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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	United States	Papua New Guinea	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	1,995,110	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	2,046,127	183,691,481	2.56%	1.67%
1962	2,093,919	186,537,737	2.34%	1.55%
1963	2,141,376	189,241,798	2.27%	1.45%
1964	2,188,325	191,888,791	2.19%	1.4%
1965	2,235,820	194,302,963	2.17%	1.26%
1966	2,285,774	196,560,338	2.23%	1.16%
1967	2,337,532	198,712,056	2.26%	1.09%
1968	2,390,803	200,706,052	2.28%	1%
1969	2,446,927	202,676,946	2.35%	0.98%
1970	2,505,628	205,052,174	2.4%	1.17%
1971	2,566,421	207,660,677	2.43%	1.27%
1972	2,628,432	209,896,021	2.42%	1.08%
1973	2,690,629	211,908,788	2.37%	0.96%
1974	2,752,671	213,853,928	2.31%	0.92%
1975	2,814,820	215,973,199	2.26%	0.99%
1976	2,877,327	218,035,164	2.22%	0.95%
1977	2,940,327	220,239,425	2.19%	1.01%
1978	3,003,714	222,584,545	2.16%	1.06%
1979	3,067,341	225,055,487	2.12%	1.11%
1980	3,131,512	226,542,250	2.09%	0.66%
1981	3,197,019	229,465,744	2.09%	1.29%
1982	3,264,291	231,664,432	2.1%	0.96%
1983	3,333,633	233,792,014	2.12%	0.92%
1984	3,405,198	235,824,908	2.15%	0.87%
1985	3,478,936	237,923,734	2.17%	0.89%
1986	3,554,793	240,132,831	2.18%	0.93%
1987	3,632,543	242,288,936	2.19%	0.9%
1988	3,711,880	244,499,004	2.18%	0.91%
1989	3,796,078	246,819,222	2.27%	0.95%
1990	3,896,481	250,131,894	2.64%	1.34%
1991	4,021,837	253,492,503	3.22%	1.34%
1992	4,166,699	256,894,189	3.6%	1.34%
1993	4,320,872	260,255,352	3.7%	1.31%
1994	4,480,208	263,435,673	3.69%	1.22%
1995	4,644,278	266,557,091	3.66%	1.18%
1996	4,813,361	269,667,391	3.64%	1.17%
1997	4,987,883	272,911,760	3.63%	1.2%
1998	5,166,390	276,115,288	3.58%	1.17%
1999	5,349,333	279,294,713	3.54%	1.15%
2000	5,537,064	282,162,411	3.51%	1.03%
2001	5,728,435	284,968,955	3.46%	0.99%
2002	5,924,003	287,625,193	3.41%	0.93%
2003	6,123,997	290,107,933	3.38%	0.86%
2004	6,328,041	292,805,298	3.33%	0.93%
2005	6,535,905	295,516,599	3.28%	0.93%
2006	6,747,720	298,379,912	3.24%	0.97%
2007	6,963,345	301,231,207	3.2%	0.96%
2008	7,183,002	304,093,966	3.15%	0.95%
2009	7,406,438	306,771,529	3.11%	0.88%
2010	7,633,523	309,327,143	3.07%	0.83%
2011	7,859,346	311,583,481	2.96%	0.73%
2012	8,081,390	313,877,662	2.83%	0.74%
2013	8,302,698	316,059,947	2.74%	0.7%
2014	8,523,441	318,386,329	2.66%	0.74%
2015	8,743,246	320,738,994	2.58%	0.74%
2016	8,961,718	323,071,755	2.5%	0.73%
2017	9,178,714	325,122,128	2.42%	0.63%
2018	9,394,513	326,838,199	2.35%	0.53%
2019	9,609,010	328,329,953	2.28%	0.46%
2020	9,815,746	331,526,933	2.15%	0.97%
2021	10,012,896	331,893,745	2.01%	0.11%
2022	10,203,169	333,271,411	1.9%	0.42%
2023	10,389,635	334,914,895	1.83%	0.49%
2024	10,576,502	340,110,988	1.8%	1.55%
2025	10,762,813	341,931,772	1.76%	0.54%
2026	10,947,845	343,664,369	1.72%	0.51%
2027	11,131,268	345,331,185	1.68%	0.49%
2028	11,312,895	346,981,137	1.63%	0.48%
2029	11,492,799	348,601,982	1.59%	0.47%
2030	11,671,420	350,176,974	1.55%	0.45%
2031	11,848,221	351,725,612	1.51%	0.44%
2032	12,023,121	353,249,060	1.48%	0.43%
2033	12,196,639	354,749,644	1.44%	0.42%
2034	12,369,248	356,234,239	1.42%	0.42%
2035	12,540,596	357,694,316	1.39%	0.41%
2036	12,710,682	359,119,002	1.36%	0.4%
2037	12,879,737	360,517,853	1.33%	0.39%
2038	13,047,122	361,895,407	1.3%	0.38%
2039	13,212,668	363,229,908	1.27%	0.37%
2040	13,376,156	364,512,364	1.24%	0.35%
2041	13,537,361	365,753,139	1.21%	0.34%
2042	13,696,139	366,969,419	1.17%	0.33%
2043	13,853,410	368,146,925	1.15%	0.32%
2044	14,009,926	369,258,123	1.13%	0.3%
2045	14,165,578	370,318,770	1.11%	0.29%
2046	14,318,889	371,328,255	1.08%	0.27%
2047	14,469,210	372,299,116	1.05%	0.26%
2048	14,617,364	373,230,539	1.02%	0.25%
2049	14,763,600	374,119,803	1%	0.24%
2050	14,906,584	374,986,259	0.97%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Papua New Guinea gained 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2005 and is 90th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.