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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Vatican	Papua New Guinea	Vatican
1960	1,995,110	-	-	-
1961	2,046,127	-	2.56%	-
1962	2,093,919	-	2.34%	-
1963	2,141,376	-	2.27%	-
1964	2,188,325	-	2.19%	-
1965	2,235,820	-	2.17%	-
1966	2,285,774	-	2.23%	-
1967	2,337,532	-	2.26%	-
1968	2,390,803	-	2.28%	-
1969	2,446,927	-	2.35%	-
1970	2,505,628	-	2.4%	-
1971	2,566,421	-	2.43%	-
1972	2,628,432	-	2.42%	-
1973	2,690,629	-	2.37%	-
1974	2,752,671	-	2.31%	-
1975	2,814,820	-	2.26%	-
1976	2,877,327	-	2.22%	-
1977	2,940,327	-	2.19%	-
1978	3,003,714	-	2.16%	-
1979	3,067,341	-	2.12%	-
1980	3,131,512	-	2.09%	-
1981	3,197,019	-	2.09%	-
1982	3,264,291	-	2.1%	-
1983	3,333,633	-	2.12%	-
1984	3,405,198	-	2.15%	-
1985	3,478,936	-	2.17%	-
1986	3,554,793	-	2.18%	-
1987	3,632,543	-	2.19%	-
1988	3,711,880	-	2.18%	-
1989	3,796,078	-	2.27%	-
1990	3,896,481	-	2.64%	-
1991	4,021,837	-	3.22%	-
1992	4,166,699	-	3.6%	-
1993	4,320,872	-	3.7%	-
1994	4,480,208	-	3.69%	-
1995	4,644,278	-	3.66%	-
1996	4,813,361	-	3.64%	-
1997	4,987,883	-	3.63%	-
1998	5,166,390	-	3.58%	-
1999	5,349,333	-	3.54%	-
2000	5,537,064	880	3.51%	-
2001	5,728,435	890	3.46%	1.14%
2002	5,924,003	900	3.41%	1.12%
2003	6,123,997	911	3.38%	1.22%
2004	6,328,041	921	3.33%	1.1%
2005	6,535,905	921	3.28%	0%
2006	6,747,720	932	3.24%	1.19%
2007	6,963,345	821	3.2%	-11.9%
2008	7,183,002	824	3.15%	0.37%
2009	7,406,438	826	3.11%	0.24%
2010	7,633,523	829	3.07%	0.36%
2011	7,859,346	832	2.96%	0.36%
2012	8,081,390	836	2.83%	0.48%
2013	8,302,698	839	2.74%	0.36%
2014	8,523,441	842	2.66%	0.36%
2015	8,743,246	1,000	2.58%	18.8%
2016	8,961,718	-	2.5%	0%
2017	9,178,714	1,000	2.42%	0%
2018	9,394,513	-	2.35%	0%
2019	9,609,010	1,000	2.28%	0%
2020	9,815,746	987	2.15%	-1.29%
2021	10,012,896	970	2.01%	-1.68%
2022	10,203,169	944	1.9%	-2.66%
2023	10,389,635	922	1.83%	-2.34%
2024	10,576,502	933	1.8%	1.2%
2025	10,762,813	939	1.76%	0.59%
2026	10,947,845	952	1.72%	1.37%
2027	11,131,268	974	1.68%	2.32%
2028	11,312,895	985	1.63%	1.13%
2029	11,492,799	983	1.59%	-0.19%
2030	11,671,420	976	1.55%	-0.75%
2031	11,848,221	968	1.51%	-0.75%
2032	12,023,121	968	1.48%	0%
2033	12,196,639	988	1.44%	2.09%
2034	12,369,248	992	1.42%	0.37%
2035	12,540,596	1,000	1.39%	0.74%
2036	12,710,682	998	1.36%	-0.18%
2037	12,879,737	1,003	1.33%	0.55%
2038	13,047,122	1,022	1.3%	1.83%
2039	13,212,668	1,060	1.27%	3.78%
2040	13,376,156	1,095	1.24%	3.3%
2041	13,537,361	1,127	1.21%	2.86%
2042	13,696,139	1,149	1.17%	1.96%
2043	13,853,410	1,169	1.15%	1.76%
2044	14,009,926	1,186	1.13%	1.42%
2045	14,165,578	1,209	1.11%	2.02%
2046	14,318,889	1,224	1.08%	1.22%
2047	14,469,210	1,248	1.05%	1.95%
2048	14,617,364	1,272	1.02%	1.92%
2049	14,763,600	1,296	1%	1.88%
2050	14,906,584	1,325	0.97%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Papua New Guinea gained 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2006 and is 89th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.