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Papua New Guinea - Population Growth 1977

Name: Papua New Guinea Population Growth 1977
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Annual population growth rate · World Bank

2.17% −0.03pp from 1976 Global rank: 113th

Papua New Guinea's population growth was 2.17% in 1977, decreased +0.03pp from 2.20% in 1976. This was the 113th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1977▾

Population Growth by Country - 1977
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Cambodia	-7.91%	-12.6%
2nd	Virgin Islands (US)	-3.13%	-277.4%
3rd	Equatorial Guinea	-1.52%	36.9%
4th	Macao SAR, China	-1.13%	-3.1%
5th	Suriname	-0.83%	-12.7%
6th	Kiribati	-0.65%	-21.6%
7th	Grenada	-0.63%	-25.2%
8th	Greenland	-0.61%	-400.6%
9th	Palau	-0.58%	-28.7%
10th	Switzerland	-0.34%	40.7%
11th	St. Kitts and Nevis	-0.29%	-0.3%
12th	Germany	-0.23%	47.2%
13th	United Kingdom	-0.03%	-33.6%
14th	Austria	0.04%	121.7%
15th	Curaçao	0.04%	-77.8%
16th	Barbados	0.07%	-31.1%
17th	Belgium	0.12%	-30.9%
18th	Antigua and Barbuda	0.16%	229.8%
19th	Luxembourg	0.17%	-64.9%
20th	Bermuda	0.21%	38.0%
21st	Channel Islands	0.26%	-45.3%
22nd	Finland	0.28%	-7.2%
23rd	New Zealand	0.31%	-64.8%
24th	Denmark	0.31%	23.9%
25th	Sweden	0.36%	-2.3%
26th	Aruba	0.36%	189.7%
27th	Malta	0.39%	-23.3%
28th	Norway	0.42%	-9.9%
29th	Italy	0.42%	-14.9%
30th	Ukraine	0.44%	-16.0%
31st	Hungary	0.46%	-15.6%
32nd	France	0.47%	10.2%
33rd	European Union	0.49%	-7.0%
34th	Bulgaria	0.52%	19.8%
35th	Croatia	0.52%	-1.4%
36th	Dominica	0.54%	-13.5%
37th	Belarus	0.55%	17.6%
38th	Latvia	0.57%	-5.8%
39th	Gibraltar	0.59%	-9.9%
40th	Serbia	0.59%	-13.4%
41st	Netherlands	0.59%	-24.3%
42nd	Czechia	0.60%	-10.2%
43rd	Uruguay	0.62%	-5.9%
44th	Georgia	0.68%	-5.5%
45th	Russian Federation	0.70%	-0.1%
46th	Estonia	0.74%	3.3%
47th	Iceland	0.74%	-25.0%
48th	Cyprus	0.76%	91.8%
49th	Lithuania	0.79%	-3.1%
50th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.79%	-1.8%
51st	Cuba	0.80%	-16.4%
52nd	British Virgin Islands	0.85%	-12.4%
53rd	Guyana	0.85%	-7.5%
54th	Montenegro	0.90%	-18.3%
55th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.93%	-4.1%
56th	Romania	0.94%	-21.6%
57th	Poland	0.96%	-3.4%
58th	Japan	0.97%	-9.7%
59th	United States	1.01%	5.8%
60th	Spain	1.03%	-2.6%
61st	Central African Republic	1.03%	-30.6%
62nd	Slovak Republic	1.06%	0.1%
63rd	Portugal	1.06%	-62.7%
64th	Cabo Verde	1.09%	-7.4%
65th	Faroe Islands	1.09%	-2.0%
66th	Australia	1.13%	12.4%
67th	Moldova	1.14%	-0.1%
68th	Canada	1.17%	-11.1%
69th	Slovenia	1.21%	-18.1%
70th	Jamaica	1.22%	-6.9%
71st	Trinidad and Tobago	1.23%	1.9%
72nd	Lebanon	1.30%	5.9%
73rd	Greece	1.30%	-16.2%
74th	Isle of Man	1.33%	1.8%
75th	Ireland	1.35%	-10.3%
76th	China	1.36%	-11.9%
77th	Singapore	1.39%	2.8%
78th	Nauru	1.39%	27.0%
79th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	1.44%	-9.8%
80th	Hong Kong SAR, China	1.44%	14.9%
81st	Monaco	1.45%	-5.7%
82nd	Tonga	1.46%	-40.5%
83rd	Puerto Rico (US)	1.46%	-11.5%
84th	North Macedonia	1.48%	-3.4%
85th	St. Lucia	1.51%	-0.9%
86th	Chile	1.53%	-1.2%
87th	Guinea	1.56%	-0.3%
88th	Korea	1.56%	-2.4%
89th	Liechtenstein	1.58%	78.9%
90th	Argentina	1.58%	1.2%
91st	Mauritius	1.63%	0.9%
92nd	Azerbaijan	1.63%	1.8%
93rd	Samoa	1.67%	-31.4%
94th	Timor-Leste	1.74%	11.2%
95th	Lao PDR	1.75%	-10.6%
96th	New Caledonia	1.75%	-47.2%
97th	Sri Lanka	1.81%	0.1%
98th	Sierra Leone	1.85%	2.5%
99th	Mali	1.85%	3.2%
100th	American Samoa	1.86%	-3.1%
101st	Chad	1.87%	-6.2%
102nd	Kyrgyz Republic	1.92%	-3.6%
103rd	Myanmar	1.92%	0.6%
104th	Haiti	1.93%	-0.1%
105th	Türkiye	2.06%	1.0%
106th	Belize	2.07%	0.7%
107th	Fiji	2.07%	25.1%
108th	Guam	2.09%	-1.0%
109th	Seychelles	2.10%	3.6%
110th	Afghanistan	2.13%	-3.9%
111th	El Salvador	2.14%	-0.9%
112th	Bahamas, The	2.15%	-1.3%
113th	Papua New Guinea	2.17%	-1.4%
114th	Guatemala	2.20%	1.8%
115th	Albania	2.21%	0.2%
116th	Colombia	2.22%	1.7%
117th	Northern Mariana Islands	2.24%	-8.6%
118th	Thailand	2.24%	-3.2%
119th	Israel	2.24%	0.3%
120th	Nepal	2.24%	2.5%
121st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.31%	0.8%
122nd	Burkina Faso	2.33%	8.8%
123rd	India	2.36%	0.3%
124th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	2.37%	1.2%
125th	Gabon	2.39%	3.5%
126th	Brazil	2.39%	0.2%
127th	Congo, Republic of	2.39%	-2.0%
128th	Togo	2.40%	-1.0%
129th	Malaysia	2.40%	0.2%
130th	Senegal	2.44%	-7.3%
131st	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.44%	2.6%
132nd	Indonesia	2.46%	-1.6%
133rd	Peru	2.47%	0.1%
134th	Paraguay	2.47%	0.2%
135th	Morocco	2.48%	1.5%
136th	Panama	2.48%	-2.3%
137th	Bangladesh	2.49%	-1.9%
138th	Kazakhstan	2.50%	16.3%
139th	Turkmenistan	2.53%	-0.2%
140th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	2.53%	-2.2%
141st	Benin	2.54%	2.3%
142nd	Zimbabwe	2.55%	-16.2%
143rd	Burundi	2.57%	14.6%
144th	South Sudan	2.57%	-0.9%
145th	Dominican Republic	2.57%	-1.5%
146th	Cameroon	2.58%	-3.7%
147th	Tunisia	2.62%	-1.9%
148th	Viet Nam	2.63%	2.9%
149th	Costa Rica	2.63%	1.3%
150th	São Tomé and Principe	2.64%	4.7%
151st	Uganda	2.64%	0.6%
152nd	Eritrea	2.65%	6.1%
153rd	Philippines	2.66%	5.2%
154th	Namibia	2.67%	-6.5%
155th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	2.67%	6.4%
156th	South Africa	2.70%	0.0%
157th	Mexico	2.71%	-2.7%
158th	Kosovo	2.72%	3.6%
159th	Ecuador	2.77%	-1.2%
160th	Niger	2.79%	1.7%
161st	Liberia	2.81%	3.2%
162nd	Mongolia	2.85%	-1.4%
163rd	Mauritania	2.88%	-1.8%
164th	Uzbekistan	2.89%	-0.4%
165th	Lesotho	2.89%	-9.9%
166th	Maldives	2.94%	-2.1%
167th	Ghana	2.95%	2.4%
168th	Rwanda	2.95%	-0.1%
169th	Nigeria	2.98%	3.9%
170th	French Polynesia	2.99%	0.2%
171st	Nicaragua	3.01%	-1.0%
172nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	3.02%	0.5%
173rd	Madagascar	3.03%	0.3%
174th	Zambia	3.04%	0.1%
175th	Jordan	3.06%	-0.2%
176th	Vanuatu	3.08%	0.4%
177th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	3.10%	2.8%
178th	Yemen, Republic of	3.10%	2.2%
179th	Malawi	3.10%	6.7%
180th	Honduras	3.11%	-0.2%
181st	Pakistan	3.14%	2.4%
182nd	Tajikistan	3.15%	0.0%
183rd	Gambia, The	3.16%	3.4%
184th	Eswatini	3.20%	5.4%
185th	Marshall Islands	3.22%	-1.2%
186th	Armenia	3.30%	23.3%
187th	Comoros	3.32%	-1.4%
188th	Kenya	3.32%	2.2%
189th	Iraq	3.33%	1.6%
190th	Angola	3.38%	1.5%
191st	Brunei Darussalam	3.41%	-1.0%
192nd	Bhutan	3.42%	0.1%
193rd	Solomon Islands	3.43%	8.4%
194th	Syrian Arab Republic	3.43%	0.4%
195th	Sudan	3.49%	-1.2%
196th	Mozambique	3.56%	5.9%
197th	St. Martin (French part)	3.58%	-3.2%
198th	Tanzania	3.62%	-0.5%
199th	Algeria	3.63%	-20.3%
200th	Côte d'Ivoire	3.67%	-9.8%
201st	Tuvalu	4.31%	-6.0%
202nd	Cayman Islands	4.41%	-6.6%
203rd	San Marino	4.64%	1,282.3%
204th	Oman	4.86%	8.1%
205th	Bahrain	4.90%	-2.6%
206th	Botswana	5.27%	2.2%
207th	Andorra	5.49%	-5.6%
208th	Saudi Arabia	5.56%	3.5%
209th	Libya	5.72%	1.2%
210th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	6.46%	-2.4%
211th	Kuwait	6.51%	0.6%
212th	Guinea-Bissau	6.63%	3.2%
213th	Qatar	7.48%	-5.9%
214th	Djibouti	9.85%	4.1%
215th	United Arab Emirates	14.25%	13.0%

FAQ

What was Papua New Guinea's population growth in 1977?▾

Papua New Guinea's population growth in 1977 was 2.17%. This ranked 113th globally.

How did Papua New Guinea's population growth change in 1977?▾

Papua New Guinea's population growth decreased by 1.4% in 1977 compared to 1976.

Which country had the highest population growth in 1977?▾

United Arab Emirates had the highest population growth in 1977 at 14.25%.

What is the population growth of Papua New Guinea in 1977?▾

The population growth of Papua New Guinea in 1977 was 2.17%. This ranked 113th globally.

How does 1977 compare to 1976 for Papua New Guinea's population growth?▾

Papua New Guinea's population growth went from 2.20% in 1976 to 2.17% in 1977, a 1.4% decrease.

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