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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Turkey	Papua New Guinea	Turkey
1960	1,995,110	28,329,898	-	-
1961	2,046,127	29,119,238	2.56%	2.79%
1962	2,093,919	29,916,147	2.34%	2.74%
1963	2,141,376	30,726,841	2.27%	2.71%
1964	2,188,325	31,543,072	2.19%	2.66%
1965	2,235,820	32,345,220	2.17%	2.54%
1966	2,285,774	33,177,672	2.23%	2.57%
1967	2,337,532	34,050,421	2.26%	2.63%
1968	2,390,803	34,921,684	2.28%	2.56%
1969	2,446,927	35,787,774	2.35%	2.48%
1970	2,505,628	36,638,465	2.4%	2.38%
1971	2,566,421	37,518,611	2.43%	2.4%
1972	2,628,432	38,430,221	2.42%	2.43%
1973	2,690,629	39,329,533	2.37%	2.34%
1974	2,752,671	40,210,234	2.31%	2.24%
1975	2,814,820	41,053,126	2.26%	2.1%
1976	2,877,327	41,899,984	2.22%	2.06%
1977	2,940,327	42,773,298	2.19%	2.08%
1978	3,003,714	43,645,306	2.16%	2.04%
1979	3,067,341	44,510,429	2.12%	1.98%
1980	3,131,512	45,408,815	2.09%	2.02%
1981	3,197,019	46,321,190	2.09%	2.01%
1982	3,264,291	47,322,096	2.1%	2.16%
1983	3,333,633	48,447,410	2.12%	2.38%
1984	3,405,198	49,574,069	2.15%	2.33%
1985	3,478,936	50,687,115	2.17%	2.25%
1986	3,554,793	51,777,772	2.18%	2.15%
1987	3,632,543	52,843,670	2.19%	2.06%
1988	3,711,880	53,909,626	2.18%	2.02%
1989	3,796,078	54,976,723	2.27%	1.98%
1990	3,896,481	56,015,628	2.64%	1.89%
1991	4,021,837	57,009,887	3.22%	1.77%
1992	4,166,699	57,990,118	3.6%	1.72%
1993	4,320,872	58,999,167	3.7%	1.74%
1994	4,480,208	60,033,836	3.69%	1.75%
1995	4,644,278	61,024,503	3.66%	1.65%
1996	4,813,361	61,951,134	3.64%	1.52%
1997	4,987,883	62,852,966	3.63%	1.46%
1998	5,166,390	63,734,383	3.58%	1.4%
1999	5,349,333	64,591,923	3.54%	1.35%
2000	5,537,064	65,425,961	3.51%	1.29%
2001	5,728,435	66,245,128	3.46%	1.25%
2002	5,924,003	67,048,795	3.41%	1.21%
2003	6,123,997	67,831,730	3.38%	1.17%
2004	6,328,041	68,592,617	3.33%	1.12%
2005	6,535,905	69,329,557	3.28%	1.07%
2006	6,747,720	70,045,349	3.24%	1.03%
2007	6,963,345	70,158,112	3.2%	0.16%
2008	7,183,002	71,051,678	3.15%	1.27%
2009	7,406,438	72,039,206	3.11%	1.39%
2010	7,633,523	73,142,150	3.07%	1.53%
2011	7,859,346	74,223,629	2.96%	1.48%
2012	8,081,390	75,175,827	2.83%	1.28%
2013	8,302,698	76,147,624	2.74%	1.29%
2014	8,523,441	77,181,884	2.66%	1.36%
2015	8,743,246	78,218,479	2.58%	1.34%
2016	8,961,718	79,277,962	2.5%	1.35%
2017	9,178,714	80,312,698	2.42%	1.31%
2018	9,394,513	81,407,204	2.35%	1.36%
2019	9,609,010	82,579,440	2.28%	1.44%
2020	9,815,746	83,384,680	2.15%	0.98%
2021	10,012,896	84,147,318	2.01%	0.91%
2022	10,203,169	84,979,913	1.9%	0.99%
2023	10,389,635	85,325,965	1.83%	0.41%
2024	10,576,502	85,518,661	1.8%	0.23%
2025	10,762,813	85,725,557	1.76%	0.24%
2026	10,947,845	85,960,835	1.72%	0.27%
2027	11,131,268	86,227,115	1.68%	0.31%
2028	11,312,895	86,502,744	1.63%	0.32%
2029	11,492,799	86,771,652	1.59%	0.31%
2030	11,671,420	87,037,680	1.55%	0.31%
2031	11,848,221	87,297,191	1.51%	0.3%
2032	12,023,121	87,537,075	1.48%	0.27%
2033	12,196,639	87,762,403	1.44%	0.26%
2034	12,369,248	87,974,138	1.42%	0.24%
2035	12,540,596	88,172,739	1.39%	0.23%
2036	12,710,682	88,364,318	1.36%	0.22%
2037	12,879,737	88,545,669	1.33%	0.21%
2038	13,047,122	88,707,268	1.3%	0.18%
2039	13,212,668	88,849,956	1.27%	0.16%
2040	13,376,156	88,975,510	1.24%	0.14%
2041	13,537,361	89,083,304	1.21%	0.12%
2042	13,696,139	89,177,769	1.17%	0.11%
2043	13,853,410	89,254,147	1.15%	0.09%
2044	14,009,926	89,311,458	1.13%	0.06%
2045	14,165,578	89,349,806	1.11%	0.04%
2046	14,318,889	89,375,429	1.08%	0.03%
2047	14,469,210	89,383,765	1.05%	0.009%
2048	14,617,364	89,361,174	1.02%	-0.03%
2049	14,763,600	89,306,566	1%	-0.06%
2050	14,906,584	89,218,346	0.97%	-0.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while Turkey gained 9,232,613 people (a 13.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 6,685,783 (a 8.43% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2006 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.79% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.