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Papua New Guinea Rural Population 1960-2024

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Papua New Guinea rural population for 2022 was 8,765,048, a 1.79% increase from 2021.
  • Papua New Guinea rural population for 2021 was 8,610,641, a 1.92% increase from 2020.
  • Papua New Guinea rural population for 2020 was 8,448,551, a 2.06% increase from 2019.
  • Papua New Guinea rural population for 2019 was 8,278,107, a 2.19% increase from 2018.
  
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Rural Population
India 908,804,812
Pakistan 146,845,783
Indonesia 115,892,393
Bangladesh 103,206,552
Nigeria 101,575,770
Egypt 63,300,985
Vietnam 60,123,739
Philippines 60,117,263
Kenya 38,358,435
Myanmar 36,965,999
Sudan 30,020,115
Sri Lanka 17,960,843
Uzbekistan 17,657,930
Ghana 13,853,989
Morocco 13,261,620
Cambodia 12,556,766
Cameroon 11,519,492
Ukraine 11,430,780
Angola 11,359,649
Zambia 10,857,387
Papua New Guinea 8,765,048
Lao PDR 4,698,995
Kyrgyz Republic 4,254,716
Honduras 4,214,875
Tunisia 3,680,393
Bolivia 3,565,773
Nicaragua 2,810,208
Mauritania 2,040,187
Republic of Congo 1,866,593
Lesotho 1,615,392
El Salvador 1,598,862
Georgia 1,473,975
Moldova 1,473,227
West Bank and Gaza 1,145,354
Mongolia 1,055,872
Timor-Leste 911,089
Eswatini 906,348
Solomon Islands 538,975
Bhutan 440,632
Vanuatu 242,389
Djibouti 242,328
Cabo Verde 192,507
Micronesia 87,659
Kiribati 56,354
Sao Tome and Principe 55,128
Papua New Guinea Rural Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2022 8,765,048 86.42 1.78%
2021 8,610,641 86.54 1.90%
2020 8,448,551 86.66 2.04%
2019 8,278,107 86.75 2.17%
2018 8,100,661 86.83 2.25%
2017 7,920,575 86.90 2.33%
2016 7,737,827 86.95 2.42%
2015 7,552,450 86.99 2.52%
2014 7,364,829 87.01 2.60%
2013 7,175,510 87.02 2.70%
2012 6,984,539 87.02 2.80%
2011 6,791,774 87.00 2.92%
2010 6,596,003 86.98 3.02%
2009 6,399,512 86.96 3.07%
2008 6,206,124 86.95 3.11%
2007 6,016,275 86.93 3.14%
2006 5,830,044 86.91 3.19%
2005 5,646,888 86.89 3.24%
2004 5,467,062 86.87 3.29%
2003 5,290,260 86.85 3.33%
2002 5,116,895 86.84 3.37%
2001 4,947,314 86.82 3.42%
2000 4,780,981 86.80 3.65%
1999 4,609,652 86.63 3.69%
1998 4,442,569 86.45 3.74%
1997 4,279,668 86.28 3.79%
1996 4,120,608 86.10 3.81%
1995 3,966,398 85.92 3.84%
1994 3,816,793 85.74 3.88%
1993 3,671,668 85.56 3.89%
1992 3,531,494 85.37 3.80%
1991 3,399,689 85.18 3.42%
1990 3,285,458 85.01 2.41%
1989 3,207,362 85.21 2.03%
1988 3,142,827 85.41 1.95%
1987 3,082,254 85.61 1.94%
1986 3,022,909 85.81 1.93%
1985 2,964,987 86.00 1.92%
1984 2,908,586 86.19 1.90%
1983 2,853,848 86.38 1.88%
1982 2,800,833 86.57 1.85%
1981 2,749,424 86.76 1.82%
1980 2,699,706 86.95 1.78%
1979 2,652,021 87.18 1.81%
1978 2,604,474 87.41 1.85%
1977 2,556,785 87.63 1.89%
1976 2,508,938 87.85 1.93%
1975 2,461,083 88.07 1.97%
1974 2,413,051 88.28 2.03%
1973 2,364,660 88.49 2.09%
1972 2,315,691 88.70 2.13%
1971 2,266,902 88.92 0.96%
1970 2,245,231 90.20 1.10%
1969 2,220,672 91.35 1.20%
1968 2,194,235 92.38 1.26%
1967 2,166,751 93.29 1.36%
1966 2,137,427 94.10 1.74%
1965 2,100,625 94.53 1.70%
1964 2,065,138 94.93 1.75%
1963 2,029,276 95.31 1.85%
1962 1,992,033 95.65 1.94%
1961 1,953,757 95.98 2.18%
1960 1,911,700 96.28 %