Population in Papua New Guinea compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Papua New Guinea and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	UAE	Papua New Guinea	UAE
1960	1,995,110	131,334	-	-
1961	2,046,127	137,989	2.56%	5.07%
1962	2,093,919	144,946	2.34%	5.04%
1963	2,141,376	152,211	2.27%	5.01%
1964	2,188,325	159,692	2.19%	4.91%
1965	2,235,820	167,103	2.17%	4.64%
1966	2,285,774	173,976	2.23%	4.11%
1967	2,337,532	179,700	2.26%	3.29%
1968	2,390,803	199,416	2.28%	11%
1969	2,446,927	239,660	2.35%	20.2%
1970	2,505,628	286,536	2.4%	19.6%
1971	2,566,421	335,027	2.43%	16.9%
1972	2,628,432	385,014	2.42%	14.9%
1973	2,690,629	436,399	2.37%	13.3%
1974	2,752,671	489,087	2.31%	12.1%
1975	2,814,820	542,856	2.26%	11%
1976	2,877,327	615,866	2.22%	13.4%
1977	2,940,327	710,209	2.19%	15.3%
1978	3,003,714	809,274	2.16%	13.9%
1979	3,067,341	912,010	2.12%	12.7%
1980	3,131,512	1,015,700	2.09%	11.4%
1981	3,197,019	1,099,855	2.09%	8.29%
1982	3,264,291	1,166,370	2.1%	6.05%
1983	3,333,633	1,235,305	2.12%	5.91%
1984	3,405,198	1,305,996	2.15%	5.72%
1985	3,478,936	1,377,911	2.17%	5.51%
1986	3,554,793	1,467,383	2.18%	6.49%
1987	3,632,543	1,574,244	2.19%	7.28%
1988	3,711,880	1,681,788	2.18%	6.83%
1989	3,796,078	1,789,851	2.27%	6.43%
1990	3,896,481	1,898,220	2.64%	6.05%
1991	4,021,837	2,006,626	3.22%	5.71%
1992	4,166,699	2,114,730	3.6%	5.39%
1993	4,320,872	2,222,093	3.7%	5.08%
1994	4,480,208	2,328,188	3.69%	4.77%
1995	4,644,278	2,434,662	3.66%	4.57%
1996	4,813,361	2,597,564	3.64%	6.69%
1997	4,987,883	2,817,410	3.63%	8.46%
1998	5,166,390	3,040,421	3.58%	7.92%
1999	5,349,333	3,266,009	3.54%	7.42%
2000	5,537,064	3,493,575	3.51%	6.97%
2001	5,728,435	3,723,590	3.46%	6.58%
2002	5,924,003	3,956,826	3.41%	6.26%
2003	6,123,997	4,192,457	3.38%	5.96%
2004	6,328,041	4,428,967	3.33%	5.64%
2005	6,535,905	4,664,790	3.28%	5.32%
2006	6,747,720	5,009,100	3.24%	7.38%
2007	6,963,345	5,624,635	3.2%	12.3%
2008	7,183,002	6,302,664	3.15%	12.1%
2009	7,406,438	6,707,058	3.11%	6.42%
2010	7,633,523	6,869,838	3.07%	2.43%
2011	7,859,346	7,104,538	2.96%	3.42%
2012	8,081,390	7,391,448	2.83%	4.04%
2013	8,302,698	7,693,031	2.74%	4.08%
2014	8,523,441	8,059,440	2.66%	4.76%
2015	8,743,246	8,505,237	2.58%	5.53%
2016	8,961,718	8,935,095	2.5%	5.05%
2017	9,178,714	9,223,225	2.42%	3.22%
2018	9,394,513	9,346,701	2.35%	1.34%
2019	9,609,010	9,445,785	2.28%	1.06%
2020	9,815,746	9,401,038	2.15%	-0.47%
2021	10,012,896	9,575,152	2.01%	1.85%
2022	10,203,169	10,074,977	1.9%	5.22%
2023	10,389,635	10,483,751	1.83%	4.06%
2024	10,576,502	10,986,400	1.8%	4.79%
2025	10,762,813	11,304,093	1.76%	2.89%
2026	10,947,845	11,531,926	1.72%	2.02%
2027	11,131,268	11,712,175	1.68%	1.56%
2028	11,312,895	11,868,257	1.63%	1.33%
2029	11,492,799	12,010,111	1.59%	1.2%
2030	11,671,420	12,145,577	1.55%	1.13%
2031	11,848,221	12,281,573	1.51%	1.12%
2032	12,023,121	12,421,758	1.48%	1.14%
2033	12,196,639	12,565,679	1.44%	1.16%
2034	12,369,248	12,712,942	1.42%	1.17%
2035	12,540,596	12,863,015	1.39%	1.18%
2036	12,710,682	13,015,458	1.36%	1.19%
2037	12,879,737	13,169,969	1.33%	1.19%
2038	13,047,122	13,326,337	1.3%	1.19%
2039	13,212,668	13,484,193	1.27%	1.18%
2040	13,376,156	13,643,197	1.24%	1.18%
2041	13,537,361	13,803,349	1.21%	1.17%
2042	13,696,139	13,964,553	1.17%	1.17%
2043	13,853,410	14,126,724	1.15%	1.16%
2044	14,009,926	14,289,828	1.13%	1.15%
2045	14,165,578	14,453,775	1.11%	1.15%
2046	14,318,889	14,619,554	1.08%	1.15%
2047	14,469,210	14,788,991	1.05%	1.16%
2048	14,617,364	14,961,419	1.02%	1.17%
2049	14,763,600	15,135,496	1%	1.16%
2050	14,906,584	15,310,628	0.97%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.