	20,756,435	3.11%	0.62%
2010	7,633,523	20,879,089	3.07%	0.59%
2011	7,859,346	21,009,048	2.96%	0.62%
2012	8,081,390	21,169,458	2.83%	0.76%
2013	8,302,698	20,585,000	2.74%	-2.76%
2014	8,523,441	20,778,000	2.66%	0.94%
2015	8,743,246	20,970,000	2.58%	0.92%
2016	8,961,718	21,209,000	2.5%	1.14%
2017	9,178,714	21,453,000	2.42%	1.15%
2018	9,394,513	21,670,000	2.35%	1.01%
2019	9,609,010	21,803,000	2.28%	0.61%
2020	9,815,746	21,919,000	2.15%	0.53%
2021	10,012,896	22,156,000	2.01%	1.08%
2022	10,203,169	22,181,000	1.9%	0.11%
2023	10,389,635	22,037,000	1.83%	-0.65%
2024	10,576,502	21,916,000	1.8%	-0.55%
2025	10,762,813	22,035,440	1.76%	0.54%
2026	10,947,845	22,148,172	1.72%	0.51%
2027	11,131,268	22,255,601	1.68%	0.49%
2028	11,312,895	22,357,682	1.63%	0.46%
2029	11,492,799	22,453,922	1.59%	0.43%
2030	11,671,420	22,546,245	1.55%	0.41%
2031	11,848,221	22,635,106	1.51%	0.39%
2032	12,023,121	22,720,118	1.48%	0.38%
2033	12,196,639	22,802,043	1.44%	0.36%
2034	12,369,248	22,879,527	1.42%	0.34%
2035	12,540,596	22,952,739	1.39%	0.32%
2036	12,710,682	23,022,027	1.36%	0.3%
2037	12,879,737	23,088,877	1.33%	0.29%
2038	13,047,122	23,152,480	1.3%	0.28%
2039	13,212,668	23,211,633	1.27%	0.26%
2040	13,376,156	23,265,986	1.24%	0.23%
2041	13,537,361	23,315,260	1.21%	0.21%
2042	13,696,139	23,359,578	1.17%	0.19%
2043	13,853,410	23,398,752	1.15%	0.17%
2044	14,009,926	23,433,096	1.13%	0.15%
2045	14,165,578	23,464,943	1.11%	0.14%
2046	14,318,889	23,492,738	1.08%	0.12%
2047	14,469,210	23,512,629	1.05%	0.08%
2048	14,617,364	23,525,953	1.02%	0.06%
2049	14,763,600	23,533,940	1%	0.03%
2050	14,906,584	23,538,230	0.97%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.