Papua New Guinea - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Papua New Guinea was 1,193,981 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,193,981 in 2020 and a minimum value of 84,031 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 84,031
1961 92,433
1962 101,735
1963 111,996
1964 123,391
1965 135,953
1966 149,892
1967 174,299
1968 202,568
1969 235,149
1970 272,636
1971 315,670
1972 329,750
1973 343,967
1974 358,898
1975 374,595
1976 391,112
1977 408,404
1978 426,629
1979 445,787
1980 465,936
1981 485,730
1982 506,033
1983 527,142
1984 548,920
1985 571,261
1986 594,190
1987 617,702
1988 641,817
1989 666,630
1990 692,099
1991 700,136
1992 707,490
1993 714,891
1994 722,465
1995 730,390
1996 738,735
1997 747,496
1998 756,274
1999 764,537
2000 772,116
2001 787,575
2002 802,822
2003 818,125
2004 834,122
2005 851,417
2006 870,145
2007 890,076
2008 910,743
2009 931,464
2010 951,756
2011 971,385
2012 990,657
2013 1,010,777
2014 1,032,122
2015 1,054,983
2016 1,079,465
2017 1,105,552
2018 1,133,367
2019 1,162,836
2020 1,193,981

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Papua New Guinea was 13.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 14.99 in 1990, while its lowest value was 3.73 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 3.73
1961 4.02
1962 4.35
1963 4.69
1964 5.07
1965 5.47
1966 5.90
1967 6.71
1968 7.63
1969 8.65
1970 9.80
1971 11.08
1972 11.30
1973 11.51
1974 11.72
1975 11.93
1976 12.15
1977 12.37
1978 12.59
1979 12.82
1980 13.05
1981 13.24
1982 13.43
1983 13.62
1984 13.81
1985 14.00
1986 14.19
1987 14.39
1988 14.59
1989 14.79
1990 14.99
1991 14.82
1992 14.63
1993 14.45
1994 14.26
1995 14.08
1996 13.90
1997 13.72
1998 13.55
1999 13.38
2000 13.20
2001 13.18
2002 13.16
2003 13.15
2004 13.13
2005 13.11
2006 13.09
2007 13.07
2008 13.06
2009 13.04
2010 13.02
2011 13.00
2012 12.98
2013 12.98
2014 12.99
2015 13.01
2016 13.05
2017 13.10
2018 13.17
2019 13.25
2020 13.35

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization