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World Development Indicators

Population, total: Papua New Guinea

Most recent
10,762,817 (2025)
Earliest
1,995,110 (1960)
Highest
10,762,817 (2025)
Years reported
66
Member state
Papua New Guinea at the United Nations
010,000,00020,000,0001960: 1,995,1101961: 2,046,1271962: 2,093,9191963: 2,141,3761964: 2,188,3251965: 2,235,8201966: 2,285,7741967: 2,337,5321968: 2,390,8031969: 2,446,9271970: 2,505,6281971: 2,566,4211972: 2,628,4321973: 2,690,6291974: 2,752,6711975: 2,814,8201976: 2,877,3271977: 2,940,3271978: 3,003,7141979: 3,067,3411980: 3,131,5121981: 3,197,0191982: 3,264,2911983: 3,333,6331984: 3,405,1981985: 3,478,9361986: 3,554,7931987: 3,632,5431988: 3,711,8801989: 3,796,0781990: 3,896,4811991: 4,021,8371992: 4,166,6991993: 4,320,8721994: 4,480,2081995: 4,644,2781996: 4,813,3611997: 4,987,8831998: 5,166,3901999: 5,349,3332000: 5,537,0642001: 5,728,4352002: 5,924,0032003: 6,123,9972004: 6,328,0412005: 6,535,9052006: 6,747,7202007: 6,963,3452008: 7,183,0022009: 7,406,4382010: 7,633,5232011: 7,859,3462012: 8,081,3902013: 8,302,6982014: 8,523,4412015: 8,743,2462016: 8,961,7182017: 9,178,7142018: 9,394,5132019: 9,609,0102020: 9,815,7462021: 10,012,8962022: 10,203,1692023: 10,389,6352024: 10,576,5022025: 10,762,81719602025
Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearPopulation
202510,762,817
202410,576,502
202310,389,635
202210,203,169
202110,012,896
20209,815,746
20199,609,010
20189,394,513
20179,178,714
20168,961,718
20158,743,246
20148,523,441
20138,302,698
20128,081,390
20117,859,346
20107,633,523
20097,406,438
20087,183,002
20076,963,345
20066,747,720
20056,535,905
20046,328,041
20036,123,997
20025,924,003
20015,728,435
20005,537,064
19995,349,333
19985,166,390
19974,987,883
19964,813,361
19954,644,278
19944,480,208
19934,320,872
19924,166,699
19914,021,837
19903,896,481
19893,796,078
19883,711,880
19873,632,543
19863,554,793
19853,478,936
19843,405,198
19833,333,633
19823,264,291
19813,197,019
19803,131,512
19793,067,341
19783,003,714
19772,940,327
19762,877,327
19752,814,820
19742,752,671
19732,690,629
19722,628,432
19712,566,421
19702,505,628
19692,446,927
19682,390,803
19672,337,532
19662,285,774
19652,235,820
19642,188,325
19632,141,376
19622,093,919
19612,046,127
19601,995,110

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