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Papua New Guinea — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Papua New Guinea, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.75%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -30.8% since 1961
Population growth for Papua New Guinea was 1.75% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.63% in 1993. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.57% per year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 60 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 28%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 0.64%, so Papua New Guinea sits above it. It peaked in 1993 and has fallen 52% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 31%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.75%
First (1961)
2.52%
Change
-30.8%
Highest
3.63%
in 1993
Lowest
1.75%
in 2025
Average
2.59%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.57%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.75% |
| 2024 | 1.78% |
| 2023 | 1.81% |
| 2022 | 1.88% |
| 2021 | 1.99% |
| 2020 | 2.13% |
| 2019 | 2.26% |
| 2018 | 2.32% |
| 2017 | 2.39% |
| 2016 | 2.47% |
| 2015 | 2.55% |
| 2014 | 2.62% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.