Papua New Guinea Population (LIVE)

10,725,052

Papua New Guinea Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of Papua New Guinea is 10,723,754 as of Friday, April 18, 2025 based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
Papua New Guinea 2025 population is estimated at 10,762,817 people at mid-year.
Papua New Guinea population is equivalent to 0.13% of the total world population.
Papua New Guinea ranks number 90 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Papua New Guinea is 24 per Km² (62 people per mi²).
The total land area is 452,860 Km² (174,850 sq. miles).
12.55% of the population is urban (1,351,201 people in 2025)
The median age in Papua New Guinea is 22.8 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Papua New Guinea (2025 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Papua New Guinea Global Rank
2025	10,762,817	1.76%	186,315	−284	22.8	3.03	24	12.6%	1,351,201	0.13%	8,231,613,070	90
2024	10,576,502	1.8%	186,867	−707	22.6	3.07	23	12.4%	1,310,465	0.13%	8,161,972,572	92
2023	10,389,635	1.83%	186,466	−787	22.3	3.1	23	12.2%	1,271,933	0.13%	8,091,734,930	93
2022	10,203,169	1.95%	193,712	−787	22.1	3.17	23	12.1%	1,235,492	0.13%	8,021,407,192	94
2020	9,815,746	2.34%	214,500	10,703	21.7	3.27	22	11.9%	1,168,469	0.12%	7,887,001,292	93
2015	8,743,246	2.75%	221,945	30,580	20.8	3.56	19	11.8%	1,030,539	0.12%	7,470,491,872	95
2010	7,633,523	3.15%	219,524	50,106	20	3.88	17	12.1%	925,387	0.11%	7,021,732,148	97
2005	6,535,905	3.37%	199,768	46,014	19.3	4.22	14	12.7%	827,808	0.099%	6,586,970,132	101
2000	5,537,064	3.58%	178,557	41,855	18.8	4.53	12	13.3%	735,741	0.090%	6,171,702,993	102
1995	4,644,278	3.57%	149,559	40,962	18.2	4.78	10	14.8%	689,139	0.081%	5,758,878,982	110
1990	3,896,481	2.29%	83,509	2,398	17.6	5.18	9	16.6%	646,717	0.073%	5,327,803,110	117
1985	3,478,936	2.13%	69,485	−25,470	17.3	5.47	8	15.3%	531,198	0.071%	4,868,943,465	118
1980	3,131,512	2.16%	63,338	−25,638	16.9	5.71	7	13.8%	431,144	0.070%	4,447,606,236	119
1975	2,814,820	2.35%	61,838	−23,562	16.1	6.07	6	12.2%	343,361	0.069%	4,070,735,277	119
1970	2,505,628	2.3%	53,962	−18,773	16.2	6.25	6	9.9%	247,610	0.068%	3,694,683,794	118
1965	2,235,820	2.3%	48,142	−18,532	16.8	6.2	5	5.5%	122,314	0.067%	3,334,533,703	119
1960	1,995,110	2.78%	51,178	−2,034	17.4	6.02	4	3.8%	74,897	0.066%	3,015,470,894	118
1955	1,739,219	2.42%	39,158	−605	17.8	5.82	4	2.6%	46,008	0.063%	2,740,213,792	118

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Papua New Guinea Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Papua New Guinea Global Rank
2030	11,671,424	1.63%	181,721	−1,184	23.9	2.84	26	13.6%	1,592,390	0.14%	8,569,124,911	89
2035	12,540,603	1.45%	173,836	−2,615	25.1	2.69	28	15.2%	1,909,467	0.14%	8,885,210,181	87
2040	13,376,160	1.3%	167,111	−2,220	26.3	2.56	30	17.3%	2,316,480	0.15%	9,177,190,203	86
2045	14,165,588	1.15%	157,886	0	27.4	2.46	31	19.7%	2,789,827	0.15%	9,439,639,668	87
2050	14,906,590	1.02%	148,200	−1,787	28.5	2.37	33	22.3%	3,325,555	0.15%	9,664,378,587	85

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Papua New Guinea Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Papua New Guinea

Life Expectancy

66.4 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate

31.2

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5

38.6

(per 1,000 live births)

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Notes

The Papua New Guinea Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Papua New Guinea delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Papua New Guinea (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2025: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2025: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country’s Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Papua New Guinea in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.