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Hungary vs Papua New Guinea: Population

Hungary
9.69 million people
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
10.39 million people
in 2023
Hungary rank
96th
Papua New Guinea rank
93rd

Population over time

  • Hungary
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 10.39 million people against 9.69 million people in Hungary, a difference of 703,140 people.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Hungary's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Hungary ranks 96th and Papua New Guinea ranks 93rd of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Hungary averaged higher in 35 and Papua New Guinea in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hungary Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1000s 500,000 people 890,178 people 390,178 people Papua New Guinea
1100s 600,000 people 932,567 people 332,567 people Papua New Guinea
1200s 800,000 people 976,975 people 176,975 people Papua New Guinea
1300s 1.25 million people 1.02 million people 226,500 people Hungary
1400s 1.00 million people 1.07 million people 72,240 people Papua New Guinea
1500s 1.25 million people 1.12 million people 126,700 people Hungary
1600s 1.25 million people 1.18 million people 73,220 people Hungary
1700s 1.50 million people 1.23 million people 267,180 people Hungary
1710s 1.66 million people 1.24 million people 424,950 people Hungary
1720s 1.82 million people 1.24 million people 582,730 people Hungary
1730s 1.99 million people 1.25 million people 740,490 people Hungary
1740s 2.15 million people 1.25 million people 898,220 people Hungary
1750s 2.31 million people 1.25 million people 1.06 million people Hungary
1760s 2.47 million people 1.26 million people 1.21 million people Hungary
1770s 2.63 million people 1.26 million people 1.37 million people Hungary
1780s 2.80 million people 1.27 million people 1.53 million people Hungary
1790s 2.96 million people 1.27 million people 1.69 million people Hungary
1800s 3.44 million people 754,894 people 2.68 million people Hungary
1810s 3.88 million people 754,900 people 3.13 million people Hungary
1820s 4.28 million people 756,202 people 3.53 million people Hungary
1830s 4.61 million people 759,041 people 3.85 million people Hungary
1840s 4.96 million people 761,913 people 4.20 million people Hungary
1850s 5.32 million people 770,443 people 4.55 million people Hungary
1860s 5.70 million people 785,943 people 4.91 million people Hungary
1870s 6.06 million people 801,549 people 5.26 million people Hungary
1880s 6.41 million people 817,263 people 5.59 million people Hungary
1890s 6.83 million people 833,084 people 6.00 million people Hungary
1900s 7.33 million people 848,203 people 6.49 million people Hungary
1910s 7.75 million people 700,377 people 7.05 million people Hungary
1920s 8.23 million people 557,264 people 7.67 million people Hungary
1930s 8.90 million people 733,782 people 8.16 million people Hungary
1940s 9.27 million people 1.21 million people 8.07 million people Hungary
1950s 9.69 million people 1.73 million people 7.96 million people Hungary
1960s 10.13 million people 2.22 million people 7.91 million people Hungary
1970s 10.50 million people 2.78 million people 7.71 million people Hungary
1980s 10.56 million people 3.45 million people 7.11 million people Hungary
1990s 10.32 million people 4.58 million people 5.74 million people Hungary
2000s 10.09 million people 6.45 million people 3.64 million people Hungary
2010s 9.86 million people 8.63 million people 1.23 million people Hungary
2020s 9.71 million people 10.11 million people 398,340 people Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Hungary or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 10.39 million people against 9.69 million people in Hungary as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Hungary and Papua New Guinea?
703,140 people, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary and Papua New Guinea?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Hungary and Papua New Guinea rank globally for population?
Hungary ranks 96th and Papua New Guinea ranks 93rd of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.