Population of Papua New Guinea (2024)

7,721,060

Births this year: 1,275,076 Births today 169

Deaths this year 345,333 Deaths today 46

Papua New Guinea Population by Religions

Region Name	Percents	Number
Roman Catholic	27%	1,833,656 people
Protestant (Evangelical Lutheran, United Church, Seventh-Day Adventist, Pentecostal, Evangelical Alliance, Anglican, Baptist, other Protestant) 69.4, other 3.6	6943.6%	471,561,887 people

Ethnic groups Name	Percents	Number
Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian	100%	6,791,317 people

Age	Both Sexes Population	Male Population	Female Population	Both Sexes (%)	Male (%)	Female (%)	Sex ratio (female/male)
Total	8,412,725	4,291,260	4,121,465	100	100	100	104.1
00-04	1,042,951	541,362	501,589	12.4	12.6	12.2	107.9
05-09	984,615	510,815	473,800	11.7	11.9	11.5	107.8
10-14	944,349	489,470	454,879	11.2	11.4	11	107.6
15-19	881,170	455,950	425,220	10.5	10.6	10.3	107.2
20-24	805,256	415,412	389,844	9.6	9.7	9.5	106.6
25-29	684,434	351,344	333,090	8.1	8.2	8.1	105.5
30-34	590,029	302,024	288,005	7	7	7	104.9
35-39	541,544	276,251	265,293	6.4	6.4	6.4	104.1
40-44	484,495	247,312	237,183	5.8	5.8	5.8	104.3
45-49	430,839	219,052	211,787	5.1	5.1	5.1	103.4
50-54	316,403	158,716	157,687	3.8	3.7	3.8	100.7
55-59	241,860	118,508	123,352	2.9	2.8	3	96.1
60-64	182,306	86,360	95,946	2.2	2	2.3	90
65-69	129,907	58,307	71,600	1.5	1.4	1.7	81.4
70-74	78,620	33,178	45,442	0.9	0.8	1.1	73
75-79	43,589	17,042	26,547	0.5	0.4	0.6	64.2
80-84	20,572	7,252	13,320	0.2	0.2	0.3	54.4
85-89	7,463	2,319	5,144	0.1	0.1	0.1	45.1
90-94	1,959	512	1,447	0	0	0	35.4
95-99	330	69	261	0	0	0	26.4
100+	34	5	29	0	0	0	17.2

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Sex ratio	Density (P/Km²)
2023	8,899,840	1.87	163,210	104.10	19.65
2022	8,736,630	1.89	162,399	104.11	19.29
2021	8,574,231	1.92	161,506	104.11	18.93
2020	8,412,725	1.95	160,575	104.12	18.58
2019	8,252,150	1.97	159,632	104.12	18.22
2018	8,092,518	2.00	158,677	104.13	17.87
2017	7,933,841	2.03	157,726	104.13	17.52
2016	7,776,115	2.06	156,794	104.13	17.17
2015	7,619,321	2.09	155,744	104.13	16.82
2014	7,463,577	2.12	154,713	104.13	16.48
2013	7,308,864	2.15	153,994	104.13	16.14
2012	7,154,870	2.20	153,698	104.13	15.80
2011	7,001,172	2.24	153,655	104.12	15.46
2010	6,847,517	2.30	153,718	104.11	15.12
2005	6,086,905	13.26	712,854	104.05	13.44
2000	5,374,051	13.96	658,122	104.01	11.87
1995	4,715,929	13.42	558,026	104.13	10.41
1990	4,157,903	13.05	480,049	104.66	9.18
1985	3,677,854	14.38	462,371	105.31	8.12
1980	3,215,483	14.44	405,791	106.26	7.10
1975	2,809,692	15.40	374,937	106.55	6.20
1970	2,434,755	12.66	273,652	106.72	5.38
1965	2,161,103	9.87	194,146	107.17	4.77
1960	1,966,957	7.99	145,461	108.03	4.34
1955	1,821,496	6.63	113,304	109.29	4.02
1950	1,708,192			111.39	3.77