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Papua New Guinea Rural Population 1960-2024

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 2023 was 8,912,355, a 1.68% increase from 2022.
  • Papua New Guinea rural population for 2022 was 8,765,048, a 1.79% increase from 2021.
  • 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.
  
Data Source: World Bank

MLA Citation:
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Country Name Rural Population
India 909,121,500
Pakistan 149,004,914
Indonesia 114,976,836
Bangladesh 102,954,517
Nigeria 102,316,764
Egypt 64,135,744
Philippines 60,678,673
Vietnam 59,829,437
Kenya 38,834,893
Myanmar 37,051,911
Sudan 30,625,231
Uzbekistan 18,012,461
Sri Lanka 17,803,472
Ghana 13,908,804
Morocco 13,198,229
Cambodia 12,612,034
Cameroon 11,655,151
Angola 11,486,557
Ukraine 11,064,850
Zambia 11,038,749
Papua New Guinea 8,912,355
Lao PDR 4,714,088
Kyrgyz Republic 4,416,627
Honduras 4,215,060
Tunisia 3,669,694
Bolivia 3,569,643
Nicaragua 2,829,164
Mauritania 2,057,093
Republic of Congo 1,881,648
Lesotho 1,621,552
El Salvador 1,566,222
Georgia 1,476,808
Moldova 1,408,252
West Bank and Gaza 1,158,063
Mongolia 1,065,551
Timor-Leste 919,001
Eswatini 910,659
Solomon Islands 547,640
Bhutan 438,201
Vanuatu 247,615
Djibouti 243,747
Cabo Verde 191,686
Micronesia 88,286
Kiribati 56,394
Sao Tome and Principe 54,716
Papua New Guinea Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2023 8,912,355 86.28 1.67%
2022 8,765,048 86.42 1.78%
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 %