The total population in Papua New Guinea was estimated at 10.6 million people in 2024, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. This dataset provides - Papua New Guinea Population - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

1) At administrative level 1 these tables do not refer to the National Capital District or to the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. The National Capital District is combined with the Central Province and Bougainville is combined with the North Solomons province.

2) The administrative unit P-codes found in these tables do not completely correspond with the P-codes found in the shapefiles available on HDX (here)[https://data.humdata.org/dataset/papua-new-guinea-admin-level-0-international-boundaries].

Papua New Guinea administrative level 0-3 2011 population statistics.
(Please see caveats.)

REFERENCE YEAR: 2011

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These population statistics .csv tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the shapefiles available in the Papua New Guinea - Subnational Administrative Boundaries HDX dataset.

Source: National Statistics Office 2011 Census results

Historical dataset showing total population for Papua New Guinea by year from 1950 to 2025.

This is a subset of Population projections

Population projections for Pacific Island Countries and territories from 1950 to 2050, by sex and by 5-years age groups.

Spatial datasets utilized to conduct the spatial analysis and additional information from the research article: Coastal proximity of populations in 22 Pacific Island Countries and Territories. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0223249 https://sdd.spc.int/mapping-coastal

This dataset is about countries per year in Papua New Guinea. It has 64 rows. It features 3 columns: country, and population.

Historical dataset showing Papua New Guinea population growth rate by year from 1961 to 2023.

The world's most accurate population datasets. Seven maps/datasets for the distribution of various populations in Papua New Guinea: (1) Overall population density (2) Women (3) Men (4) Children (ages 0-5) (5) Youth (ages 15-24) (6) Elderly (ages 60+) (7) Women of reproductive age (ages 15-49).

PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2011 NATIONAL REPORT

Historical dataset showing Papua New Guinea population density by year from 1961 to 2022.

Comprehensive socio-economic dataset for Papua New Guinea including population demographics, economic indicators, geographic data, and social statistics. This dataset covers key metrics such as GDP, population density, area, capital city, and regional classifications.

Papua New Guinea PG: Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data was reported at 0.144 % in 2010. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.146 % for 2000. Papua New Guinea PG: Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.146 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2010, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.165 % in 1990 and a record low of 0.144 % in 2010. Papua New Guinea PG: Urban Population Living in Areas Where Elevation is Below 5 meters: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Papua New Guinea – Table PG.World Bank: Land Use, Protected Areas and National Wealth. Urban population below 5m is the percentage of the total population, living in areas where the elevation is 5 meters or less.; ; Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University. 2013. Urban-Rural Population and Land Area Estimates Version 2. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/lecz-urban-rural-population-land-area-estimates-v2.; Weighted Average;

This dataset provides the sex disaggregated population statistics of the Papua New Guinea administrative level 0 (country), 1 (province, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, and the National Capital District), 2 (district), and 3 (local government area) boundaries.

These population statistics .csv tables are suitable for database or GIS linkage to the shapefiles available in the 'Papua New Guinea administrative level 0, 1, 2, and 3 boundaries and gazeteer' HDX dataset.

This dataset is about cities in Papua New Guinea. It has 41 rows. It features 5 columns: country, population, latitude, and longitude.

Constrained estimates, total number of people per grid-cell. The dataset is available to download in Geotiff format at a resolution of 3 arc (approximately 100m at the equator). The projection is Geographic Coordinate System, WGS84. The units are number of people per pixel. The mapping approach is Random Forest-based dasymetric redistribution.

More information can be found in the Release Statement

The difference between constrained and unconstrained is explained on this page: https://www.worldpop.org/methods/top_down_constrained_vs_unconstrained

UNFPA Real-Time Papua New Guinea Activity Dataset

This dataset is about countries per year in Papua New Guinea. It has 1 row and is filtered where the date is 2021. It features 4 columns: country, forest area, and population.

WorldPop produces different types of gridded population count datasets, depending on the methods used and end application. Please make sure you have read our Mapping Populations overview page before choosing and downloading a dataset.

A description of the modelling methods used for age and sex structures can be found in "https://pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1478-7954-11-11" target="_blank"> Tatem et al and Pezzulo et al. Details of the input population count datasets used can be found here, and age/sex structure proportion datasets here.
Both top-down 'unconstrained' and 'constrained' versions of the datasets are available, and the differences between the two methods are outlined here. The datasets represent the outputs from a project focused on construction of consistent 100m resolution population count datasets for all countries of the World structured by male/female and 5-year age classes (plus a <1 year class). These efforts necessarily involved some shortcuts for consistency. The unconstrained datasets are available for each year from 2000 to 2020.
The constrained datasets are only available for 2020 at present, given the time periods represented by the building footprint and built settlement datasets used in the mapping.
Data for earlier dates is available directly from WorldPop.

WorldPop (www.worldpop.org - School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton; Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Louisville; Departement de Geographie, Universite de Namur) and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University (2018). Global High Resolution Population Denominators Project - Funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1134076). https://dx.doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/WP00646

Historical dataset showing Papua New Guinea urban population by year from 1960 to 2023.