Live population of Papua New Guinea

According to official figures released by the United Nations and World Bank Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, the population of Papua New Guinea as of 2023 Apr 2 was 9,253,969

According to the 2022 Census, Papua New Guinea's share of the world population is 0.115%

Papua New Guinea population (2022) and previous data

Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	Death-rate		Life-expectancy
Year	Over-all-population	Male	Female	Rural-population	Density- /km2	fertility-rate /women	M	F	M	F
2020	8,947,027	4,568,072	4,378,955	7,587,206	19.76	3.59	181,131	158,255	63.92	66.62
2015	8,107,772	4,134,389	3,973,383	6,889,286	17.90	3.59	166,994	150,695	62.94	65.45
2010	7,310,512	3,719,824	3,590,688	6,182,852	16.14	3.84	161,596	150,815	61.42	64.13
2005	6,494,902	3,303,213	3,191,689	5,486,901	14.34	4.13	151,686	145,307	59.99	62.73
2000	5,847,590	2,972,407	2,875,183	4,836,481	12.91	4.39	147,106	141,114	58.52	61.18
1995	5,187,063	2,636,351	2,550,712	4,205,137	11.45	4.64	138,398	129,995	57.33	60.27
1990	4,615,843	2,348,434	2,267,409	3,666,342	10.19	4.70	129,954	122,558	55.90	58.87
1985	4,081,022	2,078,974	2,002,048	3,263,522	9.01	4.97	124,407	119,034	54.26	57.17
1980	3,571,209	1,823,387	1,747,822	2,873,329	7.89	5.47	119,750	113,979	52.71	55.51
1975	3,139,944	1,604,767	1,535,177	2,534,795	6.93	5.87	119,855	116,586	50.30	52.12
1970	2,783,132	1,425,953	1,357,179	2,279,976	6.15	6.09	125,167	119,431	46.87	48.72
1965	2,485,433	1,278,795	1,206,638	2,113,892	5.49	6.21	132,017	124,996	43.36	44.89
1960	2,255,858	1,166,664	1,089,194	1,935,780	4.98	6.28	142,228	133,323	39.80	41.20
1955	2,086,253	1,085,850	1,000,403	1,778,704	4.61	6.26	152,723	144,253	37.08	37.92
1950	2,002,147	1,055,018	947,129	1,645,577	4.42	6.24	184,656	158,864	33.43	34.80