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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Tunisia	Papua New Guinea	Tunisia
1960	1,995,110	4,267,288	-	-
1961	2,046,127	4,316,278	2.56%	1.15%
1962	2,093,919	4,369,136	2.34%	1.22%
1963	2,141,376	4,427,131	2.27%	1.33%
1964	2,188,325	4,489,869	2.19%	1.42%
1965	2,235,820	4,561,385	2.17%	1.59%
1966	2,285,774	4,652,287	2.23%	1.99%
1967	2,337,532	4,760,970	2.26%	2.34%
1968	2,390,803	4,879,899	2.28%	2.5%
1969	2,446,927	5,004,697	2.35%	2.56%
1970	2,505,628	5,131,396	2.4%	2.53%
1971	2,566,421	5,261,658	2.43%	2.54%
1972	2,628,432	5,396,557	2.42%	2.56%
1973	2,690,629	5,537,242	2.37%	2.61%
1974	2,752,671	5,684,674	2.31%	2.66%
1975	2,814,820	5,839,262	2.26%	2.72%
1976	2,877,327	5,996,994	2.22%	2.7%
1977	2,940,327	6,155,931	2.19%	2.65%
1978	3,003,714	6,309,390	2.16%	2.49%
1979	3,067,341	6,456,419	2.12%	2.33%
1980	3,131,512	6,606,195	2.09%	2.32%
1981	3,197,019	6,758,284	2.09%	2.3%
1982	3,264,291	6,908,642	2.1%	2.22%
1983	3,333,633	7,053,800	2.12%	2.1%
1984	3,405,198	7,220,044	2.15%	2.36%
1985	3,478,936	7,409,903	2.17%	2.63%
1986	3,554,793	7,600,301	2.18%	2.57%
1987	3,632,543	7,789,987	2.19%	2.5%
1988	3,711,880	7,974,440	2.18%	2.37%
1989	3,796,078	8,151,660	2.27%	2.22%
1990	3,896,481	8,324,509	2.64%	2.12%
1991	4,021,837	8,501,827	3.22%	2.13%
1992	4,166,699	8,682,512	3.6%	2.13%
1993	4,320,872	8,857,910	3.7%	2.02%
1994	4,480,208	9,018,448	3.69%	1.81%
1995	4,644,278	9,161,258	3.66%	1.58%
1996	4,813,361	9,294,432	3.64%	1.45%
1997	4,987,883	9,421,270	3.63%	1.36%
1998	5,166,390	9,541,667	3.58%	1.28%
1999	5,349,333	9,655,963	3.54%	1.2%
2000	5,537,064	9,764,935	3.51%	1.13%
2001	5,728,435	9,869,677	3.46%	1.07%
2002	5,924,003	9,971,515	3.41%	1.03%
2003	6,123,997	10,071,632	3.38%	1%
2004	6,328,041	10,166,163	3.33%	0.94%
2005	6,535,905	10,255,472	3.28%	0.88%
2006	6,747,720	10,346,410	3.24%	0.89%
2007	6,963,345	10,441,702	3.2%	0.92%
2008	7,183,002	10,542,635	3.15%	0.97%
2009	7,406,438	10,650,681	3.11%	1.02%
2010	7,633,523	10,765,980	3.07%	1.08%
2011	7,859,346	10,886,035	2.96%	1.12%
2012	8,081,390	11,009,647	2.83%	1.14%
2013	8,302,698	11,141,361	2.74%	1.2%
2014	8,523,441	11,274,288	2.66%	1.19%
2015	8,743,246	11,402,264	2.58%	1.14%
2016	8,961,718	11,528,674	2.5%	1.11%
2017	9,178,714	11,650,498	2.42%	1.06%
2018	9,394,513	11,765,514	2.35%	0.99%
2019	9,609,010	11,875,081	2.28%	0.93%
2020	9,815,746	11,974,057	2.15%	0.83%
2021	10,012,896	12,048,622	2.01%	0.62%
2022	10,203,169	12,119,334	1.9%	0.59%
2023	10,389,635	12,200,431	1.83%	0.67%
2024	10,576,502	12,277,109	1.8%	0.63%
2025	10,762,813	12,348,580	1.76%	0.58%
2026	10,947,845	12,415,147	1.72%	0.54%
2027	11,131,268	12,476,105	1.68%	0.49%
2028	11,312,895	12,531,994	1.63%	0.45%
2029	11,492,799	12,582,709	1.59%	0.4%
2030	11,671,420	12,628,154	1.55%	0.36%
2031	11,848,221	12,669,925	1.51%	0.33%
2032	12,023,121	12,709,155	1.48%	0.31%
2033	12,196,639	12,746,538	1.44%	0.29%
2034	12,369,248	12,781,017	1.42%	0.27%
2035	12,540,596	12,812,275	1.39%	0.24%
2036	12,710,682	12,842,495	1.36%	0.24%
2037	12,879,737	12,872,063	1.33%	0.23%
2038	13,047,122	12,900,190	1.3%	0.22%
2039	13,212,668	12,927,314	1.27%	0.21%
2040	13,376,156	12,953,871	1.24%	0.21%
2041	13,537,361	12,979,696	1.21%	0.2%
2042	13,696,139	13,005,242	1.17%	0.2%
2043	13,853,410	13,030,307	1.15%	0.19%
2044	14,009,926	13,054,103	1.13%	0.18%
2045	14,165,578	13,076,097	1.11%	0.17%
2046	14,318,889	13,095,748	1.08%	0.15%
2047	14,469,210	13,113,228	1.05%	0.13%
2048	14,617,364	13,127,662	1.02%	0.11%
2049	14,763,600	13,138,151	1%	0.08%
2050	14,906,584	13,145,144	0.97%	0.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Tunisia gained 1,182,264 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while Tunisia's population increased by 887,139 (a 7.7% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2006 and ranked 81st 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.87% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 81st to 89th.