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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Zambia	Papua New Guinea	Zambia
1960	1,995,110	3,153,729	-	-
1961	2,046,127	3,254,086	2.56%	3.18%
1962	2,093,919	3,358,099	2.34%	3.2%
1963	2,141,376	3,465,907	2.27%	3.21%
1964	2,188,325	3,577,017	2.19%	3.21%
1965	2,235,820	3,692,086	2.17%	3.22%
1966	2,285,774	3,812,003	2.23%	3.25%
1967	2,337,532	3,936,343	2.26%	3.26%
1968	2,390,803	4,065,593	2.28%	3.28%
1969	2,446,927	4,197,116	2.35%	3.24%
1970	2,505,628	4,321,718	2.4%	2.97%
1971	2,566,421	4,442,525	2.43%	2.8%
1972	2,628,432	4,569,309	2.42%	2.85%
1973	2,690,629	4,702,693	2.37%	2.92%
1974	2,752,671	4,842,746	2.31%	2.98%
1975	2,814,820	4,990,086	2.26%	3.04%
1976	2,877,327	5,143,842	2.22%	3.08%
1977	2,940,327	5,302,480	2.19%	3.08%
1978	3,003,714	5,465,374	2.16%	3.07%
1979	3,067,341	5,631,728	2.12%	3.04%
1980	3,131,512	5,802,833	2.09%	3.04%
1981	3,197,019	5,983,289	2.09%	3.11%
1982	3,264,291	6,178,637	2.1%	3.26%
1983	3,333,633	6,381,038	2.12%	3.28%
1984	3,405,198	6,580,490	2.15%	3.13%
1985	3,478,936	6,780,953	2.17%	3.05%
1986	3,554,793	6,986,471	2.18%	3.03%
1987	3,632,543	7,191,282	2.19%	2.93%
1988	3,711,880	7,391,440	2.18%	2.78%
1989	3,796,078	7,589,216	2.27%	2.68%
1990	3,896,481	7,786,169	2.64%	2.6%
1991	4,021,837	7,981,650	3.22%	2.51%
1992	4,166,699	8,176,680	3.6%	2.44%
1993	4,320,872	8,373,921	3.7%	2.41%
1994	4,480,208	8,576,269	3.69%	2.42%
1995	4,644,278	8,785,763	3.66%	2.44%
1996	4,813,361	9,004,053	3.64%	2.48%
1997	4,987,883	9,237,063	3.63%	2.59%
1998	5,166,390	9,482,408	3.58%	2.66%
1999	5,349,333	9,740,005	3.54%	2.72%
2000	5,537,064	10,017,631	3.51%	2.85%
2001	5,728,435	10,325,185	3.46%	3.07%
2002	5,924,003	10,647,949	3.41%	3.13%
2003	6,123,997	10,983,595	3.38%	3.15%
2004	6,328,041	11,338,198	3.33%	3.23%
2005	6,535,905	11,718,819	3.28%	3.36%
2006	6,747,720	12,129,553	3.24%	3.5%
2007	6,963,345	12,565,085	3.2%	3.59%
2008	7,183,002	13,021,324	3.15%	3.63%
2009	7,406,438	13,490,389	3.11%	3.6%
2010	7,633,523	13,965,594	3.07%	3.52%
2011	7,859,346	14,437,796	2.96%	3.38%
2012	8,081,390	14,913,629	2.83%	3.3%
2013	8,302,698	15,398,997	2.74%	3.25%
2014	8,523,441	15,895,315	2.66%	3.22%
2015	8,743,246	16,399,089	2.58%	3.17%
2016	8,961,718	16,914,423	2.5%	3.14%
2017	9,178,714	17,441,320	2.42%	3.12%
2018	9,394,513	17,973,569	2.35%	3.05%
2019	9,609,010	18,513,839	2.28%	3.01%
2020	9,815,746	19,059,395	2.15%	2.95%
2021	10,012,896	19,603,607	2.01%	2.86%
2022	10,203,169	20,152,938	1.9%	2.8%
2023	10,389,635	20,723,965	1.83%	2.83%
2024	10,576,502	21,314,956	1.8%	2.85%
2025	10,762,813	21,913,869	1.76%	2.81%
2026	10,947,845	22,521,905	1.72%	2.77%
2027	11,131,268	23,138,716	1.68%	2.74%
2028	11,312,895	23,761,368	1.63%	2.69%
2029	11,492,799	24,389,681	1.59%	2.64%
2030	11,671,420	25,024,887	1.55%	2.6%
2031	11,848,221	25,666,496	1.51%	2.56%
2032	12,023,121	26,311,946	1.48%	2.51%
2033	12,196,639	26,960,073	1.44%	2.46%
2034	12,369,248	27,611,621	1.42%	2.42%
2035	12,540,596	28,266,887	1.39%	2.37%
2036	12,710,682	28,925,103	1.36%	2.33%
2037	12,879,737	29,583,482	1.33%	2.28%
2038	13,047,122	30,240,549	1.3%	2.22%
2039	13,212,668	30,895,586	1.27%	2.17%
2040	13,376,156	31,550,394	1.24%	2.12%
2041	13,537,361	32,204,340	1.21%	2.07%
2042	13,696,139	32,856,596	1.17%	2.03%
2043	13,853,410	33,510,500	1.15%	1.99%
2044	14,009,926	34,165,920	1.13%	1.96%
2045	14,165,578	34,821,101	1.11%	1.92%
2046	14,318,889	35,475,795	1.08%	1.88%
2047	14,469,210	36,129,270	1.05%	1.84%
2048	14,617,364	36,782,260	1.02%	1.81%
2049	14,763,600	37,434,667	1%	1.77%
2050	14,906,584	38,083,369	0.97%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Papua New Guinea gained 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2005 and is 90th in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.