Papua New Guinea vs Sweden: The global population hockey stick

Papua New Guinea
10.39 million people
in 2023
Sweden
10.55 million people
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
94th
Sweden rank
91st

The global population hockey stick over time

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

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 10.55 million people against 10.39 million people in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 161,900 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 94th and Sweden ranks 91st of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 34.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Sweden Difference Ahead
1000s 890,178 people 400,000 people 490,178 people Papua New Guinea
1100s 932,567 people 470,000 people 462,567 people Papua New Guinea
1200s 976,975 people 540,000 people 436,975 people Papua New Guinea
1300s 1.02 million people 1.10 million people 76,500 people Sweden
1400s 1.07 million people 433,628 people 638,612 people Papua New Guinea
1500s 1.12 million people 507,784 people 615,516 people Papua New Guinea
1600s 1.18 million people 766,244 people 410,536 people Papua New Guinea
1700s 1.23 million people 1.37 million people 135,350 people Sweden
1710s 1.24 million people 1.42 million people 185,730 people Sweden
1720s 1.24 million people 1.45 million people 210,840 people Sweden
1730s 1.25 million people 1.62 million people 374,510 people Sweden
1740s 1.25 million people 1.72 million people 470,300 people Sweden
1750s 1.25 million people 1.77 million people 519,100 people Sweden
1760s 1.26 million people 1.92 million people 657,760 people Sweden
1770s 1.26 million people 2.04 million people 774,540 people Sweden
1780s 1.27 million people 2.10 million people 837,700 people Sweden
1790s 1.27 million people 2.19 million people 917,920 people Sweden
1800s 754,894 people 2.45 million people 1.70 million people Sweden
1810s 754,900 people 2.48 million people 1.72 million people Sweden
1820s 756,202 people 2.71 million people 1.95 million people Sweden
1830s 759,041 people 2.99 million people 2.23 million people Sweden
1840s 761,913 people 3.27 million people 2.51 million people Sweden
1850s 770,443 people 3.62 million people 2.85 million people Sweden
1860s 785,943 people 3.98 million people 3.19 million people Sweden
1870s 801,549 people 4.35 million people 3.55 million people Sweden
1880s 817,263 people 4.67 million people 3.85 million people Sweden
1890s 833,084 people 4.94 million people 4.10 million people Sweden
1900s 848,203 people 5.27 million people 4.43 million people Sweden
1910s 700,377 people 5.65 million people 4.95 million people Sweden
1920s 557,264 people 6.00 million people 5.44 million people Sweden
1930s 733,782 people 6.25 million people 5.51 million people Sweden
1940s 1.21 million people 6.66 million people 5.46 million people Sweden
1950s 1.73 million people 7.24 million people 5.51 million people Sweden
1960s 2.22 million people 7.71 million people 5.50 million people Sweden
1970s 2.78 million people 8.18 million people 5.39 million people Sweden
1980s 3.45 million people 8.37 million people 4.92 million people Sweden
1990s 4.58 million people 8.76 million people 4.17 million people Sweden
2000s 6.45 million people 9.04 million people 2.59 million people Sweden
2010s 8.63 million people 9.79 million people 1.16 million people Sweden
2020s 10.11 million people 10.45 million people 346,790 people Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Papua New Guinea or Sweden?
Sweden, at 10.55 million people against 10.39 million people in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Papua New Guinea and Sweden?
161,900 people, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Sweden?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Papua New Guinea and Sweden rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Papua New Guinea ranks 94th and Sweden ranks 91st 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 The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
The global population hockey stick
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.