Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Papua New Guinea

Number of immigrants in Papua New Guinea in 2024 — 31,171 people. Ranked 172 in the world out of 215. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 7.5%.

2024 31,171 people +0.33% vs 2020
World rank 172of 215
Period maximum 33,710 people1990
Period minimum 26,304 people2000

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Papua New Guinea, 1990–202426,00028,00030,00032,00034,00019901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 33,710 people1995: 33,526 people2000: 26,304 people2005: 29,971 people2010: 30,425 people2015: 30,940 people2020: 31,068 people2024: 31,171 people
Change over the period: −2,539 (−7.53%) Average annual rate: -0.23 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Papua New Guinea 31,171 people
World 303M people
East Asia & Pacific 32.48M people
Melanesia computed 128,055 people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 42.16M people
Number of immigrants — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 31,171
2020 31,068
2015 30,940
2010 30,425
2005 29,971
2000 26,304
1995 33,526
1990 33,710

Melanesia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of people living in a country but born outside it — the international migrant stock. These are estimates of the UN Population Division, built from census and population register data. It is a stock, not a flow: the indicator answers the question of how many newcomers live in the country now, not how many arrived during the year. For the flow there is a separate indicator, net migration.

Important: The series is updated once every five years, so values may repeat in the intervening years. Foreign-born people and foreign citizens are not the same thing: in many countries most of the former have long held local citizenship.

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