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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Tonga	Papua New Guinea	Tonga
1960	1,995,110	66,170	-	-
1961	2,046,127	68,037	2.56%	2.82%
1962	2,093,919	69,940	2.34%	2.8%
1963	2,141,376	71,885	2.27%	2.78%
1964	2,188,325	73,879	2.19%	2.77%
1965	2,235,820	75,924	2.17%	2.77%
1966	2,285,774	78,002	2.23%	2.74%
1967	2,337,532	79,814	2.26%	2.32%
1968	2,390,803	81,353	2.28%	1.93%
1969	2,446,927	82,885	2.35%	1.88%
1970	2,505,628	84,401	2.4%	1.83%
1971	2,566,421	85,896	2.43%	1.77%
1972	2,628,432	87,356	2.42%	1.7%
1973	2,690,629	88,805	2.37%	1.66%
1974	2,752,671	90,683	2.31%	2.11%
1975	2,814,820	93,017	2.26%	2.57%
1976	2,877,327	95,325	2.22%	2.48%
1977	2,940,327	96,725	2.19%	1.47%
1978	3,003,714	97,204	2.16%	0.5%
1979	3,067,341	97,544	2.12%	0.35%
1980	3,131,512	97,769	2.09%	0.23%
1981	3,197,019	97,909	2.09%	0.14%
1982	3,264,291	97,980	2.1%	0.07%
1983	3,333,633	97,998	2.12%	0.02%
1984	3,405,198	97,990	2.15%	-0.008%
1985	3,478,936	97,984	2.17%	-0.006%
1986	3,554,793	98,010	2.18%	0.03%
1987	3,632,543	98,376	2.19%	0.37%
1988	3,711,880	98,969	2.18%	0.6%
1989	3,796,078	99,403	2.27%	0.44%
1990	3,896,481	99,700	2.64%	0.3%
1991	4,021,837	99,895	3.22%	0.2%
1992	4,166,699	100,022	3.6%	0.13%
1993	4,320,872	100,103	3.7%	0.08%
1994	4,480,208	100,166	3.69%	0.06%
1995	4,644,278	100,225	3.66%	0.06%
1996	4,813,361	100,275	3.64%	0.05%
1997	4,987,883	100,674	3.63%	0.4%
1998	5,166,390	101,388	3.58%	0.71%
1999	5,349,333	102,046	3.54%	0.65%
2000	5,537,064	102,677	3.51%	0.62%
2001	5,728,435	103,288	3.46%	0.6%
2002	5,924,003	103,874	3.41%	0.57%
2003	6,123,997	104,464	3.38%	0.57%
2004	6,328,041	105,071	3.33%	0.58%
2005	6,535,905	105,671	3.28%	0.57%
2006	6,747,720	106,253	3.24%	0.55%
2007	6,963,345	106,726	3.2%	0.45%
2008	7,183,002	107,020	3.15%	0.28%
2009	7,406,438	107,203	3.11%	0.17%
2010	7,633,523	107,400	3.07%	0.18%
2011	7,859,346	107,570	2.96%	0.16%
2012	8,081,390	107,460	2.83%	-0.1%
2013	8,302,698	107,078	2.74%	-0.36%
2014	8,523,441	106,609	2.66%	-0.44%
2015	8,743,246	106,095	2.58%	-0.48%
2016	8,961,718	105,524	2.5%	-0.54%
2017	9,178,714	105,356	2.42%	-0.16%
2018	9,394,513	105,567	2.35%	0.2%
2019	9,609,010	105,669	2.28%	0.1%
2020	9,815,746	105,704	2.15%	0.03%
2021	10,012,896	105,490	2.01%	-0.2%
2022	10,203,169	105,042	1.9%	-0.42%
2023	10,389,635	104,597	1.83%	-0.42%
2024	10,576,502	104,175	1.8%	-0.4%
2025	10,762,813	103,744	1.76%	-0.41%
2026	10,947,845	103,290	1.72%	-0.44%
2027	11,131,268	102,899	1.68%	-0.38%
2028	11,312,895	102,568	1.63%	-0.32%
2029	11,492,799	102,280	1.59%	-0.28%
2030	11,671,420	102,069	1.55%	-0.21%
2031	11,848,221	101,927	1.51%	-0.14%
2032	12,023,121	101,837	1.48%	-0.09%
2033	12,196,639	101,807	1.44%	-0.03%
2034	12,369,248	101,806	1.42%	-0.001%
2035	12,540,596	101,833	1.39%	0.03%
2036	12,710,682	101,895	1.36%	0.06%
2037	12,879,737	101,993	1.33%	0.1%
2038	13,047,122	102,173	1.3%	0.18%
2039	13,212,668	102,367	1.27%	0.19%
2040	13,376,156	102,568	1.24%	0.2%
2041	13,537,361	102,805	1.21%	0.23%
2042	13,696,139	103,038	1.17%	0.23%
2043	13,853,410	103,306	1.15%	0.26%
2044	14,009,926	103,612	1.13%	0.3%
2045	14,165,578	103,928	1.11%	0.3%
2046	14,318,889	104,232	1.08%	0.29%
2047	14,469,210	104,502	1.05%	0.26%
2048	14,617,364	104,744	1.02%	0.23%
2049	14,763,600	104,975	1%	0.22%
2050	14,906,584	105,193	0.97%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Papua New Guinea gained 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2005 and is 90th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.