Male population — all countries

Male population — Papua New Guinea

Male population in Papua New Guinea in 2025 — 5,530,194 people. Ranked 87 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 424.3%.

2025 5.53M people +1.67% vs 2024
World rank 87of 217
Period maximum 5.53M people2025
Period minimum 1.05M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Papua New Guinea, 1960–202502M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,054,743 people1962: 1,105,417 people1964: 1,155,635 people1966: 1,208,249 people1968: 1,264,982 people1970: 1,326,731 people1972: 1,391,937 people1974: 1,456,506 people1976: 1,521,605 people1978: 1,587,707 people1980: 1,654,577 people1982: 1,725,103 people1984: 1,799,951 people1986: 1,879,023 people1988: 1,961,805 people1990: 2,056,306 people1992: 2,191,660 people1994: 2,349,763 people1996: 2,517,949 people1998: 2,696,472 people2000: 2,884,098 people2002: 3,083,484 people2004: 3,292,814 people2006: 3,510,223 people2008: 3,735,586 people2010: 3,968,218 people2012: 4,197,418 people2014: 4,421,536 people2016: 4,642,125 people2018: 4,858,798 people2020: 5,067,943 people2022: 5,257,153 people2024: 5,439,223 people2025: 5,530,194 people
Change over the period: +4.48M (+424.32%) Average annual rate: 2.58 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 5.53M people
World 4.13B people
East Asia & Pacific 1.21B people
Melanesia computed 6.74M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1.66B people
Male population — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 5.53M +90,971 +1.67%
2024 5.44M +91,242 +1.71%
2023 5.35M +90,828 +1.73%
2022 5.26M +92,770 +1.8%
2021 5.16M +96,440 +1.9%
2020 5.07M +102,122 +2.06%
2019 4.97M +107,023 +2.2%
2018 4.86M +107,922 +2.27%
2017 4.75M +108,751 +2.34%
2016 4.64M +109,779 +2.42%
2015 4.53M +110,810 +2.51%
2014 4.42M +111,696 +2.59%
2013 4.31M +112,422 +2.68%
2012 4.2M +113,272 +2.77%
2011 4.08M +115,928 +2.92%
2010 3.97M +117,157 +3.04%
2009 3.85M +115,475 +3.09%
2008 3.74M +113,686 +3.14%
2007 3.62M +111,677 +3.18%
2006 3.51M +109,723 +3.23%
2005 3.4M +107,686 +3.27%
2004 3.29M +105,707 +3.32%
2003 3.19M +103,623 +3.36%
2002 3.08M +101,347 +3.4%
2001 2.98M +98,039 +3.4%
2000 2.88M +95,014 +3.41%
1999 2.79M +92,612 +3.43%
1998 2.7M +90,330 +3.47%
1997 2.61M +88,193 +3.5%
1996 2.52M +85,375 +3.51%
1995 2.43M +82,811 +3.52%
1994 2.35M +80,381 +3.54%
1993 2.27M +77,722 +3.55%
1992 2.19M +72,886 +3.44%
1991 2.12M +62,468 +3.04%
1990 2.06M +50,580 +2.52%
1989 2.01M +43,921 +2.24%
1988 1.96M +41,796 +2.18%
1987 1.92M +40,986 +2.18%
1986 1.88M +40,053 +2.18%
1985 1.84M +39,019 +2.17%
1984 1.8M +37,967 +2.15%
1983 1.76M +36,881 +2.14%
1982 1.73M +35,886 +2.12%
1981 1.69M +34,640 +2.09%
1980 1.65M +33,576 +2.07%
1979 1.62M +33,294 +2.1%
1978 1.59M +33,157 +2.13%
1977 1.55M +32,945 +2.17%
1976 1.52M +32,665 +2.19%
1975 1.49M +32,434 +2.23%
1974 1.46M +32,303 +2.27%
1973 1.42M +32,266 +2.32%
1972 1.39M +32,636 +2.4%
1971 1.36M +32,570 +2.45%
1970 1.33M +31,527 +2.43%
1969 1.3M +30,222 +2.39%
1968 1.26M +28,810 +2.33%
1967 1.24M +27,923 +2.31%
1966 1.21M +26,924 +2.28%
1965 1.18M +25,690 +2.22%
1964 1.16M +25,179 +2.23%
1963 1.13M +25,039 +2.27%
1962 1.11M +24,872 +2.3%
1961 1.08M +25,802 +2.45%
1960 1.05M

Melanesia, 2025

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About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.