# Population in Papua New Guinea

Population in Papua New Guinea was 10.76 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `pg`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/papua-new-guinea
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/papua-new-guinea.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=pg

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 10,762,817 |
| 2024 | 10,576,502 |
| 2023 | 10,389,635 |
| 2022 | 10,203,169 |
| 2021 | 10,012,896 |
| 2020 | 9,815,746 |
| 2019 | 9,609,010 |
| 2018 | 9,394,513 |
| 2017 | 9,178,714 |
| 2016 | 8,961,718 |
| 2015 | 8,743,246 |
| 2014 | 8,523,441 |
| 2013 | 8,302,698 |
| 2012 | 8,081,390 |
| 2011 | 7,859,346 |
| 2010 | 7,633,523 |
| 2009 | 7,406,438 |
| 2008 | 7,183,002 |
| 2007 | 6,963,345 |
| 2006 | 6,747,720 |
| 2005 | 6,535,905 |
| 2004 | 6,328,041 |
| 2003 | 6,123,997 |
| 2002 | 5,924,003 |
| 2001 | 5,728,435 |
| 2000 | 5,537,064 |
| 1999 | 5,349,333 |
| 1998 | 5,166,390 |
| 1997 | 4,987,883 |
| 1996 | 4,813,361 |
| 1995 | 4,644,278 |
| 1994 | 4,480,208 |
| 1993 | 4,320,872 |
| 1992 | 4,166,699 |
| 1991 | 4,021,837 |
| 1990 | 3,896,481 |
| 1989 | 3,796,078 |
| 1988 | 3,711,880 |
| 1987 | 3,632,543 |
| 1986 | 3,554,793 |
| 1985 | 3,478,936 |
| 1984 | 3,405,198 |
| 1983 | 3,333,633 |
| 1982 | 3,264,291 |
| 1981 | 3,197,019 |
| 1980 | 3,131,512 |
| 1979 | 3,067,341 |
| 1978 | 3,003,714 |
| 1977 | 2,940,327 |
| 1976 | 2,877,327 |
| 1975 | 2,814,820 |
| 1974 | 2,752,671 |
| 1973 | 2,690,629 |
| 1972 | 2,628,432 |
| 1971 | 2,566,421 |
| 1970 | 2,505,628 |
| 1969 | 2,446,927 |
| 1968 | 2,390,803 |
| 1967 | 2,337,532 |
| 1966 | 2,285,774 |
| 1965 | 2,235,820 |
| 1964 | 2,188,325 |
| 1963 | 2,141,376 |
| 1962 | 2,093,919 |
| 1961 | 2,046,127 |
| 1960 | 1,995,110 |