Population of Papua New Guinea (2025)

7,810,972

Births this year: 1,398,383 Births today 228

Deaths this year 378,729 Deaths today 62

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	9,228,269	4,706,487	4,521,782	100	100	100	104.1
00-04	1,094,855	568,411	526,444	11.9	12.1	11.6	108
05-09	1,032,387	535,699	496,688	11.2	11.4	11	107.9
10-14	980,921	508,552	472,369	10.6	10.8	10.4	107.7
15-19	939,638	486,656	452,982	10.2	10.3	10	107.4
20-24	874,071	451,815	422,256	9.5	9.6	9.3	107
25-29	796,734	410,543	386,191	8.6	8.7	8.5	106.3
30-34	675,687	346,524	329,163	7.3	7.4	7.3	105.3
35-39	580,324	296,648	283,676	6.3	6.3	6.3	104.6
40-44	528,959	269,057	259,902	5.7	5.7	5.7	103.5
45-49	468,032	237,654	230,378	5.1	5	5.1	103.2
50-54	408,630	205,736	202,894	4.4	4.4	4.5	101.4
55-59	292,055	144,141	147,914	3.2	3.1	3.3	97.4
60-64	214,173	102,072	112,101	2.3	2.2	2.5	91.1
65-69	151,596	68,496	83,100	1.6	1.5	1.8	82.4
70-74	99,233	41,543	57,690	1.1	0.9	1.3	72
75-79	53,583	20,538	33,045	0.6	0.4	0.7	62.2
80-84	25,150	8,773	16,377	0.3	0.2	0.4	53.6
85-89	9,317	2,885	6,432	0.1	0.1	0.1	44.9
90-94	2,458	648	1,810	0	0	0	35.8
95-99	421	89	332	0	0	0	26.8
100+	45	7	38	0	0	0	18.4

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Sex ratio	Density (P/Km²)
2024	9,063,755	1.84	163,915	104.09	20.01
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