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Papua New Guinea

PNG

Total population

10.8M

Reference period 2025 · people

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Total population · Historical trend

Value: 10.8M 2025
Previous value: 10,576,502 people 2024
Change: 186,315 people

World Bank · World Development Indicators

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Total population · Exact values
Reference period	Value	Quality
2006	6,747,720 people
2007	6,963,345 people
2008	7,183,002 people
2009	7,406,438 people
2010	7,633,523 people
2011	7,859,346 people
2012	8,081,390 people
2013	8,302,698 people
2014	8,523,441 people
2015	8,743,246 people
2016	8,961,718 people
2017	9,178,714 people
2018	9,394,513 people
2019	9,609,010 people
2020	9,815,746 people
2021	10,012,896 people
2022	10,203,169 people
2023	10,389,635 people
2024	10,576,502 people
2025	10,762,817 people

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