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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Sweden	Papua New Guinea	Sweden
1960	1,995,110	7,484,656	-	-
1961	2,046,127	7,519,998	2.56%	0.47%
1962	2,093,919	7,561,588	2.34%	0.55%
1963	2,141,376	7,604,328	2.27%	0.57%
1964	2,188,325	7,661,354	2.19%	0.75%
1965	2,235,820	7,733,853	2.17%	0.95%
1966	2,285,774	7,807,797	2.23%	0.96%
1967	2,337,532	7,867,931	2.26%	0.77%
1968	2,390,803	7,912,273	2.28%	0.56%
1969	2,446,927	7,968,072	2.35%	0.71%
1970	2,505,628	8,042,801	2.4%	0.94%
1971	2,566,421	8,098,334	2.43%	0.69%
1972	2,628,432	8,122,300	2.42%	0.3%
1973	2,690,629	8,136,312	2.37%	0.17%
1974	2,752,671	8,159,955	2.31%	0.29%
1975	2,814,820	8,192,437	2.26%	0.4%
1976	2,877,327	8,222,286	2.22%	0.36%
1977	2,940,327	8,251,540	2.19%	0.36%
1978	3,003,714	8,275,599	2.16%	0.29%
1979	3,067,341	8,293,678	2.12%	0.22%
1980	3,131,512	8,310,531	2.09%	0.2%
1981	3,197,019	8,320,503	2.09%	0.12%
1982	3,264,291	8,325,263	2.1%	0.06%
1983	3,333,633	8,329,033	2.12%	0.05%
1984	3,405,198	8,336,605	2.15%	0.09%
1985	3,478,936	8,350,386	2.17%	0.17%
1986	3,554,793	8,369,829	2.18%	0.23%
1987	3,632,543	8,397,804	2.19%	0.33%
1988	3,711,880	8,436,489	2.18%	0.46%
1989	3,796,078	8,492,964	2.27%	0.67%
1990	3,896,481	8,558,835	2.64%	0.78%
1991	4,021,837	8,617,375	3.22%	0.68%
1992	4,166,699	8,668,067	3.6%	0.59%
1993	4,320,872	8,718,561	3.7%	0.58%
1994	4,480,208	8,780,745	3.69%	0.71%
1995	4,644,278	8,826,939	3.66%	0.53%
1996	4,813,361	8,840,998	3.64%	0.16%
1997	4,987,883	8,846,062	3.63%	0.06%
1998	5,166,390	8,850,974	3.58%	0.06%
1999	5,349,333	8,857,874	3.54%	0.08%
2000	5,537,064	8,872,109	3.51%	0.16%
2001	5,728,435	8,895,960	3.46%	0.27%
2002	5,924,003	8,924,958	3.41%	0.33%
2003	6,123,997	8,958,229	3.38%	0.37%
2004	6,328,041	8,993,531	3.33%	0.39%
2005	6,535,905	9,029,572	3.28%	0.4%
2006	6,747,720	9,080,505	3.24%	0.56%
2007	6,963,345	9,148,092	3.2%	0.74%
2008	7,183,002	9,219,637	3.15%	0.78%
2009	7,406,438	9,298,515	3.11%	0.86%
2010	7,633,523	9,378,126	3.07%	0.86%
2011	7,859,346	9,449,213	2.96%	0.76%
2012	8,081,390	9,519,374	2.83%	0.74%
2013	8,302,698	9,600,379	2.74%	0.85%
2014	8,523,441	9,696,110	2.66%	1%
2015	8,743,246	9,799,186	2.58%	1.06%
2016	8,961,718	9,923,085	2.5%	1.26%
2017	9,178,714	10,057,698	2.42%	1.36%
2018	9,394,513	10,175,214	2.35%	1.17%
2019	9,609,010	10,278,887	2.28%	1.02%
2020	9,815,746	10,353,442	2.15%	0.73%
2021	10,012,896	10,415,811	2.01%	0.6%
2022	10,203,169	10,486,941	1.9%	0.68%
2023	10,389,635	10,536,632	1.83%	0.47%
2024	10,576,502	10,569,709	1.8%	0.31%
2025	10,762,813	10,619,177	1.76%	0.47%
2026	10,947,845	10,663,427	1.72%	0.42%
2027	11,131,268	10,703,497	1.68%	0.38%
2028	11,312,895	10,740,420	1.63%	0.34%
2029	11,492,799	10,773,692	1.59%	0.31%
2030	11,671,420	10,803,699	1.55%	0.28%
2031	11,848,221	10,830,583	1.51%	0.25%
2032	12,023,121	10,855,855	1.48%	0.23%
2033	12,196,639	10,880,544	1.44%	0.23%
2034	12,369,248	10,903,924	1.42%	0.21%
2035	12,540,596	10,926,433	1.39%	0.21%
2036	12,710,682	10,949,062	1.36%	0.21%
2037	12,879,737	10,971,259	1.33%	0.2%
2038	13,047,122	10,993,203	1.3%	0.2%
2039	13,212,668	11,015,926	1.27%	0.21%
2040	13,376,156	11,039,663	1.24%	0.22%
2041	13,537,361	11,063,604	1.21%	0.22%
2042	13,696,139	11,088,299	1.17%	0.22%
2043	13,853,410	11,113,927	1.15%	0.23%
2044	14,009,926	11,139,125	1.13%	0.23%
2045	14,165,578	11,163,492	1.11%	0.22%
2046	14,318,889	11,186,803	1.08%	0.21%
2047	14,469,210	11,209,183	1.05%	0.2%
2048	14,617,364	11,230,526	1.02%	0.19%
2049	14,763,600	11,250,663	1%	0.18%
2050	14,906,584	11,269,877	0.97%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Sweden gained 842,580 people (a 9.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while Sweden's population increased by 740,779 (a 7.47% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2006 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.68% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.