Papua New Guinea - Population Growth 2021
1.99%
−0.14pp from 2020
Papua New Guinea's population growth was 1.99% in 2021, decreased +0.14pp from 2.13% in 2020. This was the 171st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Qatar | -10.93% | -290.8% |
| 2nd | St. Martin (French part) | -5.91% | 21.3% |
| 3rd | Singapore | -4.17% | -1,237.1% |
| 4th | Marshall Islands | -3.19% | -6.2% |
| 5th | Saudi Arabia | -2.46% | -151.0% |
| 6th | Tuvalu | -1.99% | -14.8% |
| 7th | Czechia | -1.81% | -844.9% |
| 8th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.66% | -19.7% |
| 9th | Albania | -1.54% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Moldova | -1.50% | -36.9% |
| 11th | San Marino | -1.50% | -587.0% |
| 12th | Poland | -1.43% | -20.4% |
| 13th | Greece | -1.22% | -467.0% |
| 14th | Northern Mariana Islands | -1.16% | 7.5% |
| 15th | American Samoa | -1.08% | -20.8% |
| 16th | North Macedonia | -1.03% | 4.6% |
| 17th | Curaçao | -0.99% | 20.8% |
| 18th | Serbia | -0.94% | -41.7% |
| 19th | Hong Kong SAR, China | -0.91% | -154.0% |
| 20th | Croatia | -0.90% | -1.0% |
| 21st | Kuwait | -0.90% | 5.4% |
| 22nd | Ukraine | -0.86% | -38.5% |
| 23rd | Latvia | -0.84% | -20.3% |
| 24th | Belarus | -0.83% | -95.6% |
| 25th | Aruba | -0.82% | -45.0% |
| 26th | Romania | -0.75% | -35.5% |
| 27th | Bulgaria | -0.66% | 33.7% |
| 28th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.66% | -7.6% |
| 29th | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.58% | 10.0% |
| 30th | Dominica | -0.55% | -21.5% |
| 31st | Italy | -0.52% | -5.9% |
| 32nd | Oman | -0.49% | 67.6% |
| 33rd | Cuba | -0.49% | -105.3% |
| 34th | Japan | -0.46% | -56.3% |
| 35th | Macao SAR, China | -0.42% | -121.5% |
| 36th | Hungary | -0.41% | -62.3% |
| 37th | Virgin Islands (US) | -0.40% | -11.2% |
| 38th | Georgia | -0.38% | -653.0% |
| 39th | Russian Federation | -0.34% | -140.0% |
| 40th | Montenegro | -0.25% | -844.2% |
| 41st | St. Kitts and Nevis | -0.23% | -30.8% |
| 42nd | Kosovo | -0.23% | -423.4% |
| 43rd | Slovak Republic | -0.21% | -347.6% |
| 44th | Tonga | -0.20% | -711.9% |
| 45th | European Union | -0.14% | -1,530.9% |
| 46th | Korea | -0.13% | -193.4% |
| 47th | Lithuania | -0.07% | -176.4% |
| 48th | Uruguay | -0.07% | -229.0% |
| 49th | Palau | -0.05% | -50.1% |
| 50th | Mauritius | 0.03% | 1,003.3% |
| 51st | Armenia | 0.03% | 180.0% |
| 52nd | Germany | 0.04% | -48.2% |
| 53rd | Isle of Man | 0.05% | -60.8% |
| 54th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.06% | -69.6% |
| 55th | China | 0.09% | -62.5% |
| 56th | Estonia | 0.11% | -46.3% |
| 57th | Thailand | 0.12% | -28.1% |
| 58th | Bahamas, The | 0.13% | -57.2% |
| 59th | Australia | 0.14% | -88.6% |
| 60th | St. Lucia | 0.15% | -53.9% |
| 61st | United States | 0.16% | -61.5% |
| 62nd | Barbados | 0.16% | -8.7% |
| 63rd | Spain | 0.18% | -65.1% |
| 64th | Fiji | 0.19% | 2,628.5% |
| 65th | Finland | 0.21% | 44.3% |
| 66th | French Polynesia | 0.21% | 232.7% |
| 67th | New Zealand | 0.24% | -88.2% |
| 68th | Jamaica | 0.24% | -7.3% |
| 69th | Argentina | 0.27% | -45.1% |
| 70th | Slovenia | 0.27% | -59.9% |
| 71st | Lebanon | 0.28% | 117.2% |
| 72nd | Grenada | 0.30% | -3.9% |
| 73rd | Channel Islands | 0.30% | -15.4% |
| 74th | El Salvador | 0.34% | 70.4% |
| 75th | France | 0.36% | 10.0% |
| 76th | United Kingdom | 0.36% | 111.8% |
| 77th | New Caledonia | 0.36% | 81.6% |
| 78th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0.37% | -2.9% |
| 79th | Cabo Verde | 0.38% | 241.8% |
| 80th | Belgium | 0.41% | -4.5% |
| 81st | Bermuda | 0.41% | -3.7% |
| 82nd | Brazil | 0.43% | -26.6% |
| 83rd | Denmark | 0.43% | 48.6% |
| 84th | Austria | 0.44% | 4.9% |
| 85th | Azerbaijan | 0.44% | -35.5% |
| 86th | Chile | 0.44% | -50.8% |
| 87th | Greenland | 0.51% | 100.6% |
| 88th | Costa Rica | 0.51% | -26.6% |
| 89th | Malta | 0.51% | -77.3% |
| 90th | Netherlands | 0.52% | -5.8% |
| 91st | Norway | 0.53% | -9.2% |
| 92nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.55% | 3.8% |
| 93rd | Canada | 0.55% | -48.9% |
| 94th | Nauru | 0.57% | 17.2% |
| 95th | Sweden | 0.60% | -16.9% |
| 96th | Tunisia | 0.62% | -25.2% |
| 97th | Portugal | 0.63% | 496.4% |
| 98th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.64% | 11.0% |
| 99th | Mexico | 0.67% | -18.7% |
| 100th | Myanmar | 0.70% | -2.1% |
| 101st | Bhutan | 0.70% | 4.2% |
| 102nd | Indonesia | 0.70% | -17.1% |
| 103rd | Liechtenstein | 0.72% | -17.5% |
| 104th | Switzerland | 0.77% | 4.8% |
| 105th | Ecuador | 0.77% | -34.4% |
| 106th | Seychelles | 0.81% | -5.7% |
| 107th | Bangladesh | 0.81% | -2.6% |
| 108th | India | 0.82% | -15.5% |
| 109th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.83% | 8.1% |
| 110th | Samoa | 0.86% | -16.0% |
| 111th | Viet Nam | 0.87% | -6.3% |
| 112th | Philippines | 0.91% | -20.9% |
| 113th | Suriname | 0.91% | -15.7% |
| 114th | Türkiye | 0.91% | -6.2% |
| 115th | Brunei Darussalam | 0.96% | -9.5% |
| 116th | Peru | 0.96% | -19.4% |
| 117th | Guam | 0.96% | 346.5% |
| 118th | Guyana | 0.99% | 4,427.5% |
| 119th | Morocco | 1.01% | -1.8% |
| 120th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.02% | -17.4% |
| 121st | Dominican Republic | 1.04% | -0.2% |
| 122nd | Sri Lanka | 1.08% | 102.7% |
| 123rd | Colombia | 1.10% | -23.7% |
| 124th | Lesotho | 1.15% | -3.1% |
| 125th | Cyprus | 1.15% | -4.4% |
| 126th | Malaysia | 1.15% | -13.6% |
| 127th | Belize | 1.15% | -10.1% |
| 128th | Eswatini | 1.16% | 6.6% |
| 129th | Haiti | 1.16% | -6.9% |
| 130th | Nicaragua | 1.20% | -3.8% |
| 131st | Panama | 1.21% | -12.1% |
| 132nd | Paraguay | 1.21% | -10.4% |
| 133rd | Monaco | 1.25% | 904.1% |
| 134th | Andorra | 1.26% | 7.3% |
| 135th | Libya | 1.27% | -6.1% |
| 136th | Kazakhstan | 1.33% | -5.4% |
| 137th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.36% | -10.9% |
| 138th | Guatemala | 1.38% | -6.2% |
| 139th | Faroe Islands | 1.38% | -6.8% |
| 140th | Ireland | 1.40% | 10.4% |
| 141st | Lao PDR | 1.44% | -3.5% |
| 142nd | Djibouti | 1.44% | -4.0% |
| 143rd | Cambodia | 1.48% | 0.4% |
| 144th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 1.49% | -8.3% |
| 145th | Botswana | 1.49% | 3.6% |
| 146th | Luxembourg | 1.52% | -8.9% |
| 147th | South Africa | 1.54% | -5.0% |
| 148th | South Sudan | 1.55% | -40.4% |
| 149th | Algeria | 1.62% | -5.4% |
| 150th | Iceland | 1.64% | 1.0% |
| 151st | Honduras | 1.67% | -4.9% |
| 152nd | Israel | 1.68% | -4.6% |
| 153rd | Mongolia | 1.68% | -6.7% |
| 154th | Central African Republic | 1.69% | 2.6% |
| 155th | Zimbabwe | 1.73% | 4.0% |
| 156th | Nepal | 1.74% | -9.6% |
| 157th | Eritrea | 1.77% | 13.4% |
| 158th | Kiribati | 1.79% | 2.8% |
| 159th | British Virgin Islands | 1.80% | -10.6% |
| 160th | Timor-Leste | 1.80% | -5.8% |
| 161st | Jordan | 1.83% | 2.2% |
| 162nd | United Arab Emirates | 1.84% | 486.5% |
| 163rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.84% | -10.4% |
| 164th | Gibraltar | 1.88% | -1.0% |
| 165th | Pakistan | 1.89% | 4.6% |
| 166th | Kenya | 1.90% | -3.1% |
| 167th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.91% | -31.4% |
| 168th | Uzbekistan | 1.94% | 3.7% |
| 169th | Ghana | 1.96% | -1.6% |
| 170th | Comoros | 1.98% | 0.7% |
| 171st | Papua New Guinea | 1.99% | -6.6% |
| 172nd | Turkmenistan | 2.02% | -4.6% |
| 173rd | Cayman Islands | 2.05% | 2.8% |
| 174th | São Tomé and Principe | 2.06% | 9.8% |
| 175th | Nigeria | 2.10% | -1.6% |
| 176th | Liberia | 2.11% | 1.7% |
| 177th | Bahrain | 2.16% | 376.5% |
| 178th | Rwanda | 2.19% | -2.3% |
| 179th | Tajikistan | 2.21% | -3.0% |
| 180th | Guinea-Bissau | 2.24% | -2.2% |
| 181st | Iraq | 2.24% | 1.0% |
| 182nd | Sierra Leone | 2.27% | -1.5% |
| 183rd | Gabon | 2.31% | -3.5% |
| 184th | Vanuatu | 2.32% | -0.3% |
| 185th | Afghanistan | 2.36% | -25.3% |
| 186th | Gambia, The | 2.37% | 0.0% |
| 187th | Burkina Faso | 2.38% | -2.4% |
| 188th | Togo | 2.38% | -1.4% |
| 189th | Congo, Republic of | 2.39% | 0.0% |
| 190th | Solomon Islands | 2.40% | 8.1% |
| 191st | Equatorial Guinea | 2.44% | -10.9% |
| 192nd | West Bank and Gaza | 2.46% | -1.2% |
| 193rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.47% | -2.2% |
| 194th | Guinea | 2.51% | -1.8% |
| 195th | Madagascar | 2.52% | -2.0% |
| 196th | Senegal | 2.54% | -3.6% |
| 197th | Benin | 2.59% | -2.6% |
| 198th | Malawi | 2.59% | -1.6% |
| 199th | Cameroon | 2.65% | -2.6% |
| 200th | Sudan | 2.69% | 0.2% |
| 201st | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.72% | -19.2% |
| 202nd | Burundi | 2.72% | -6.3% |
| 203rd | Yemen, Republic of | 2.74% | -4.5% |
| 204th | Maldives | 2.76% | -5.2% |
| 205th | Zambia | 2.82% | -3.1% |
| 206th | Mauritania | 2.89% | -1.2% |
| 207th | Namibia | 2.95% | 1.5% |
| 208th | Mozambique | 2.96% | -0.2% |
| 209th | Tanzania | 3.00% | 0.3% |
| 210th | Mali | 3.06% | 1.4% |
| 211th | Angola | 3.18% | -2.7% |
| 212th | Uganda | 3.22% | -3.5% |
| 213th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.24% | 0.5% |
| 214th | Niger | 3.25% | -1.4% |
| 215th | Chad | 3.44% | 8.2% |
| 216th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 3.66% | -3.7% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's population growth in 2021?▾
Papua New Guinea's population growth in 2021 was 1.99%. This ranked 171st globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's population growth change in 2021?▾
Papua New Guinea's population growth decreased by 6.6% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest population growth in 2021?▾
Somalia, Fed. Rep. had the highest population growth in 2021 at 3.66%.
What is the population growth of Papua New Guinea in 2021?▾
The population growth of Papua New Guinea in 2021 was 1.99%. This ranked 171st globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Papua New Guinea's population growth?▾
Papua New Guinea's population growth went from 2.13% in 2020 to 1.99% in 2021, a 6.6% decrease.
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