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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Suriname	Papua New Guinea	Suriname
1960	1,995,110	263,918	-	-
1961	2,046,127	272,791	2.56%	3.36%
1962	2,093,919	283,912	2.34%	4.08%
1963	2,141,376	297,034	2.27%	4.62%
1964	2,188,325	309,041	2.19%	4.04%
1965	2,235,820	320,000	2.17%	3.55%
1966	2,285,774	331,135	2.23%	3.48%
1967	2,337,532	342,679	2.26%	3.49%
1968	2,390,803	354,616	2.28%	3.48%
1969	2,446,927	366,906	2.35%	3.47%
1970	2,505,628	379,442	2.4%	3.42%
1971	2,566,421	391,932	2.43%	3.29%
1972	2,628,432	397,413	2.42%	1.4%
1973	2,690,629	395,772	2.37%	-0.41%
1974	2,752,671	393,676	2.31%	-0.53%
1975	2,814,820	391,170	2.26%	-0.64%
1976	2,877,327	388,289	2.22%	-0.74%
1977	2,940,327	385,067	2.19%	-0.83%
1978	3,003,714	381,502	2.16%	-0.93%
1979	3,067,341	377,602	2.12%	-1.02%
1980	3,131,512	375,377	2.09%	-0.59%
1981	3,197,019	375,459	2.09%	0.02%
1982	3,264,291	376,555	2.1%	0.29%
1983	3,333,633	378,746	2.12%	0.58%
1984	3,405,198	382,193	2.15%	0.91%
1985	3,478,936	386,972	2.17%	1.25%
1986	3,554,793	392,330	2.18%	1.38%
1987	3,632,543	396,911	2.19%	1.17%
1988	3,711,880	402,227	2.18%	1.34%
1989	3,796,078	408,409	2.27%	1.54%
1990	3,896,481	412,493	2.64%	1%
1991	4,021,837	415,013	3.22%	0.61%
1992	4,166,699	417,589	3.6%	0.62%
1993	4,320,872	419,352	3.7%	0.42%
1994	4,480,208	422,375	3.69%	0.72%
1995	4,644,278	429,606	3.66%	1.71%
1996	4,813,361	438,830	3.64%	2.15%
1997	4,987,883	448,067	3.63%	2.1%
1998	5,166,390	457,406	3.58%	2.08%
1999	5,349,333	466,916	3.54%	2.08%
2000	5,537,064	476,643	3.51%	2.08%
2001	5,728,435	486,560	3.46%	2.08%
2002	5,924,003	496,551	3.41%	2.05%
2003	6,123,997	506,414	3.38%	1.99%
2004	6,328,041	513,923	3.33%	1.48%
2005	6,535,905	519,313	3.28%	1.05%
2006	6,747,720	524,997	3.24%	1.09%
2007	6,963,345	531,016	3.2%	1.15%
2008	7,183,002	537,245	3.15%	1.17%
2009	7,406,438	543,568	3.11%	1.18%
2010	7,633,523	549,923	3.07%	1.17%
2011	7,859,346	556,269	2.96%	1.15%
2012	8,081,390	562,633	2.83%	1.14%
2013	8,302,698	569,020	2.74%	1.14%
2014	8,523,441	575,373	2.66%	1.12%
2015	8,743,246	581,627	2.58%	1.09%
2016	8,961,718	587,757	2.5%	1.05%
2017	9,178,714	593,713	2.42%	1.01%
2018	9,394,513	599,513	2.35%	0.98%
2019	9,609,010	605,768	2.28%	1.04%
2020	9,815,746	612,317	2.15%	1.08%
2021	10,012,896	617,896	2.01%	0.91%
2022	10,203,169	623,164	1.9%	0.85%
2023	10,389,635	628,886	1.83%	0.92%
2024	10,576,502	634,431	1.8%	0.88%
2025	10,762,813	639,852	1.76%	0.85%
2026	10,947,845	645,257	1.72%	0.84%
2027	11,131,268	650,564	1.68%	0.82%
2028	11,312,895	655,783	1.63%	0.8%
2029	11,492,799	660,793	1.59%	0.76%
2030	11,671,420	665,650	1.55%	0.74%
2031	11,848,221	670,421	1.51%	0.72%
2032	12,023,121	675,070	1.48%	0.69%
2033	12,196,639	679,573	1.44%	0.67%
2034	12,369,248	683,911	1.42%	0.64%
2035	12,540,596	688,189	1.39%	0.63%
2036	12,710,682	692,343	1.36%	0.6%
2037	12,879,737	696,213	1.33%	0.56%
2038	13,047,122	699,908	1.3%	0.53%
2039	13,212,668	703,569	1.27%	0.52%
2040	13,376,156	707,156	1.24%	0.51%
2041	13,537,361	710,619	1.21%	0.49%
2042	13,696,139	713,900	1.17%	0.46%
2043	13,853,410	716,999	1.15%	0.43%
2044	14,009,926	719,920	1.13%	0.41%
2045	14,165,578	722,759	1.11%	0.39%
2046	14,318,889	725,322	1.08%	0.35%
2047	14,469,210	727,726	1.05%	0.33%
2048	14,617,364	730,038	1.02%	0.32%
2049	14,763,600	732,021	1%	0.27%
2050	14,906,584	733,898	0.97%	0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Suriname gained 62,760 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 57,558 (a 9.79% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2006 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.7% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.