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Papua New Guinea population evolution and future prospects

Related article: World population evolution - past, present, future

The chart bellow shows how the population of Papua New Guinea has evolved from 1950 until now. It also contains the future prospects of Papua New Guinea population. Data is groupped in several categories depending how the future projection was made: no change in evolution (the growth rate follows the trend of the last period), constant fertility, low fertility, medium fertility and high fertility. The data has been prepared by the United Nations Population Division. Please note that these numbers might be slightly different then those present in the country profiles.

Please click on the legend below the chart to show or hide projection categories.

Here's the raw data based on which the Papua New Guinea population evolution and future prospects chart was generated:

Year No change Constant fertility Low fertility Medium fertility High fertility
1950 1,708,000
1951 1,729,000
1952 1,751,000
1953 1,773,000
1954 1,797,000
1955 1,821,000
1956 1,848,000
1957 1,875,000
1958 1,904,000
1959 1,935,000
1960 1,967,000
1961 2,001,000
1962 2,037,000
1963 2,076,000
1964 2,117,000
1965 2,161,000
1966 2,208,000
1967 2,259,000
1968 2,313,000
1969 2,372,000
1970 2,435,000
1971 2,503,000
1972 2,576,000
1973 2,653,000
1974 2,731,000
1975 2,810,000
1976 2,889,000
1977 2,968,000
1978 3,048,000
1979 3,130,000
1980 3,215,000
1981 3,304,000
1982 3,396,000
1983 3,489,000
1984 3,584,000
1985 3,678,000
1986 3,772,000
1987 3,865,000
1988 3,960,000
1989 4,057,000
1990 4,158,000
1991 4,262,000
1992 4,369,000
1993 4,480,000
1994 4,596,000
1995 4,716,000
1996 4,841,000
1997 4,971,000
1998 5,105,000
1999 5,241,000
2000 5,379,000
2001 5,519,000
2002 5,660,000
2003 5,803,000
2004 5,948,000
2005 6,096,000
2006 6,246,000
2007 6,398,000
2008 6,551,000
2009 6,705,000
2010 6,859,000
2011 7,013,000
2012 7,167,000
2013 7,321,000
2014 7,521,000 7,531,000 7,428,000 7,476,000 7,524,000
2015 7,695,000 7,709,000 7,566,000 7,632,000 7,697,000
2016 7,872,000 7,890,000 7,703,000 7,788,000 7,873,000
2017 8,053,000 8,076,000 7,840,000 7,946,000 8,052,000
2018 8,237,000 8,266,000 7,974,000 8,104,000 8,233,000
2019 8,425,000 8,461,000 8,108,000 8,263,000 8,417,000
2020 8,616,000 8,660,000 8,240,000 8,422,000 8,604,000
2021 8,812,000 8,863,000 8,371,000 8,583,000 8,794,000
2022 9,011,000 9,071,000 8,500,000 8,743,000 8,987,000
2023 9,213,000 9,283,000 8,629,000 8,905,000 9,181,000
2024 9,420,000 9,500,000 8,757,000 9,067,000 9,377,000
2025 9,629,000 9,721,000 8,884,000 9,229,000 9,575,000
2026 9,843,000 9,946,000 9,012,000 9,392,000 9,772,000
2027 10,059,000 10,176,000 9,140,000 9,555,000 9,971,000
2028 10,280,000 10,410,000 9,267,000 9,719,000 10,171,000
2029 10,503,000 10,649,000 9,393,000 9,882,000 10,371,000
2030 10,731,000 10,892,000 9,517,000 10,044,000 10,573,000
2031 10,961,000 11,139,000 9,640,000 10,207,000 10,776,000
2032 11,196,000 11,392,000 9,761,000 10,369,000 10,980,000
2033 11,434,000 11,648,000 9,881,000 10,531,000 11,185,000
2034 11,675,000 11,910,000 9,998,000 10,691,000 11,391,000
2035 11,921,000 12,177,000 10,113,000 10,851,000 11,598,000
2036 12,171,000 12,449,000 10,225,000 11,010,000 11,806,000
2037 12,425,000 12,726,000 10,334,000 11,168,000 12,015,000
2038 12,683,000 13,009,000 10,441,000 11,324,000 12,225,000
2039 12,945,000 13,298,000 10,545,000 11,480,000 12,436,000
2040 13,213,000 13,593,000 10,645,000 11,634,000 12,649,000
2041 13,485,000 13,894,000 10,743,000 11,787,000 12,862,000
2042 13,763,000 14,201,000 10,837,000 11,938,000 13,077,000
2043 14,046,000 14,515,000 10,928,000 12,088,000 13,293,000
2044 14,334,000 14,836,000 11,016,000 12,236,000 13,509,000
2045 14,628,000 15,165,000 11,100,000 12,383,000 13,727,000
2046 14,927,000 15,500,000 11,181,000 12,528,000 13,946,000
2047 15,233,000 15,843,000 11,259,000 12,672,000 14,165,000
2048 15,545,000 16,193,000 11,333,000 12,813,000 14,385,000
2049 15,862,000 16,552,000 11,404,000 12,954,000 14,606,000
2050 16,186,000 16,918,000 11,472,000 13,092,000 14,827,000
2051 16,517,000 17,293,000 11,537,000 13,229,000 15,049,000
2052 16,854,000 17,676,000 11,599,000 13,364,000 15,271,000
2053 17,198,000 18,067,000 11,657,000 13,498,000 15,494,000
2054 17,549,000 18,467,000 11,712,000 13,629,000 15,716,000
2055 17,906,000 18,877,000 11,764,000 13,758,000 15,939,000
2056 18,271,000 19,295,000 11,812,000 13,885,000 16,162,000
2057 18,644,000 19,723,000 11,857,000 14,010,000 16,385,000
2058 19,023,000 20,160,000 11,899,000 14,133,000 16,607,000
2059 19,411,000 20,607,000 11,937,000 14,253,000 16,830,000
2060 19,806,000 21,064,000 11,971,000 14,371,000 17,052,000
2061 20,209,000 21,532,000 12,003,000 14,487,000 17,275,000
2062 20,620,000 22,010,000 12,031,000 14,601,000 17,497,000
2063 21,040,000 22,499,000 12,055,000 14,712,000 17,719,000
2064 21,468,000 22,999,000 12,076,000 14,821,000 17,941,000
2065 21,905,000 23,511,000 12,093,000 14,927,000 18,162,000
2066 22,351,000 24,034,000 12,107,000 15,030,000 18,383,000
2067 22,806,000 24,569,000 12,117,000 15,131,000 18,604,000
2068 23,270,000 25,117,000 12,124,000 15,229,000 18,824,000
2069 23,744,000 25,677,000 12,127,000 15,325,000 19,044,000
2070 24,228,000 26,250,000 12,126,000 15,417,000 19,263,000
2071 24,721,000 26,837,000 12,122,000 15,507,000 19,482,000
2072 25,225,000 27,437,000 12,115,000 15,595,000 19,701,000
2073 25,740,000 28,052,000 12,104,000 15,680,000 19,919,000
2074 26,265,000 28,681,000 12,090,000 15,762,000 20,136,000
2075 26,801,000 29,324,000 12,073,000 15,841,000 20,353,000
2076 27,348,000 29,983,000 12,052,000 15,917,000 20,569,000
2077 27,907,000 30,657,000 12,028,000 15,991,000 20,784,000
2078 28,477,000 31,347,000 12,001,000 16,062,000 20,999,000
2079 29,059,000 32,053,000 11,971,000 16,130,000 21,212,000
2080 29,653,000 32,776,000 11,938,000 16,195,000 21,425,000
2081 30,260,000 33,516,000 11,902,000 16,258,000 21,636,000
2082 30,879,000 34,273,000 11,863,000 16,318,000 21,847,000
2083 31,511,000 35,048,000 11,822,000 16,375,000 22,056,000
2084 32,156,000 35,841,000 11,778,000 16,430,000 22,265,000
2085 32,815,000 36,653,000 11,731,000 16,482,000 22,473,000
2086 33,487,000 37,484,000 11,683,000 16,532,000 22,680,000
2087 34,174,000 38,334,000 11,632,000 16,579,000 22,886,000
2088 34,874,000 39,205,000 11,579,000 16,624,000 23,092,000
2089 35,589,000 40,096,000 11,524,000 16,667,000 23,296,000
2090 36,319,000 41,007,000 11,467,000 16,707,000 23,500,000
2091 37,064,000 41,941,000 11,408,000 16,745,000 23,702,000
2092 37,824,000 42,896,000 11,347,000 16,781,000 23,904,000
2093 38,600,000 43,874,000 11,285,000 16,815,000 24,105,000
2094 39,392,000 44,875,000 11,221,000 16,846,000 24,305,000
2095 40,201,000 45,899,000 11,156,000 16,875,000 24,504,000
2096 41,026,000 46,948,000 11,089,000 16,902,000 24,702,000
2097 41,868,000 48,021,000 11,021,000 16,928,000 24,899,000
2098 42,728,000 49,120,000 10,951,000 16,951,000 25,096,000
2099 43,605,000 50,244,000 10,880,000 16,972,000 25,292,000
2100 44,501,000 51,396,000 10,808,000 16,991,000 25,487,000
Year No change Constant fertility Low fertility Medium fertility High fertility