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Papua New Guinea Rural Population 1960-2023

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Papua New Guinea rural population for 2021 was 8,610,641, a 1.92% increase from 2020.
  • Papua New Guinea rural population for 2020 was 8,448,551, a 2.06% increase from 2019.
  • Papua New Guinea rural population for 2019 was 8,278,107, a 2.19% increase from 2018.
  • Papua New Guinea rural population for 2018 was 8,100,661, a 2.27% increase from 2017.
  
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Rural Population
India 909,384,771
Pakistan 144,765,164
Indonesia 116,919,988
Bangladesh 103,398,765
Nigeria 100,840,661
Egypt 62,430,223
Vietnam 60,379,495
Philippines 59,577,632
Kenya 37,902,724
Myanmar 36,879,663
Sudan 29,406,434
Sri Lanka 17,977,378
Uzbekistan 17,308,463
Ghana 13,794,798
Morocco 13,323,470
Ukraine 13,244,273
Cambodia 12,496,843
Cameroon 11,383,170
Angola 11,227,528
Zambia 10,672,830
Papua New Guinea 8,610,641
Lao PDR 4,682,315
Honduras 4,215,972
Kyrgyz Republic 4,206,064
Tunisia 3,692,618
Bolivia 3,566,464
Nicaragua 2,789,745
Mauritania 2,024,451
Republic of Congo 1,850,943
El Salvador 1,634,233
Lesotho 1,608,881
Moldova 1,490,716
Georgia 1,488,191
West Bank and Gaza 1,132,085
Mongolia 1,045,010
Timor-Leste 902,269
Eswatini 901,726
Solomon Islands 529,982
Bhutan 443,105
Djibouti 240,823
Vanuatu 237,230
Cabo Verde 193,416
Micronesia 87,034
Kiribati 56,273
Sao Tome and Principe 55,614
Papua New Guinea Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2021 8,610,641 86.54 1.90%
2020 8,448,551 86.66 2.04%
2019 8,278,107 86.75 2.17%
2018 8,100,661 86.83 2.25%
2017 7,920,575 86.90 2.33%
2016 7,737,827 86.95 2.42%
2015 7,552,450 86.99 2.52%
2014 7,364,829 87.01 2.60%
2013 7,175,510 87.02 2.70%
2012 6,984,539 87.02 2.80%
2011 6,791,774 87.00 2.92%
2010 6,596,003 86.98 3.02%
2009 6,399,512 86.96 3.07%
2008 6,206,124 86.95 3.11%
2007 6,016,275 86.93 3.14%
2006 5,830,044 86.91 3.19%
2005 5,646,888 86.89 3.24%
2004 5,467,062 86.87 3.29%
2003 5,290,260 86.85 3.33%
2002 5,116,895 86.84 3.37%
2001 4,947,314 86.82 3.42%
2000 4,780,981 86.80 3.65%
1999 4,609,652 86.63 3.69%
1998 4,442,569 86.45 3.74%
1997 4,279,668 86.28 3.79%
1996 4,120,608 86.10 3.81%
1995 3,966,398 85.92 3.84%
1994 3,816,793 85.74 3.88%
1993 3,671,668 85.56 3.89%
1992 3,531,494 85.37 3.80%
1991 3,399,689 85.18 3.42%
1990 3,285,458 85.01 2.41%
1989 3,207,362 85.21 2.03%
1988 3,142,827 85.41 1.95%
1987 3,082,254 85.61 1.94%
1986 3,022,909 85.81 1.93%
1985 2,964,987 86.00 1.92%
1984 2,908,586 86.19 1.90%
1983 2,853,848 86.38 1.88%
1982 2,800,833 86.57 1.85%
1981 2,749,424 86.76 1.82%
1980 2,699,706 86.95 1.78%
1979 2,652,021 87.18 1.81%
1978 2,604,474 87.41 1.85%
1977 2,556,785 87.63 1.89%
1976 2,508,938 87.85 1.93%
1975 2,461,083 88.07 1.97%
1974 2,413,051 88.28 2.03%
1973 2,364,660 88.49 2.09%
1972 2,315,691 88.70 2.13%
1971 2,266,902 88.92 0.96%
1970 2,245,231 90.20 1.10%
1969 2,220,672 91.35 1.20%
1968 2,194,235 92.38 1.26%
1967 2,166,751 93.29 1.36%
1966 2,137,427 94.10 1.74%
1965 2,100,625 94.53 1.70%
1964 2,065,138 94.93 1.75%
1963 2,029,276 95.31 1.85%
1962 1,992,033 95.65 1.94%
1961 1,953,757 95.98 2.18%
1960 1,911,700 96.28 %