Papua New Guinea vs Portugal
Portugal has about the same population as Papua New Guinea: 10,804,871 vs 10,762,817, a gap of 42,054. Papua New Guinea is growing faster (+1.75% vs +1.03% a year), adding about 187,947 people a year against +110,756. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Papua New Guinea would overtake Portugal in about 1 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2026) — a projection, not a forecast. Portugal is the older society: 24.9% aged 65+ against 3.6% in Papua New Guinea, while Papua New Guinea has more children (33.1% under 15 vs 12.7%). Portugal is 5.0× as densely populated (115.5 vs 22.9 people per km²). People in Portugal live 16.1 years longer on average (82.4 vs 66.3). GDP per capita is 10.6× higher in Portugal ($32,082 vs $3,020).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Papua New Guinea) and 2025 (Portugal); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Papua New Guinea vs Portugal — side by side
 Papua New Guinea |  Portugal | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 10,762,8172025 | 10,804,8712025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.75%2025 | +1.03%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 24.32024 | 7.92024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.62024 | 11.12024 |
| Children per woman | 3.072024 | 1.412024 |
| Life expectancy | 66.3 yrs2024 | 82.4 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 33.1%2025 | 12.7%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 3.6%2025 | 24.9%2025 |
| Density | 22.9 /km²2023 | 115.5 /km²2023 |
| Area | 462,840 km²2023 | 92,230 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 15.8%2025 | 61.5%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -2842025 | +16,4722025 |
| GDP per capita | $3,0202025 | $32,0822025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #91 | #89 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.13% | 0.13% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Papua New Guinea: 5.4× from 1960 to 2025; Portugal: 1.2× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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