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Papua New Guinea: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
10.5 millionpeople
Change on 2024
+2.6%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+2.6%a year

Population

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203111.6Forecast
203011.3Forecast
202911.1Forecast
202810.9Forecast
202710.7Forecast
202610.6Forecast
202510.5
202410.2
20239.92
20229.67
20219.42
20209.18
20198.94
20188.71
20178.48
20168.27

Sources

  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1960–2014
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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