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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Tanzania	Papua New Guinea	Tanzania
1960	1,995,110	9,901,419	-	-
1961	2,046,127	10,187,886	2.56%	2.89%
1962	2,093,919	10,487,756	2.34%	2.94%
1963	2,141,376	10,799,528	2.27%	2.97%
1964	2,188,325	11,127,826	2.19%	3.04%
1965	2,235,820	11,470,728	2.17%	3.08%
1966	2,285,774	11,827,459	2.23%	3.11%
1967	2,337,532	12,200,109	2.26%	3.15%
1968	2,390,803	12,602,076	2.28%	3.29%
1969	2,446,927	13,036,700	2.35%	3.45%
1970	2,505,628	13,492,677	2.4%	3.5%
1971	2,566,421	13,971,451	2.43%	3.55%
1972	2,628,432	14,479,308	2.42%	3.63%
1973	2,690,629	15,010,101	2.37%	3.67%
1974	2,752,671	15,561,630	2.31%	3.67%
1975	2,814,820	16,138,361	2.26%	3.71%
1976	2,877,327	16,736,211	2.22%	3.7%
1977	2,940,327	17,352,929	2.19%	3.68%
1978	3,003,714	17,976,566	2.16%	3.59%
1979	3,067,341	18,592,038	2.12%	3.42%
1980	3,131,512	19,189,769	2.09%	3.21%
1981	3,197,019	19,784,703	2.09%	3.1%
1982	3,264,291	20,398,571	2.1%	3.1%
1983	3,333,633	21,079,874	2.12%	3.34%
1984	3,405,198	21,779,066	2.15%	3.32%
1985	3,478,936	22,501,693	2.17%	3.32%
1986	3,554,793	23,258,959	2.18%	3.37%
1987	3,632,543	24,030,378	2.19%	3.32%
1988	3,711,880	24,769,686	2.18%	3.08%
1989	3,796,078	25,438,759	2.27%	2.7%
1990	3,896,481	26,110,207	2.64%	2.64%
1991	4,021,837	26,780,436	3.22%	2.57%
1992	4,166,699	27,457,588	3.6%	2.53%
1993	4,320,872	28,332,692	3.7%	3.19%
1994	4,480,208	29,442,356	3.69%	3.92%
1995	4,644,278	30,383,497	3.66%	3.2%
1996	4,813,361	30,945,762	3.64%	1.85%
1997	4,987,883	31,578,089	3.63%	2.04%
1998	5,166,390	32,420,458	3.58%	2.67%
1999	5,349,333	33,300,330	3.54%	2.71%
2000	5,537,064	34,260,139	3.51%	2.88%
2001	5,728,435	35,198,299	3.46%	2.74%
2002	5,924,003	36,121,304	3.41%	2.62%
2003	6,123,997	37,089,555	3.38%	2.68%
2004	6,328,041	38,109,668	3.33%	2.75%
2005	6,535,905	39,182,076	3.28%	2.81%
2006	6,747,720	40,294,902	3.24%	2.84%
2007	6,963,345	41,435,512	3.2%	2.83%
2008	7,183,002	42,570,728	3.15%	2.74%
2009	7,406,438	43,633,982	3.11%	2.5%
2010	7,633,523	44,758,488	3.07%	2.58%
2011	7,859,346	46,029,367	2.96%	2.84%
2012	8,081,390	47,374,260	2.83%	2.92%
2013	8,302,698	48,824,128	2.74%	3.06%
2014	8,523,441	50,351,512	2.66%	3.13%
2015	8,743,246	52,020,962	2.58%	3.32%
2016	8,961,718	53,824,013	2.5%	3.47%
2017	9,178,714	55,652,890	2.42%	3.4%
2018	9,394,513	57,437,145	2.35%	3.21%
2019	9,609,010	59,174,891	2.28%	3.03%
2020	9,815,746	60,972,798	2.15%	3.04%
2021	10,012,896	62,830,412	2.01%	3.05%
2022	10,203,169	64,711,821	1.9%	2.99%
2023	10,389,635	66,617,606	1.83%	2.95%
2024	10,576,502	68,560,157	1.8%	2.92%
2025	10,762,813	70,545,858	1.76%	2.9%
2026	10,947,845	72,563,773	1.72%	2.86%
2027	11,131,268	74,604,804	1.68%	2.81%
2028	11,312,895	76,670,483	1.63%	2.77%
2029	11,492,799	78,773,192	1.59%	2.74%
2030	11,671,420	80,913,118	1.55%	2.72%
2031	11,848,221	83,087,927	1.51%	2.69%
2032	12,023,121	85,293,126	1.48%	2.65%
2033	12,196,639	87,520,491	1.44%	2.61%
2034	12,369,248	89,788,673	1.42%	2.59%
2035	12,540,596	92,091,418	1.39%	2.56%
2036	12,710,682	94,420,808	1.36%	2.53%
2037	12,879,737	96,775,766	1.33%	2.49%
2038	13,047,122	99,156,465	1.3%	2.46%
2039	13,212,668	101,567,525	1.27%	2.43%
2040	13,376,156	103,999,350	1.24%	2.39%
2041	13,537,361	106,448,475	1.21%	2.35%
2042	13,696,139	108,926,272	1.17%	2.33%
2043	13,853,410	111,433,788	1.15%	2.3%
2044	14,009,926	113,966,263	1.13%	2.27%
2045	14,165,578	116,525,463	1.11%	2.25%
2046	14,318,889	119,109,670	1.08%	2.22%
2047	14,469,210	121,721,018	1.05%	2.19%
2048	14,617,364	124,351,294	1.02%	2.16%
2049	14,763,600	126,981,394	1%	2.12%
2050	14,906,584	129,621,083	0.97%	2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Tanzania was ranked 30th in 2006 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.