Eritrea vs Papua New Guinea: Population growth rate

Eritrea

1.8%

in 2023

Papua New Guinea

1.8%

in 2023

Eritrea rank

63rd

Papua New Guinea rank

65th

Population growth rate over time

Eritrea currently reports 1.8% against 1.8% in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Globally, Eritrea ranks 63rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 65th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.