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

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.

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: 07 August 2026

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