Cambodia vs Papua New Guinea: Population growth

Population growth in 2023: 1.25% a year in Cambodia and 1.8% a year in Papua New Guinea, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Papua New Guinea, by 0.55 percentage points, or 1.43 times that in Cambodia.

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% a year · UN

CambodiaPapua New GuineaUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

Papua New Guinea has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Cambodia.
In 2023, Cambodia ranked 91 and Papua New Guinea ranked 61 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Cambodia at -0.27% a year and Papua New Guinea at 0.05% a year in 2100.
The world as a whole: 0.87% a year in 2023.

Every year

% a year · UN

Year	Cambodia	Papua New Guinea	World
2023	1.25	1.8	0.87
2022	1.31	1.82	0.88
2021	1.35	1.94	0.8
2020	1.61	2.04	0.9
2019	1.33	2.22	1.03
2018	1.19	2.29	1.07
2017	1.3	2.36	1.13
2016	1.47	2.43	1.17
2015	1.45	2.51	1.18
2014	1.47	2.59	1.22
2013	1.49	2.66	1.23
2012	1.5	2.74	1.27
2011	1.5	2.83	1.26
2010	1.53	3	1.27
2009	1.58	3.04	1.28
2008	1.58	3.09	1.28
2007	1.46	3.12	1.28
2006	1.49	3.17	1.28
2005	1.46	3.21	1.27
2004	1.46	3.25	1.28
2003	1.49	3.3	1.29
2002	1.53	3.34	1.3
2001	1.56	3.38	1.33
2000	1.57	3.42	1.35
1999	1.61	3.48	1.35
1998	1.8	3.48	1.37
1997	6.55	3.55	1.39
1996	7.25	3.57	1.42
1995	7.82	3.58	1.45
1994	8.4	3.61	1.47
1993	5.46	3.63	1.52
1992	6.62	3.64	1.57
1991	4.11	3.44	1.63
1990	4.18	2.89	1.76
1989	4.16	2.33	1.78
1988	3.36	2.16	1.79
1987	4.26	2.17	1.84
1986	4.22	2.16	1.83
1985	3.62	2.15	1.8
1984	3.06	2.13	1.8
1983	4.25	2.12	1.78
1982	2.95	2.09	1.86
1981	2.72	2.08	1.82
1980	0.49	2.06	1.8
1979	3.86	2.08	1.79
1978	-8.49	2.12	1.74
1977	-8.33	2.15	1.75
1976	-7.52	2.18	1.78
1975	-6.56	2.21	1.8
1974	0.41	2.25	1.88
1973	0.88	2.31	1.94
1972	1.09	2.37	1.97
1971	0.51	2.4	1.97
1970	-1.06	2.39	2.06
1969	2.11	2.35	2.06
1968	2.1	2.29	2.09
1967	2.1	2.22	2
1966	2.1	2.26	2.04
1965	2.1	2.15	2.09
1964	2.1	2.14	2.16
1963	2.09	2.2	2.28
1962	2.27	2.29	2.11
1961	2.22	2.33	1.67
1960	2.18	2.72	1.58
1959	2.16	2.73	1.73
1958	2.09	2.76	2
1957	2.19	2.76	2.07
1956	2.2	2.76	1.98
1955	2.21	2.71	2.01
1954	2.19	2.62	1.99
1953	2.18	2.56	1.9
1952	2.25	2.43	1.94
1951	2.27	1.91	1.75
1950	2.28	2.13	1.74

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Cambodia	Papua New Guinea	World
2024	1.2-1.1–3.14	1.771.05–2.59	0.86
2025	1.16-1.57–3.53	1.730.95–2.6	0.84
2026	1.11-1.96–3.79	1.680.87–2.6	0.83
2027	1.09-2.02–3.86	1.640.76–2.59	0.81
2028	1.06-1.9–3.87	1.60.67–2.59	0.8
2029	1.02-2.04–3.97	1.560.6–2.56	0.78
2030	0.99-2.38–4.12	1.530.56–2.52	0.76
2031	0.97-2.47–3.88	1.480.5–2.5	0.75
2032	0.93-2.4–3.81	1.450.42–2.51	0.73
2033	0.92-2.46–4.01	1.420.35–2.48	0.72
2034	0.89-2.39–3.94	1.40.33–2.53	0.7
2035	0.88-2.39–3.96	1.360.25–2.52	0.69
2036	0.83-2.55–3.89	1.340.3–2.56	0.67
2037	0.83-2.58–3.9	1.310.19–2.51	0.65
2038	0.81-2.55–3.77	1.280.1–2.5	0.64
2039	0.79-2.71–3.8	1.250.02–2.49	0.62
2040	0.76-2.62–3.75	1.220.02–2.51	0.61
2041	0.74-2.63–3.82	1.18-0.02–2.46	0.59
2042	0.73-2.5–4	1.15-0.09–2.51	0.57
2043	0.71-2.82–3.91	1.13-0.15–2.55	0.56
2044	0.68-2.58–3.93	1.12-0.17–2.55	0.54
2045	0.66-2.83–3.89	1.1-0.24–2.52	0.52
2046	0.64-2.89–3.79	1.06-0.27–2.52	0.5
2047	0.61-2.83–3.9	1.03-0.35–2.51	0.48
2048	0.59-2.91–3.82	1.01-0.39–2.54	0.46
2049	0.56-2.86–3.64	0.99-0.42–2.51	0.44
2050	0.53-2.77–3.58	0.94-0.47–2.52	0.42
2051	0.51-2.9–3.57	0.92-0.55–2.51	0.4
2052	0.48-2.94–3.59	0.9-0.62–2.54	0.38
2053	0.46-3–3.72	0.87-0.64–2.49	0.36
2054	0.43-2.88–3.54	0.86-0.71–2.5	0.34
2055	0.4-3.06–3.59	0.81-0.73–2.47	0.33
2056	0.38-3.26–3.64	0.79-0.8–2.47	0.31
2057	0.37-2.99–3.61	0.77-0.92–2.49	0.3
2058	0.34-3.14–3.58	0.75-0.9–2.46	0.28
2059	0.32-2.99–3.6	0.73-0.96–2.42	0.27
2060	0.3-3.23–3.26	0.71-0.94–2.39	0.25
2061	0.27-3.23–3.5	0.67-1–2.39	0.24
2062	0.24-3.5–3.42	0.65-1.08–2.34	0.23
2063	0.23-3.61–3.43	0.63-1.19–2.41	0.22
2064	0.22-3.51–3.35	0.62-1.21–2.4	0.21
2065	0.18-3.34–3.41	0.61-1.21–2.44	0.2
2066	0.18-3.35–3.52	0.59-1.26–2.38	0.19
2067	0.16-3.34–3.34	0.57-1.27–2.38	0.18
2068	0.13-3.64–3.26	0.54-1.25–2.36	0.17
2069	0.12-3.5–3.36	0.52-1.32–2.32	0.16
2070	0.1-3.65–3.46	0.5-1.31–2.29	0.15
2071	0.09-3.65–3.45	0.49-1.38–2.31	0.14
2072	0.08-3.6–3.38	0.47-1.45–2.27	0.13
2073	0.05-3.63–3.41	0.44-1.43–2.24	0.12
2074	0.05-3.75–3.22	0.42-1.47–2.23	0.1
2075	0.03-3.58–3.43	0.41-1.51–2.19	0.09
2076	0.03-3.72–3.41	0.39-1.47–2.16	0.08
2077	0.02-3.88–3.3	0.38-1.63–2.15	0.07
2078	-0-3.61–3.34	0.37-1.66–2.23	0.06
2079	-0.02-3.93–3.23	0.35-1.62–2.22	0.05
2080	-0.03-3.68–3.07	0.36-1.67–2.25	0.04
2081	-0.03-3.84–3.05	0.33-1.73–2.24	0.03
2082	-0.03-3.7–3.32	0.31-1.78–2.16	0.02
2083	-0.05-3.73–3.23	0.31-1.74–2.19	0.01
2084	-0.07-3.79–3.28	0.28-1.79–2.12	-0
2085	-0.08-3.84–3.01	0.28-1.8–2.14	-0.01
2086	-0.09-3.97–3.09	0.26-1.83–2.09	-0.02
2087	-0.11-3.91–3.1	0.24-1.88–2.09	-0.03
2088	-0.1-3.69–3.18	0.23-1.85–2.14	-0.04
2089	-0.14-4–3.31	0.21-1.87–2.18	-0.05
2090	-0.14-3.83–3.28	0.22-1.83–2.13	-0.05
2091	-0.14-3.92–3.18	0.19-1.89–2.13	-0.06
2092	-0.16-4.05–3.15	0.17-2–2.13	-0.07
2093	-0.17-4.42–3.25	0.16-2.05–2.05	-0.07
2094	-0.19-4.15–3.22	0.14-2.07–2.11	-0.08
2095	-0.19-4.14–3.47	0.13-2.1–2.09	-0.09
2096	-0.22-4.19–3.38	0.11-2.2–2.1	-0.1
2097	-0.23-4.07–3.33	0.09-2.14–2.05	-0.11
2098	-0.25-4.26–3.36	0.07-2.24–2	-0.11
2099	-0.25-4.06–3.26	0.06-2.32–2.04	-0.12
2100	-0.27-4.16–3.47	0.05-2.36–2.13	-0.13

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Good to know

How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Deaths in conflictsCambodia: 0 deaths in 2022Papua New Guinea: 96 deaths in 2022