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: 9 280 235*^[1], area 462840 km², population density 20.05 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

9 280 235

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 2026-02-10*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	553 732	⇐+7.9%	513 332
5-9	547 369	⇐+7.9%	507 086
10-14	528 366	⇐+8%	489 274
15-19	518 025	⇐+7.8%	480 322
20-24	480 681	⇐+7%	449 209
25-29	379 955	⇐+5.9%	358 721
30-34	321 056	⇐+4.4%	307 525
35-39	294 449	⇐+3.2%	285 412
40-44	292 703	⇐+4.2%	280 813
45-49	266 192	⇐+3.9%	256 138
50-54	176 111	⇐+0.9%	174 478
55-59	131 155	+4%⇒	136 464
60-64	98 346	+12.6%⇒	110 752
65-69	68 950	+23.4%⇒	85 078
70-74	38 774	+34.2%⇒	52 016
75-79	22 026	+41.7%⇒	31 203
80-84	10 685	+61%⇒	17 203
85-89	4 114	+91.9%⇒	7 894
90-94	1 162	+145.4%⇒	2 852
95-99	137	+218.2%⇒	436
100+	4	+725%⇒	33

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).