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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Papua New Guinea was 10,576,502 in 2024 vs 36,361,859 people in Uzbekistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Papua New Guinea's population is 10,911,445 people compared to 37,592,263 in Uzbekistan.

Population statistics:

  • Uzbekistan's population is 3.45 times bigger than Papua New Guinea's.
  • Papua New Guinea is ranked the 90th most populous country in the world, while Uzbekistan is the 42nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.59% of the world: 0.13% for Papua New Guinea vs 0.45% for Uzbekistan.
  • For the last 10 years, Papua New Guinea has had an average growth rate of +2.23% per year vs +1.85% in Uzbekistan.
  • Since 2005, the population of Papua New Guinea has increased from 6.54M people to 10.9M (66.9% growth), while Uzbekistan has grown from 26.4M to 37.6M (42.6% growth).
  • Papua New Guinea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 18.6M people compared to the peak of 74.3M people in 2100 for Uzbekistan.

Papua New Guinea vs Uzbekistan: live population counter

Papua New Guinea Uzbekistan
Current population
10911445
37592263
Population rank 90/197 42/197
Percent of world population 0.13% 0.45%
One net population change
2.81 minutes
44.4 seconds
One birth every
2.06 minutes
33.4 seconds
One death every
7.76 minutes
2.38 minutes
One migration net change every
12.4 hours
1.24 hours
Annual migration change -707 -7,066
Daily growth/decline +512 +1,944
Annual growth/decline +186,867 +709,552
Annual growth/decline rate +1.8% +1.99%
Population growth rate rank 61/197 54/197

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

Papua New Guinea
Population

Growth rate
Uzbekistan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Papua New Guinea Uzbekistan Papua New Guinea Uzbekistan
1960 1,995,110 8,209,109 - -
1961 2,046,127 8,517,711 2.56% 3.76%
1962 2,093,919 8,854,368 2.34% 3.95%
1963 2,141,376 9,202,246 2.27% 3.93%
1964 2,188,325 9,557,611 2.19% 3.86%
1965 2,235,820 9,921,681 2.17% 3.81%
1966 2,285,774 10,289,294 2.23% 3.71%
1967 2,337,532 10,659,180 2.26% 3.59%
1968 2,390,803 11,032,155 2.28% 3.5%
1969 2,446,927 11,403,150 2.35% 3.36%
1970 2,505,628 11,762,638 2.4% 3.15%
1971 2,566,421 12,111,511 2.43% 2.97%
1972 2,628,432 12,465,106 2.42% 2.92%
1973 2,690,629 12,831,047 2.37% 2.94%
1974 2,752,671 13,209,011 2.31% 2.95%
1975 2,814,820 13,598,521 2.26% 2.95%
1976 2,877,327 13,998,620 2.22% 2.94%
1977 2,940,327 14,408,822 2.19% 2.93%
1978 3,003,714 14,816,349 2.16% 2.83%
1979 3,067,341 15,215,587 2.12% 2.69%
1980 3,131,512 15,619,936 2.09% 2.66%
1981 3,197,019 16,035,032 2.09% 2.66%
1982 3,264,291 16,462,736 2.1% 2.67%
1983 3,333,633 16,908,400 2.12% 2.71%
1984 3,405,198 17,378,846 2.15% 2.78%
1985 3,478,936 17,875,339 2.17% 2.86%
1986 3,554,793 18,395,621 2.18% 2.91%
1987 3,632,543 18,930,070 2.19% 2.91%
1988 3,711,880 19,460,630 2.18% 2.8%
1989 3,796,078 19,977,183 2.27% 2.65%
1990 3,896,481 20,464,956 2.64% 2.44%
1991 4,021,837 20,962,910 3.22% 2.43%
1992 4,166,699 21,485,090 3.6% 2.49%
1993 4,320,872 21,987,955 3.7% 2.34%
1994 4,480,208 22,463,291 3.69% 2.16%
1995 4,644,278 22,917,589 3.66% 2.02%
1996 4,813,361 23,351,981 3.64% 1.9%
1997 4,987,883 23,758,960 3.63% 1.74%
1998 5,166,390 24,134,929 3.58% 1.58%
1999 5,349,333 24,476,008 3.54% 1.41%
2000 5,537,064 24,787,054 3.51% 1.27%
2001 5,728,435 25,090,283 3.46% 1.22%
2002 5,924,003 25,399,980 3.41% 1.23%
2003 6,123,997 25,711,259 3.38% 1.23%
2004 6,328,041 26,029,350 3.33% 1.24%
2005 6,535,905 26,356,975 3.28% 1.26%
2006 6,747,720 26,699,043 3.24% 1.3%
2007 6,963,345 27,076,008 3.2% 1.41%
2008 7,183,002 27,494,774 3.15% 1.55%
2009 7,406,438 27,939,328 3.11% 1.62%
2010 7,633,523 28,385,506 3.07% 1.6%
2011 7,859,346 28,823,196 2.96% 1.54%
2012 8,081,390 29,261,903 2.83% 1.52%
2013 8,302,698 29,724,065 2.74% 1.58%
2014 8,523,441 30,222,994 2.66% 1.68%
2015 8,743,246 30,749,346 2.58% 1.74%
2016 8,961,718 31,284,568 2.5% 1.74%
2017 9,178,714 31,819,178 2.42% 1.71%
2018 9,394,513 32,373,490 2.35% 1.74%
2019 9,609,010 32,964,701 2.28% 1.83%
2020 9,815,746 33,586,372 2.15% 1.89%
2021 10,012,896 34,243,696 2.01% 1.96%
2022 10,203,169 34,938,955 1.9% 2.03%
2023 10,389,635 35,652,307 1.83% 2.04%
2024 10,576,502 36,361,859 1.8% 1.99%
2025 10,762,813 37,053,425 1.76% 1.9%
2026 10,947,845 37,724,224 1.72% 1.81%
2027 11,131,268 38,376,104 1.68% 1.73%
2028 11,312,895 39,010,995 1.63% 1.65%
2029 11,492,799 39,634,353 1.59% 1.6%
2030 11,671,420 40,248,246 1.55% 1.55%
2031 11,848,221 40,850,310 1.51% 1.5%
2032 12,023,121 41,442,243 1.48% 1.45%
2033 12,196,639 42,026,366 1.44% 1.41%
2034 12,369,248 42,603,253 1.42% 1.37%
2035 12,540,596 43,175,104 1.39% 1.34%
2036 12,710,682 43,744,382 1.36% 1.32%
2037 12,879,737 44,313,638 1.33% 1.3%
2038 13,047,122 44,885,866 1.3% 1.29%
2039 13,212,668 45,461,988 1.27% 1.28%
2040 13,376,156 46,044,151 1.24% 1.28%
2041 13,537,361 46,636,742 1.21% 1.29%
2042 13,696,139 47,240,035 1.17% 1.29%
2043 13,853,410 47,851,671 1.15% 1.29%
2044 14,009,926 48,470,624 1.13% 1.29%
2045 14,165,578 49,096,060 1.11% 1.29%
2046 14,318,889 49,724,395 1.08% 1.28%
2047 14,469,210 50,351,710 1.05% 1.26%
2048 14,617,364 50,975,927 1.02% 1.24%
2049 14,763,600 51,596,108 1% 1.22%
2050 14,906,584 52,210,749 0.97% 1.19%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth), while Uzbekistan gained 4,392,371 people (a 16.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Papua New Guinea gained 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth), while Uzbekistan's population increased by 6,842,917 (a 22.3% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2005 and is 90th in 2025. Uzbekistan was ranked 42nd in 2005 and still ranked 42nd 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 Uzbekistan will increase by 38.9% to 52,210,749 people and rank change from 42nd to 39th.

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