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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Tuvalu	Papua New Guinea	Tuvalu
1960	1,995,110	5,598	-	-
1961	2,046,127	5,648	2.56%	0.89%
1962	2,093,919	5,699	2.34%	0.9%
1963	2,141,376	5,751	2.27%	0.91%
1964	2,188,325	5,752	2.19%	0.02%
1965	2,235,820	5,715	2.17%	-0.64%
1966	2,285,774	5,686	2.23%	-0.51%
1967	2,337,532	5,652	2.26%	-0.6%
1968	2,390,803	5,624	2.28%	-0.5%
1969	2,446,927	5,631	2.35%	0.12%
1970	2,505,628	5,663	2.4%	0.57%
1971	2,566,421	5,685	2.43%	0.39%
1972	2,628,432	5,692	2.42%	0.12%
1973	2,690,629	5,681	2.37%	-0.19%
1974	2,752,671	5,822	2.31%	2.48%
1975	2,814,820	6,117	2.26%	5.07%
1976	2,877,327	6,404	2.22%	4.69%
1977	2,940,327	6,686	2.19%	4.4%
1978	3,003,714	6,957	2.16%	4.05%
1979	3,067,341	7,184	2.12%	3.26%
1980	3,131,512	7,366	2.09%	2.53%
1981	3,197,019	7,526	2.09%	2.17%
1982	3,264,291	7,664	2.1%	1.83%
1983	3,333,633	7,789	2.12%	1.63%
1984	3,405,198	7,902	2.15%	1.45%
1985	3,478,936	8,046	2.17%	1.82%
1986	3,554,793	8,217	2.18%	2.13%
1987	3,632,543	8,371	2.19%	1.87%
1988	3,711,880	8,518	2.18%	1.76%
1989	3,796,078	8,662	2.27%	1.69%
1990	3,896,481	8,798	2.64%	1.57%
1991	4,021,837	8,928	3.22%	1.48%
1992	4,166,699	9,038	3.6%	1.23%
1993	4,320,872	9,126	3.7%	0.97%
1994	4,480,208	9,207	3.69%	0.89%
1995	4,644,278	9,280	3.66%	0.79%
1996	4,813,361	9,342	3.64%	0.67%
1997	4,987,883	9,400	3.63%	0.62%
1998	5,166,390	9,451	3.58%	0.54%
1999	5,349,333	9,496	3.54%	0.48%
2000	5,537,064	9,544	3.51%	0.51%
2001	5,728,435	9,586	3.46%	0.44%
2002	5,924,003	9,623	3.41%	0.39%
2003	6,123,997	9,695	3.38%	0.75%
2004	6,328,041	9,816	3.33%	1.25%
2005	6,535,905	9,940	3.28%	1.26%
2006	6,747,720	10,056	3.24%	1.17%
2007	6,963,345	10,182	3.2%	1.25%
2008	7,183,002	10,321	3.15%	1.37%
2009	7,406,438	10,461	3.11%	1.36%
2010	7,633,523	10,614	3.07%	1.46%
2011	7,859,346	10,780	2.96%	1.56%
2012	8,081,390	10,934	2.83%	1.43%
2013	8,302,698	11,001	2.74%	0.61%
2014	8,523,441	10,984	2.66%	-0.15%
2015	8,743,246	10,963	2.58%	-0.19%
2016	8,961,718	10,930	2.5%	-0.3%
2017	9,178,714	10,869	2.42%	-0.56%
2018	9,394,513	10,751	2.35%	-1.09%
2019	9,609,010	10,581	2.28%	-1.58%
2020	9,815,746	10,399	2.15%	-1.72%
2021	10,012,896	10,194	2.01%	-1.97%
2022	10,203,169	9,992	1.9%	-1.98%
2023	10,389,635	9,816	1.83%	-1.76%
2024	10,576,502	9,646	1.8%	-1.73%
2025	10,762,813	9,493	1.76%	-1.58%
2026	10,947,845	9,363	1.72%	-1.37%
2027	11,131,268	9,255	1.68%	-1.15%
2028	11,312,895	9,175	1.63%	-0.87%
2029	11,492,799	9,102	1.59%	-0.79%
2030	11,671,420	9,047	1.55%	-0.6%
2031	11,848,221	9,011	1.51%	-0.4%
2032	12,023,121	8,984	1.48%	-0.3%
2033	12,196,639	8,975	1.44%	-0.1%
2034	12,369,248	8,970	1.42%	-0.06%
2035	12,540,596	8,977	1.39%	0.08%
2036	12,710,682	8,995	1.36%	0.2%
2037	12,879,737	9,017	1.33%	0.24%
2038	13,047,122	9,051	1.3%	0.38%
2039	13,212,668	9,095	1.27%	0.48%
2040	13,376,156	9,143	1.24%	0.53%
2041	13,537,361	9,191	1.21%	0.52%
2042	13,696,139	9,245	1.17%	0.6%
2043	13,853,410	9,308	1.15%	0.68%
2044	14,009,926	9,375	1.13%	0.72%
2045	14,165,578	9,435	1.11%	0.64%
2046	14,318,889	9,502	1.08%	0.71%
2047	14,469,210	9,571	1.05%	0.72%
2048	14,617,364	9,644	1.02%	0.76%
2049	14,763,600	9,712	1%	0.71%
2050	14,906,584	9,778	0.97%	0.68%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth), while Tuvalu gained 1,023 people (a 10.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Papua New Guinea gained 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth), while Tuvalu's population decreased by -1,470 (a 13.4% decline).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2005 and is 90th in 2025. Tuvalu was ranked 196th in 2005 and still ranked 196th 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 Tuvalu will increase by 3% to 9,778 people and will still be ranked 196th.