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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Tajikistan	Papua New Guinea	Tajikistan
1960	1,995,110	2,112,131	-	-
1961	2,046,127	2,181,805	2.56%	3.3%
1962	2,093,919	2,255,026	2.34%	3.36%
1963	2,141,376	2,331,736	2.27%	3.4%
1964	2,188,325	2,411,260	2.19%	3.41%
1965	2,235,820	2,492,998	2.17%	3.39%
1966	2,285,774	2,577,184	2.23%	3.38%
1967	2,337,532	2,664,130	2.26%	3.37%
1968	2,390,803	2,753,848	2.28%	3.37%
1969	2,446,927	2,845,273	2.35%	3.32%
1970	2,505,628	2,936,779	2.4%	3.22%
1971	2,566,421	3,028,837	2.43%	3.13%
1972	2,628,432	3,123,691	2.42%	3.13%
1973	2,690,629	3,222,290	2.37%	3.16%
1974	2,752,671	3,324,499	2.31%	3.17%
1975	2,814,820	3,430,425	2.26%	3.19%
1976	2,877,327	3,540,076	2.22%	3.2%
1977	2,940,327	3,653,265	2.19%	3.2%
1978	3,003,714	3,768,508	2.16%	3.15%
1979	3,067,341	3,882,691	2.12%	3.03%
1980	3,131,512	3,995,256	2.09%	2.9%
1981	3,197,019	4,109,022	2.09%	2.85%
1982	3,264,291	4,227,171	2.1%	2.88%
1983	3,333,633	4,350,874	2.12%	2.93%
1984	3,405,198	4,480,026	2.15%	2.97%
1985	3,478,936	4,619,003	2.17%	3.1%
1986	3,554,793	4,772,139	2.18%	3.32%
1987	3,632,543	4,939,059	2.19%	3.5%
1988	3,711,880	5,114,989	2.18%	3.56%
1989	3,796,078	5,267,249	2.27%	2.98%
1990	3,896,481	5,398,768	2.64%	2.5%
1991	4,021,837	5,541,205	3.22%	2.64%
1992	4,166,699	5,649,400	3.6%	1.95%
1993	4,320,872	5,724,993	3.7%	1.34%
1994	4,480,208	5,825,368	3.69%	1.75%
1995	4,644,278	5,948,584	3.66%	2.12%
1996	4,813,361	6,066,523	3.64%	1.98%
1997	4,987,883	6,139,829	3.63%	1.21%
1998	5,166,390	6,176,397	3.58%	0.6%
1999	5,349,333	6,208,370	3.54%	0.52%
2000	5,537,064	6,284,735	3.51%	1.23%
2001	5,728,435	6,407,377	3.46%	1.95%
2002	5,924,003	6,531,669	3.41%	1.94%
2003	6,123,997	6,658,575	3.38%	1.94%
2004	6,328,041	6,790,547	3.33%	1.98%
2005	6,535,905	6,924,720	3.28%	1.98%
2006	6,747,720	7,057,566	3.24%	1.92%
2007	6,963,345	7,194,477	3.2%	1.94%
2008	7,183,002	7,338,403	3.15%	2%
2009	7,406,438	7,490,230	3.11%	2.07%
2010	7,633,523	7,652,141	3.07%	2.16%
2011	7,859,346	7,824,785	2.96%	2.26%
2012	8,081,390	8,014,084	2.83%	2.42%
2013	8,302,698	8,216,724	2.74%	2.53%
2014	8,523,441	8,425,552	2.66%	2.54%
2015	8,743,246	8,643,840	2.58%	2.59%
2016	8,961,718	8,865,631	2.5%	2.57%
2017	9,178,714	9,085,946	2.42%	2.49%
2018	9,394,513	9,307,333	2.35%	2.44%
2019	9,609,010	9,529,966	2.28%	2.39%
2020	9,815,746	9,749,310	2.15%	2.3%
2021	10,012,896	9,966,908	2.01%	2.23%
2022	10,203,169	10,182,222	1.9%	2.16%
2023	10,389,635	10,389,799	1.83%	2.04%
2024	10,576,502	10,590,927	1.8%	1.94%
2025	10,762,813	10,786,735	1.76%	1.85%
2026	10,947,845	10,978,598	1.72%	1.78%
2027	11,131,268	11,168,387	1.68%	1.73%
2028	11,312,895	11,356,920	1.63%	1.69%
2029	11,492,799	11,545,276	1.59%	1.66%
2030	11,671,420	11,733,066	1.55%	1.63%
2031	11,848,221	11,920,472	1.51%	1.6%
2032	12,023,121	12,110,150	1.48%	1.59%
2033	12,196,639	12,302,290	1.44%	1.59%
2034	12,369,248	12,496,888	1.42%	1.58%
2035	12,540,596	12,695,586	1.39%	1.59%
2036	12,710,682	12,899,096	1.36%	1.6%
2037	12,879,737	13,104,339	1.33%	1.59%
2038	13,047,122	13,308,237	1.3%	1.56%
2039	13,212,668	13,511,372	1.27%	1.53%
2040	13,376,156	13,713,948	1.24%	1.5%
2041	13,537,361	13,915,192	1.21%	1.47%
2042	13,696,139	14,115,137	1.17%	1.44%
2043	13,853,410	14,311,598	1.15%	1.39%
2044	14,009,926	14,504,865	1.13%	1.35%
2045	14,165,578	14,694,858	1.11%	1.31%
2046	14,318,889	14,879,388	1.08%	1.26%
2047	14,469,210	15,059,869	1.05%	1.21%
2048	14,617,364	15,236,594	1.02%	1.17%
2049	14,763,600	15,408,032	1%	1.13%
2050	14,906,584	15,574,643	0.97%	1.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Tajikistan gained 1,808,065 people (a 25.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,115,041 (a 23.9% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Tajikistan was ranked 98th in 2006 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 41.8% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.