Population in Papua New Guinea compared to Trinidad and Tobago: Trends, Charts, Rankings

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Trinidad	Papua New Guinea	Trinidad
1960	1,995,110	844,943	-	-
1961	2,046,127	863,144	2.56%	2.15%
1962	2,093,919	880,194	2.34%	1.98%
1963	2,141,376	896,804	2.27%	1.89%
1964	2,188,325	912,963	2.19%	1.8%
1965	2,235,820	928,425	2.17%	1.69%
1966	2,285,774	942,937	2.23%	1.56%
1967	2,337,532	956,418	2.26%	1.43%
1968	2,390,803	969,006	2.28%	1.32%
1969	2,446,927	980,706	2.35%	1.21%
1970	2,505,628	991,471	2.4%	1.1%
1971	2,566,421	1,002,585	2.43%	1.12%
1972	2,628,432	1,014,921	2.42%	1.23%
1973	2,690,629	1,027,851	2.37%	1.27%
1974	2,752,671	1,040,761	2.31%	1.26%
1975	2,814,820	1,053,469	2.26%	1.22%
1976	2,877,327	1,066,311	2.22%	1.22%
1977	2,940,327	1,079,554	2.19%	1.24%
1978	3,003,714	1,093,380	2.16%	1.28%
1979	3,067,341	1,107,639	2.12%	1.3%
1980	3,131,512	1,121,744	2.09%	1.27%
1981	3,197,019	1,135,132	2.09%	1.19%
1982	3,264,291	1,147,927	2.1%	1.13%
1983	3,333,633	1,160,534	2.12%	1.1%
1984	3,405,198	1,172,984	2.15%	1.07%
1985	3,478,936	1,187,366	2.17%	1.23%
1986	3,554,793	1,203,124	2.18%	1.33%
1987	3,632,543	1,217,364	2.19%	1.18%
1988	3,711,880	1,230,069	2.18%	1.04%
1989	3,796,078	1,241,600	2.27%	0.94%
1990	3,896,481	1,252,208	2.64%	0.85%
1991	4,021,837	1,262,171	3.22%	0.8%
1992	4,166,699	1,271,674	3.6%	0.75%
1993	4,320,872	1,280,466	3.7%	0.69%
1994	4,480,208	1,288,341	3.69%	0.62%
1995	4,644,278	1,295,169	3.66%	0.53%
1996	4,813,361	1,300,928	3.64%	0.44%
1997	4,987,883	1,305,836	3.63%	0.38%
1998	5,166,390	1,310,225	3.58%	0.34%
1999	5,349,333	1,314,708	3.54%	0.34%
2000	5,537,064	1,319,774	3.51%	0.39%
2001	5,728,435	1,325,567	3.46%	0.44%
2002	5,924,003	1,332,011	3.41%	0.49%
2003	6,123,997	1,338,709	3.38%	0.5%
2004	6,328,041	1,345,380	3.33%	0.5%
2005	6,535,905	1,294,494	3.28%	-3.78%
2006	6,747,720	1,297,944	3.24%	0.27%
2007	6,963,345	1,303,188	3.2%	0.4%
2008	7,183,002	1,308,587	3.15%	0.41%
2009	7,406,438	1,310,106	3.11%	0.12%
2010	7,633,523	1,317,714	3.07%	0.58%
2011	7,859,346	1,328,019	2.96%	0.78%
2012	8,081,390	1,335,194	2.83%	0.54%
2013	8,302,698	1,340,557	2.74%	0.4%
2014	8,523,441	1,345,343	2.66%	0.36%
2015	8,743,246	1,349,667	2.58%	0.32%
2016	8,961,718	1,353,895	2.5%	0.31%
2017	9,178,714	1,356,633	2.42%	0.2%
2018	9,394,513	1,359,193	2.35%	0.19%
2019	9,609,010	1,363,985	2.28%	0.35%
2020	9,815,746	1,366,725	2.15%	0.2%
2021	10,012,896	1,367,558	2.01%	0.06%
2022	10,203,169	1,365,805	1.9%	-0.13%
2023	10,389,635	1,367,510	1.83%	0.12%
2024	10,576,502	1,368,333	1.8%	0.06%
2025	10,762,813	1,371,404	1.76%	0.22%
2026	10,947,845	1,373,317	1.72%	0.14%
2027	11,131,268	1,374,242	1.68%	0.07%
2028	11,312,895	1,374,318	1.63%	0.006%
2029	11,492,799	1,373,690	1.59%	-0.05%
2030	11,671,420	1,372,463	1.55%	-0.09%
2031	11,848,221	1,370,749	1.51%	-0.12%
2032	12,023,121	1,368,525	1.48%	-0.16%
2033	12,196,639	1,365,873	1.44%	-0.19%
2034	12,369,248	1,362,803	1.42%	-0.22%
2035	12,540,596	1,359,333	1.39%	-0.25%
2036	12,710,682	1,355,490	1.36%	-0.28%
2037	12,879,737	1,351,300	1.33%	-0.31%
2038	13,047,122	1,346,775	1.3%	-0.33%
2039	13,212,668	1,341,909	1.27%	-0.36%
2040	13,376,156	1,336,720	1.24%	-0.39%
2041	13,537,361	1,331,223	1.21%	-0.41%
2042	13,696,139	1,325,440	1.17%	-0.43%
2043	13,853,410	1,319,360	1.15%	-0.46%
2044	14,009,926	1,313,024	1.13%	-0.48%
2045	14,165,578	1,306,452	1.11%	-0.5%
2046	14,318,889	1,299,645	1.08%	-0.52%
2047	14,469,210	1,292,634	1.05%	-0.54%
2048	14,617,364	1,285,402	1.02%	-0.56%
2049	14,763,600	1,277,967	1%	-0.58%
2050	14,906,584	1,270,340	0.97%	-0.6%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Trinidad and Tobago gained 55,951 people (a 4.31% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while Trinidad and Tobago's population increased by 19,432 (a 1.44% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Trinidad and Tobago was ranked 150th in 2006 and ranked 154th 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 Trinidad and Tobago will decrease by 7.5% to 1,270,340 people and rank change from 154th to 158th.