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The population of Papua New Guinea is estimated to be 9.5 million in 2023 using United Nations estimates.
Papua New Guinea's grew at 1.9% in the last year and is ranked the 28th most populated country in Asia-Pacific, ahead of Azerbaijan.
Papua New Guinea last conducted a national census in 2011 and 13.4% of births are recorded. Read more from the World Econcomics Population Data Quality Ratings and see how Papua New Guinea compares to other countries around the globe and in Asia-Pacific.