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Papua New Guinea vs Portugal: Population

Papua New Guinea
10.39 million people
in 2023
Portugal
10.43 million people
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
93rd
Portugal rank
91st

Population over time

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

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 10.43 million people against 10.39 million people in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 41,100 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 93rd and Portugal ranks 91st of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 4 and Portugal in 36.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Portugal Difference Ahead
1000s 890,178 people 550,565 people 339,613 people Papua New Guinea
1100s 932,567 people 688,207 people 244,360 people Papua New Guinea
1200s 976,975 people 825,848 people 151,127 people Papua New Guinea
1300s 1.02 million people 1.15 million people 123,510 people Portugal
1400s 1.07 million people 825,848 people 246,392 people Papua New Guinea
1500s 1.12 million people 1.15 million people 23,710 people Portugal
1600s 1.18 million people 1.84 million people 658,440 people Portugal
1700s 1.23 million people 1.84 million people 602,400 people Portugal
1710s 1.24 million people 2.43 million people 1.19 million people Portugal
1720s 1.24 million people 2.51 million people 1.26 million people Portugal
1730s 1.25 million people 2.56 million people 1.31 million people Portugal
1740s 1.25 million people 2.61 million people 1.36 million people Portugal
1750s 1.25 million people 2.66 million people 1.41 million people Portugal
1760s 1.26 million people 2.72 million people 1.46 million people Portugal
1770s 1.26 million people 2.77 million people 1.51 million people Portugal
1780s 1.27 million people 2.83 million people 1.56 million people Portugal
1790s 1.27 million people 2.89 million people 1.62 million people Portugal
1800s 754,894 people 2.87 million people 2.11 million people Portugal
1810s 754,900 people 3.14 million people 2.38 million people Portugal
1820s 756,202 people 3.38 million people 2.63 million people Portugal
1830s 759,041 people 3.59 million people 2.83 million people Portugal
1840s 761,913 people 3.75 million people 2.99 million people Portugal
1850s 770,443 people 3.90 million people 3.13 million people Portugal
1860s 785,943 people 4.14 million people 3.36 million people Portugal
1870s 801,549 people 4.45 million people 3.65 million people Portugal
1880s 817,263 people 4.79 million people 3.98 million people Portugal
1890s 833,084 people 5.19 million people 4.36 million people Portugal
1900s 848,203 people 5.61 million people 4.76 million people Portugal
1910s 700,377 people 5.94 million people 5.24 million people Portugal
1920s 557,264 people 6.36 million people 5.80 million people Portugal
1930s 733,782 people 7.17 million people 6.43 million people Portugal
1940s 1.21 million people 8.00 million people 6.80 million people Portugal
1950s 1.73 million people 8.63 million people 6.91 million people Portugal
1960s 2.22 million people 8.86 million people 6.65 million people Portugal
1970s 2.78 million people 9.13 million people 6.35 million people Portugal
1980s 3.45 million people 9.93 million people 6.48 million people Portugal
1990s 4.58 million people 10.05 million people 5.46 million people Portugal
2000s 6.45 million people 10.47 million people 4.02 million people Portugal
2010s 8.63 million people 10.42 million people 1.79 million people Portugal
2020s 10.11 million people 10.40 million people 296,965 people Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Papua New Guinea or Portugal?
Portugal, at 10.43 million people against 10.39 million people in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Papua New Guinea and Portugal?
41,100 people, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Portugal?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Papua New Guinea and Portugal rank globally for population?
Papua New Guinea ranks 93rd and Portugal ranks 91st 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.