Honduras vs Papua New Guinea: Natural population growth rate vs. median age
Honduras
1.7%
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
1.8%
in 2023
Honduras rank
59th
Papua New Guinea rank
56th
Natural population growth rate vs. median age over time
- Honduras
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 1.8% against 1.7% in Honduras, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Honduras ahead.
Honduras ranks 59th and Papua New Guinea ranks 56th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Honduras averaged higher in 6 and Papua New Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Honduras | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.9% | 2.6% | 0.2% | Honduras |
| 1960s | 3.2% | 3.0% | 0.2% | Honduras |
| 1970s | 3.4% | 3.1% | 0.3% | Honduras |
| 1980s | 3.3% | 2.9% | 0.4% | Honduras |
| 1990s | 3.0% | 2.7% | 0.3% | Honduras |
| 2000s | 2.5% | 2.5% | 0.0% | Honduras |
| 2010s | 2.0% | 2.2% | 0.2% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.8% | 0.1% | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher natural population growth rate vs. median age, Honduras or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 1.8% against 1.7% in Honduras as of 2023.
- What is the difference in natural population growth rate vs. median age between Honduras and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.1%, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Papua New Guinea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Honduras and Papua New Guinea rank globally for natural population growth rate vs. median age?
- Honduras ranks 59th and Papua New Guinea ranks 56th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Natural population growth rate vs. median age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Births minus deaths, as a share of the population. This is the part of population change that comes only from births and deaths, ignoring migration.