What is the difference in population by world region between Netherlands and Papua New Guinea?

1.13 million people, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Papua New Guinea?

318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Netherlands vs Papua New Guinea: Population by world region

Netherlands

17.51 million people

in 2100

Papua New Guinea

18.64 million people

in 2100

Netherlands rank

85th

Papua New Guinea rank

83rd

Population by world region over time

Netherlands
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 18.64 million people against 17.51 million people in Netherlands, a difference of 1.13 million people.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Netherlands ranks 85th and Papua New Guinea ranks 83rd of 239 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Netherlands averaged higher in 39 and Papua New Guinea in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Netherlands	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1000s	369,012 people	890,178 people	521,166 people	Papua New Guinea
1100s	442,815 people	932,567 people	489,752 people	Papua New Guinea
1200s	498,167 people	976,975 people	478,808 people	Papua New Guinea
1300s	881,372 people	1.02 million people	142,128 people	Papua New Guinea
1400s	629,551 people	1.07 million people	442,689 people	Papua New Guinea
1500s	1.09 million people	1.12 million people	36,930 people	Papua New Guinea
1600s	1.54 million people	1.18 million people	366,400 people	Netherlands
1700s	2.00 million people	1.23 million people	767,180 people	Netherlands
1710s	2.03 million people	1.24 million people	795,720 people	Netherlands
1720s	2.07 million people	1.24 million people	824,250 people	Netherlands
1730s	2.10 million people	1.25 million people	852,770 people	Netherlands
1740s	2.13 million people	1.25 million people	881,270 people	Netherlands
1750s	2.16 million people	1.25 million people	909,750 people	Netherlands
1760s	2.20 million people	1.26 million people	938,230 people	Netherlands
1770s	2.23 million people	1.26 million people	966,690 people	Netherlands
1780s	2.26 million people	1.27 million people	995,130 people	Netherlands
1790s	2.29 million people	1.27 million people	1.02 million people	Netherlands
1800s	2.02 million people	754,894 people	1.27 million people	Netherlands
1810s	2.17 million people	754,900 people	1.42 million people	Netherlands
1820s	2.47 million people	756,202 people	1.71 million people	Netherlands
1830s	2.74 million people	759,041 people	1.99 million people	Netherlands
1840s	2.98 million people	761,913 people	2.22 million people	Netherlands
1850s	3.20 million people	770,443 people	2.43 million people	Netherlands
1860s	3.45 million people	785,943 people	2.66 million people	Netherlands
1870s	3.80 million people	801,549 people	3.00 million people	Netherlands
1880s	4.26 million people	817,263 people	3.44 million people	Netherlands
1890s	4.80 million people	833,084 people	3.96 million people	Netherlands
1900s	5.48 million people	848,203 people	4.63 million people	Netherlands
1910s	6.32 million people	700,377 people	5.62 million people	Netherlands
1920s	7.29 million people	557,264 people	6.73 million people	Netherlands
1930s	8.31 million people	733,782 people	7.57 million people	Netherlands
1940s	9.41 million people	1.21 million people	8.20 million people	Netherlands
1950s	10.71 million people	1.73 million people	8.98 million people	Netherlands
1960s	12.20 million people	2.22 million people	9.99 million people	Netherlands
1970s	13.60 million people	2.78 million people	10.81 million people	Netherlands
1980s	14.53 million people	3.45 million people	11.08 million people	Netherlands
1990s	15.50 million people	4.58 million people	10.92 million people	Netherlands
2000s	16.41 million people	6.45 million people	9.96 million people	Netherlands
2010s	17.11 million people	8.63 million people	8.48 million people	Netherlands
2020s	18.22 million people	10.66 million people	7.56 million people	Netherlands
2030s	18.94 million people	12.45 million people	6.49 million people	Netherlands
2040s	19.04 million people	14.08 million people	4.96 million people	Netherlands
2050s	18.84 million people	15.50 million people	3.34 million people	Netherlands
2060s	18.58 million people	16.66 million people	1.92 million people	Netherlands
2070s	18.39 million people	17.53 million people	860,110 people	Netherlands
2080s	18.09 million people	18.15 million people	63,940 people	Papua New Guinea
2090s	17.70 million people	18.54 million people	831,480 people	Papua New Guinea
2100s	17.51 million people	18.64 million people	1.13 million people	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Netherlands or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 18.64 million people against 17.51 million people in Netherlands as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Netherlands and Papua New Guinea?: 1.13 million people, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Papua New Guinea?: 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Netherlands and Papua New Guinea rank globally for population by world region?: Netherlands ranks 85th and Papua New Guinea ranks 83rd of 239 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 by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Population by world region
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, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 09 October 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.