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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Papua New Guinea	Zimbabwe	Papua New Guinea	Zimbabwe
1960	1,995,110	3,809,389	-	-
1961	2,046,127	3,930,401	2.56%	3.18%
1962	2,093,919	4,055,959	2.34%	3.19%
1963	2,141,376	4,185,877	2.27%	3.2%
1964	2,188,325	4,320,006	2.19%	3.2%
1965	2,235,820	4,458,462	2.17%	3.2%
1966	2,285,774	4,601,217	2.23%	3.2%
1967	2,337,532	4,748,307	2.26%	3.2%
1968	2,390,803	4,900,440	2.28%	3.2%
1969	2,446,927	5,058,181	2.35%	3.22%
1970	2,505,628	5,215,918	2.4%	3.12%
1971	2,566,421	5,374,712	2.43%	3.04%
1972	2,628,432	5,542,445	2.42%	3.12%
1973	2,690,629	5,720,404	2.37%	3.21%
1974	2,752,671	5,908,328	2.31%	3.29%
1975	2,814,820	6,098,658	2.26%	3.22%
1976	2,877,327	6,287,105	2.22%	3.09%
1977	2,940,327	6,449,512	2.19%	2.58%
1978	3,003,714	6,543,575	2.16%	1.46%
1979	3,067,341	6,647,556	2.12%	1.59%
1980	3,131,512	7,041,303	2.09%	5.92%
1981	3,197,019	7,498,635	2.09%	6.49%
1982	3,264,291	7,796,496	2.1%	3.97%
1983	3,333,633	8,098,404	2.12%	3.87%
1984	3,405,198	8,391,488	2.15%	3.62%
1985	3,478,936	8,686,813	2.17%	3.52%
1986	3,554,793	8,982,578	2.18%	3.4%
1987	3,632,543	9,284,644	2.19%	3.36%
1988	3,711,880	9,583,094	2.18%	3.21%
1989	3,796,078	9,864,798	2.27%	2.94%
1990	3,896,481	10,137,281	2.64%	2.76%
1991	4,021,837	10,404,816	3.22%	2.64%
1992	4,166,699	10,702,700	3.6%	2.86%
1993	4,320,872	10,860,288	3.7%	1.47%
1994	4,480,208	10,873,148	3.69%	0.12%
1995	4,644,278	10,974,599	3.66%	0.93%
1996	4,813,361	11,158,360	3.64%	1.67%
1997	4,987,883	11,369,827	3.63%	1.9%
1998	5,166,390	11,594,297	3.58%	1.97%
1999	5,349,333	11,783,458	3.54%	1.63%
2000	5,537,064	11,892,055	3.51%	0.92%
2001	5,728,435	11,971,901	3.46%	0.67%
2002	5,924,003	12,087,653	3.41%	0.97%
2003	6,123,997	12,232,323	3.38%	1.2%
2004	6,328,041	12,365,896	3.33%	1.09%
2005	6,535,905	12,483,432	3.28%	0.95%
2006	6,747,720	12,636,445	3.24%	1.23%
2007	6,963,345	12,804,058	3.2%	1.33%
2008	7,183,002	12,959,149	3.15%	1.21%
2009	7,406,438	13,142,790	3.11%	1.42%
2010	7,633,523	13,356,548	3.07%	1.63%
2011	7,859,346	13,595,424	2.96%	1.79%
2012	8,081,390	13,817,887	2.83%	1.64%
2013	8,302,698	14,013,808	2.74%	1.42%
2014	8,523,441	14,207,359	2.66%	1.38%
2015	8,743,246	14,399,013	2.58%	1.35%
2016	8,961,718	14,600,294	2.5%	1.4%
2017	9,178,714	14,812,482	2.42%	1.45%
2018	9,394,513	15,034,452	2.35%	1.5%
2019	9,609,010	15,271,368	2.28%	1.58%
2020	9,815,746	15,526,888	2.15%	1.67%
2021	10,012,896	15,797,210	2.01%	1.74%
2022	10,203,169	16,069,056	1.9%	1.72%
2023	10,389,635	16,340,822	1.83%	1.69%
2024	10,576,502	16,634,373	1.8%	1.8%
2025	10,762,813	16,950,805	1.76%	1.9%
2026	10,947,845	17,273,591	1.72%	1.9%
2027	11,131,268	17,600,621	1.68%	1.89%
2028	11,312,895	17,932,015	1.63%	1.88%
2029	11,492,799	18,268,967	1.59%	1.88%
2030	11,671,420	18,610,356	1.55%	1.87%
2031	11,848,221	18,956,207	1.51%	1.86%
2032	12,023,121	19,311,368	1.48%	1.87%
2033	12,196,639	19,675,929	1.44%	1.89%
2034	12,369,248	20,041,125	1.42%	1.86%
2035	12,540,596	20,409,159	1.39%	1.84%
2036	12,710,682	20,778,662	1.36%	1.81%
2037	12,879,737	21,144,748	1.33%	1.76%
2038	13,047,122	21,512,919	1.3%	1.74%
2039	13,212,668	21,881,123	1.27%	1.71%
2040	13,376,156	22,250,123	1.24%	1.69%
2041	13,537,361	22,627,428	1.21%	1.7%
2042	13,696,139	23,000,906	1.17%	1.65%
2043	13,853,410	23,371,301	1.15%	1.61%
2044	14,009,926	23,740,630	1.13%	1.58%
2045	14,165,578	24,102,391	1.11%	1.52%
2046	14,318,889	24,462,491	1.08%	1.49%
2047	14,469,210	24,816,449	1.05%	1.45%
2048	14,617,364	25,168,419	1.02%	1.42%
2049	14,763,600	25,518,513	1%	1.39%
2050	14,906,584	25,866,397	0.97%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Papua New Guinea increased by 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Papua New Guinea gained 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th most populous country in 2005 and is 90th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.