Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Papua New Guinea

Population growth in Papua New Guinea in 2025 — 1.75%. Ranked 60 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 0.78 pp.

2025 1.75% −0.04 pp vs 2024
World rank 60of 217
Period maximum 3.63%1993
Period minimum 1.75%2025

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Papua New Guinea, 1961–20251.522.533.5419611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.52%1963: 2.24%1965: 2.15%1967: 2.24%1969: 2.32%1971: 2.4%1973: 2.34%1975: 2.23%1977: 2.17%1979: 2.1%1981: 2.07%1983: 2.1%1985: 2.14%1987: 2.16%1989: 2.24%1991: 3.17%1993: 3.63%1995: 3.6%1997: 3.56%1999: 3.48%2001: 3.4%2003: 3.32%2005: 3.23%2007: 3.15%2009: 3.06%2011: 2.92%2013: 2.7%2015: 2.55%2017: 2.39%2019: 2.26%2021: 1.99%2023: 1.81%2025: 1.75%
Change over the period: −0.78 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Papua New Guinea 1.75%
World 0.91%
Melanesia computed 1.69%
Population growth — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 1.75 −0.04 pp
2024 1.78 −0.03 pp
2023 1.81 −0.07 pp
2022 1.88 −0.11 pp
2021 1.99 −0.14 pp
2020 2.13 −0.13 pp
2019 2.26 −0.07 pp
2018 2.32 −0.07 pp
2017 2.39 −0.08 pp
2016 2.47 −0.08 pp
2015 2.55 −0.08 pp
2014 2.62 −0.08 pp
2013 2.7 −0.08 pp
2012 2.79 −0.13 pp
2011 2.92 −0.1 pp
2010 3.02 −0.04 pp
2009 3.06 −0.04 pp
2008 3.11 −0.04 pp
2007 3.15 −0.04 pp
2006 3.19 −0.04 pp
2005 3.23 −0.05 pp
2004 3.28 −0.04 pp
2003 3.32 −0.04 pp
2002 3.36 −0.04 pp
2001 3.4 −0.05 pp
2000 3.45 −0.03 pp
1999 3.48 −0.04 pp
1998 3.52 −0.05 pp
1997 3.56 −0.01 pp
1996 3.58 −0.02 pp
1995 3.6 −0.02 pp
1994 3.62 −0.01 pp
1993 3.63 +0.09 pp
1992 3.54 +0.37 pp
1991 3.17 +0.56 pp
1990 2.61 +0.37 pp
1989 2.24 +0.08 pp
1988 2.16 −0 pp
1987 2.16 +0.01 pp
1986 2.16 +0.01 pp
1985 2.14 +0.02 pp
1984 2.12 +0.02 pp
1983 2.1 +0.02 pp
1982 2.08 +0.01 pp
1981 2.07 −0 pp
1980 2.07 −0.03 pp
1979 2.1 −0.04 pp
1978 2.13 −0.03 pp
1977 2.17 −0.03 pp
1976 2.2 −0.04 pp
1975 2.23 −0.05 pp
1974 2.28 −0.06 pp
1973 2.34 −0.05 pp
1972 2.39 −0.01 pp
1971 2.4 +0.03 pp
1970 2.37 +0.05 pp
1969 2.32 +0.07 pp
1968 2.25 +0.01 pp
1967 2.24 +0.03 pp
1966 2.21 +0.06 pp
1965 2.15 −0.02 pp
1964 2.17 −0.07 pp
1963 2.24 −0.07 pp
1962 2.31 −0.22 pp
1961 2.52

Melanesia, 2025

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About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

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