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Azerbaijan vs Papua New Guinea: Population

Azerbaijan
10.32 million people
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
10.39 million people
in 2023
Azerbaijan rank
94th
Papua New Guinea rank
93rd

Population over time

  • Azerbaijan
  • Papua New Guinea
02.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M100015112023

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 10.39 million people against 10.32 million people in Azerbaijan, a difference of 71,400 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Azerbaijan ranks 94th and Papua New Guinea ranks 93rd of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Azerbaijan averaged higher in 23 and Papua New Guinea in 17.

Head to head by decade

Decade Azerbaijan Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1000s 186,000 people 890,178 people 704,178 people Papua New Guinea
1100s 279,000 people 932,567 people 653,567 people Papua New Guinea
1200s 372,000 people 976,975 people 604,975 people Papua New Guinea
1300s 465,000 people 1.02 million people 558,500 people Papua New Guinea
1400s 372,000 people 1.07 million people 700,240 people Papua New Guinea
1500s 465,000 people 1.12 million people 658,300 people Papua New Guinea
1600s 558,000 people 1.18 million people 618,780 people Papua New Guinea
1700s 651,000 people 1.23 million people 581,820 people Papua New Guinea
1710s 428,813 people 1.24 million people 808,137 people Papua New Guinea
1720s 464,548 people 1.24 million people 776,532 people Papua New Guinea
1730s 503,260 people 1.25 million people 741,970 people Papua New Guinea
1740s 545,199 people 1.25 million people 704,201 people Papua New Guinea
1750s 590,632 people 1.25 million people 662,948 people Papua New Guinea
1760s 639,851 people 1.26 million people 617,919 people Papua New Guinea
1770s 693,172 people 1.26 million people 568,808 people Papua New Guinea
1780s 750,937 people 1.27 million people 515,263 people Papua New Guinea
1790s 813,515 people 1.27 million people 456,915 people Papua New Guinea
1800s 879,960 people 754,894 people 125,066 people Azerbaijan
1810s 880,122 people 754,900 people 125,222 people Azerbaijan
1820s 917,917 people 756,202 people 161,715 people Azerbaijan
1830s 1.01 million people 759,041 people 245,975 people Azerbaijan
1840s 1.10 million people 761,913 people 339,232 people Azerbaijan
1850s 1.21 million people 770,443 people 442,700 people Azerbaijan
1860s 1.35 million people 785,943 people 559,215 people Azerbaijan
1870s 1.49 million people 801,549 people 689,782 people Azerbaijan
1880s 1.65 million people 817,263 people 835,896 people Azerbaijan
1890s 1.83 million people 833,084 people 999,218 people Azerbaijan
1900s 2.03 million people 848,203 people 1.18 million people Azerbaijan
1910s 2.25 million people 700,377 people 1.55 million people Azerbaijan
1920s 2.47 million people 557,264 people 1.91 million people Azerbaijan
1930s 2.71 million people 733,782 people 1.97 million people Azerbaijan
1940s 2.97 million people 1.21 million people 1.76 million people Azerbaijan
1950s 3.45 million people 1.73 million people 1.73 million people Azerbaijan
1960s 4.55 million people 2.22 million people 2.34 million people Azerbaijan
1970s 5.66 million people 2.78 million people 2.87 million people Azerbaijan
1980s 6.74 million people 3.45 million people 3.29 million people Azerbaijan
1990s 7.67 million people 4.58 million people 3.08 million people Azerbaijan
2000s 8.58 million people 6.45 million people 2.13 million people Azerbaijan
2010s 9.67 million people 8.63 million people 1.04 million people Azerbaijan
2020s 10.26 million people 10.11 million people 152,040 people Azerbaijan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Azerbaijan or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 10.39 million people against 10.32 million people in Azerbaijan as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Azerbaijan and Papua New Guinea?
71,400 people, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Papua New Guinea?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Azerbaijan and Papua New Guinea rank globally for population?
Azerbaijan ranks 94th 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.