Papua New Guinea's population rose from 4.81M in 1996 to 10.8M in 2025.
Papua New Guinea · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Papua New Guinea's population growth fell from 3.6 % in 1996 to 1.7 % in 2025.
Papua New Guinea's population density rose from 9.9 in 1994 to 22.9 in 2023.
Papua New Guinea's population, female (% of total) rose from 47.7 % in 1996 to 48.6 % in 2025.
Papua New Guinea's urbanisation rose from 14.0 % in 1996 to 15.8 % in 2025.
Papua New Guinea's urban population rose from 675,895 in 1996 to 1.7M in 2025.
Papua New Guinea's rural population rose from 4.14M in 1996 to 9.06M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.9 %55th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.2 %55th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +0.6 %138th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.0 %155th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs159th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts56th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.2 pts134th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts176th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.5 pts84th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.2 pts186th of 217
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- Net migrationup +59.8 %99th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts201st of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −26.5 %99th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs185th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs181st of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs183rd of 217