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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Sudan	Papua New Guinea	Sudan
1960	1,995,110	8,364,489	-	-
1961	2,046,127	8,634,941	2.56%	3.23%
1962	2,093,919	8,919,028	2.34%	3.29%
1963	2,141,376	9,218,077	2.27%	3.35%
1964	2,188,325	9,531,109	2.19%	3.4%
1965	2,235,820	9,858,030	2.17%	3.43%
1966	2,285,774	10,197,578	2.23%	3.44%
1967	2,337,532	10,550,597	2.26%	3.46%
1968	2,390,803	10,917,999	2.28%	3.48%
1969	2,446,927	11,298,936	2.35%	3.49%
1970	2,505,628	11,695,771	2.4%	3.51%
1971	2,566,421	12,105,539	2.43%	3.5%
1972	2,628,432	12,527,856	2.42%	3.49%
1973	2,690,629	13,049,315	2.37%	4.16%
1974	2,752,671	13,580,723	2.31%	4.07%
1975	2,814,820	14,064,798	2.26%	3.56%
1976	2,877,327	14,569,716	2.22%	3.59%
1977	2,940,327	15,086,614	2.19%	3.55%
1978	3,003,714	15,695,003	2.16%	4.03%
1979	3,067,341	16,355,352	2.12%	4.21%
1980	3,131,512	17,058,905	2.09%	4.3%
1981	3,197,019	17,780,572	2.09%	4.23%
1982	3,264,291	18,486,645	2.1%	3.97%
1983	3,333,633	19,109,770	2.12%	3.37%
1984	3,405,198	19,546,528	2.15%	2.29%
1985	3,478,936	19,905,872	2.17%	1.84%
1986	3,554,793	20,288,238	2.18%	1.92%
1987	3,632,543	20,704,904	2.19%	2.05%
1988	3,711,880	21,138,431	2.18%	2.09%
1989	3,796,078	21,578,022	2.27%	2.08%
1990	3,896,481	22,021,481	2.64%	2.06%
1991	4,021,837	22,470,676	3.22%	2.04%
1992	4,166,699	22,927,355	3.6%	2.03%
1993	4,320,872	23,445,592	3.7%	2.26%
1994	4,480,208	24,043,948	3.69%	2.55%
1995	4,644,278	24,672,143	3.66%	2.61%
1996	4,813,361	25,231,528	3.64%	2.27%
1997	4,987,883	25,799,821	3.63%	2.25%
1998	5,166,390	26,458,999	3.58%	2.55%
1999	5,349,333	27,130,613	3.54%	2.54%
2000	5,537,064	27,816,745	3.51%	2.53%
2001	5,728,435	28,516,770	3.46%	2.52%
2002	5,924,003	29,228,727	3.41%	2.5%
2003	6,123,997	29,896,035	3.38%	2.28%
2004	6,328,041	30,556,637	3.33%	2.21%
2005	6,535,905	31,262,444	3.28%	2.31%
2006	6,747,720	31,992,435	3.24%	2.34%
2007	6,963,345	32,764,135	3.2%	2.41%
2008	7,183,002	33,623,980	3.15%	2.62%
2009	7,406,438	34,569,113	3.11%	2.81%
2010	7,633,523	35,414,399	3.07%	2.45%
2011	7,859,346	36,140,806	2.96%	2.05%
2012	8,081,390	36,923,178	2.83%	2.16%
2013	8,302,698	37,785,849	2.74%	2.34%
2014	8,523,441	38,823,318	2.66%	2.75%
2015	8,743,246	40,024,431	2.58%	3.09%
2016	8,961,718	41,259,892	2.5%	3.09%
2017	9,178,714	42,714,306	2.42%	3.53%
2018	9,394,513	44,230,596	2.35%	3.55%
2019	9,609,010	45,548,175	2.28%	2.98%
2020	9,815,746	46,789,231	2.15%	2.72%
2021	10,012,896	48,066,924	2.01%	2.73%
2022	10,203,169	49,383,346	1.9%	2.74%
2023	10,389,635	50,042,791	1.83%	1.34%
2024	10,576,502	50,448,963	1.8%	0.81%
2025	10,762,813	51,662,152	1.76%	2.4%
2026	10,947,845	53,282,718	1.72%	3.14%
2027	11,131,268	54,724,215	1.68%	2.71%
2028	11,312,895	55,993,833	1.63%	2.32%
2029	11,492,799	57,275,443	1.59%	2.29%
2030	11,671,420	58,571,624	1.55%	2.26%
2031	11,848,221	59,872,936	1.51%	2.22%
2032	12,023,121	61,179,476	1.48%	2.18%
2033	12,196,639	62,497,205	1.44%	2.15%
2034	12,369,248	63,822,356	1.42%	2.12%
2035	12,540,596	65,148,317	1.39%	2.08%
2036	12,710,682	66,470,018	1.36%	2.03%
2037	12,879,737	67,791,240	1.33%	1.99%
2038	13,047,122	69,107,712	1.3%	1.94%
2039	13,212,668	70,416,631	1.27%	1.89%
2040	13,376,156	71,730,604	1.24%	1.87%
2041	13,537,361	73,056,213	1.21%	1.85%
2042	13,696,139	74,387,562	1.17%	1.82%
2043	13,853,410	75,723,670	1.15%	1.8%
2044	14,009,926	77,066,454	1.13%	1.77%
2045	14,165,578	78,415,205	1.11%	1.75%
2046	14,318,889	79,767,271	1.08%	1.72%
2047	14,469,210	81,115,241	1.05%	1.69%
2048	14,617,364	82,463,202	1.02%	1.66%
2049	14,763,600	83,828,356	1%	1.66%
2050	14,906,584	85,206,384	0.97%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Papua New Guinea gained 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2005 and is 90th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.