Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. Source: Wikipedia

Area of Papua New Guinea	462,777.7 km²
Population	7.2 million
Population change from 1975 to 2015	+174.1%
Population change from 2000 to 2015	+43%
Timezone	Papua New Guinea Time

Map of Papua New Guinea

Population Over Time

Years 1975 to 2015

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015
Population	2,638,964	3,897,273	5,055,841	7,232,113
Population Density	5.7 / km²	8.42 / km²	10.9 / km²	15.6 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Ancient Population until 2100

Year	Est. Population	Avg 10 Year Growth %	Avg 10 Year Growth
0	561,946	n/a	n/a
100	588,707	0.5%	2,676
200	616,742	0.5%	2,803
300	646,111	0.5%	2,936
400	676,879	0.5%	3,076
500	709,112	0.5%	3,223
600	742,880	0.5%	3,376
700	778,256	0.5%	3,537
800	815,316	0.5%	3,706
900	854,141	0.5%	3,882
1000	894,814	0.5%	4,067
1100	937,428	0.5%	4,261
1200	982,070	0.5%	4,464
1300	1,028,839	0.5%	4,676
1400	1,077,848	0.5%	4,900
1500	1,129,190	0.5%	5,134
1600	1,182,967	0.5%	5,377
1700	1,239,308	0.5%	5,634
1800	1,276,930	0.3%	3,762
1900	1,312,784	0.3%	3,585
1910	1,315,560	0.2%	2,776
1920	1,397,949	6.3%	82,389
1930	1,485,516	6.3%	87,567
1940	1,578,582	6.3%	93,066
1950	1,677,491	6.3%	98,909
1960	1,941,231	15.7%	263,740
1970	2,272,098	17%	330,867
1990	3,897,273	31%	812,587
2000	5,055,841	29.7%	1,158,568
2020	7,895,012	25%	1,419,585
2030	9,143,545	15.8%	1,248,533
2040	10,213,780	11.7%	1,070,235
2050	11,021,222	7.9%	807,442
2060	11,580,481	5.1%	559,259
2070	11,869,799	2.5%	289,318
2080	11,913,455	0.4%	43,656
2090	11,749,710	-1.4%	-163,745
2100	11,415,397	-2.8%	-334,313

Sources:
1. JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
2. CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
3. [Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Sources: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. & Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Top Provinces in Papua New Guinea

Provinces in Papua New Guinea

Name	Area	Population	Population Density
Autonomous Region of Bougainville	9,434 km²	186,800	51.3 / mi²
Central Province	29,794.4 km²	542,132	47.1 / mi²
Chimbu (Simbu) Province, Papua New Guinea	6,146.4 km²	458,205	193.1 / mi²
East New Britain Province	15,268.4 km²	249,249	42.3 / mi²
East Sepik Province	43,780.6 km²	451,707	26.7 / mi²
Eastern Highlands Province	11,135.5 km²	621,305	144.5 / mi²
Enga Province	11,521.4 km²	511,330	114.9 / mi²
Gulf Province	34,843.4 km²	122,693	9.12 / mi²
Hela Province	9,716.2 km²	427,946	114.1 / mi²
Jiwaka Province	4,868.5 km²	408,675	217.4 / mi²
Madang Province	29,909.4 km²	517,003	44.8 / mi²
Manus Province	2,122.3 km²	45,068	55.0 / mi²
Milne Bay Province	14,212.2 km²	269,444	49.1 / mi²
Morobe Province	32,808.8 km²	639,124	50.5 / mi²
New Ireland Province	9,715.2 km²	144,672	38.6 / mi²
Northern (Oro) Province, Papua New Guinea	22,721.7 km²	184,664	21.0 / mi²
Southern Highlands Province	15,811.5 km²	565,085	92.6 / mi²
West New Britain Province	20,397.5 km²	235,735	29.9 / mi²
West Sepik (Sandaun) Province, Papua New Guinea	35,999.5 km²	233,620	16.8 / mi²
Western Highlands Province	4,251.2 km²	383,132	233.4 / mi²
Western Province, Papua New Guinea	98,319.6 km²	178,939	4.71 / mi²

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