Papua New Guinea · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Papua New Guinea (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Papua New Guinea? Answer: Current population of Papua New Guinea is: 9 187 786*^[1], area 462840 km², population density 19.85 p/km². Capital of Papua New Guinea is Port Moresby. Continent: Oceania.

Papua New Guinea · Population 1950-2100

Papua New Guinea · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Papua New Guinea as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Papua New Guinea population at your birthday?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current Papua New Guinea population

9 187 786

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 201.681 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 145.19 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 518.344 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Papua New Guinea population map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

• Population Growth rate: 428 / day = 17.85 / hour = 0.297 / minute = 0.005 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 595 / day = 24.75 / hour = 0.416 / minute = 0.0069 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 167 / day = 6.95 / hour = 0.116 / minute = 0.0019 / seconds.

Current Papua New Guinea population by age and sex for 2025-07-09*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	551 675	⇐+7.9%	511 419
5-9	544 279	⇐+7.9%	504 265
10-14	524 495	⇐+8%	485 819
15-19	512 543	⇐+7.8%	475 455
20-24	473 732	⇐+7%	442 940
25-29	375 870	⇐+5.9%	354 995
30-34	318 862	⇐+4.4%	305 420
35-39	292 220	⇐+3.2%	283 023
40-44	289 130	⇐+4.2%	277 343
45-49	260 813	⇐+3.9%	251 066
50-54	173 603	⇐+0.9%	172 110
55-59	129 467	+4.1%⇒	134 771
60-64	96 994	+12.6%⇒	109 216
65-69	67 729	+23.3%⇒	83 506
70-74	38 166	+34.1%⇒	51 174
75-79	21 594	+42.1%⇒	30 684
80-84	10 420	+61.7%⇒	16 847
85-89	3 989	+92.7%⇒	7 687
90-94	1 119	+146.5%⇒	2 758
95-99	132	+220.5%⇒	423
100+	4	+700%⇒	32

Sources: [1]

Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).