Papua New Guinea - Population density

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

The value for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in Papua New Guinea was 15.49 as of 2011. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15.49 in 2011 and a minimum value of 4.42 in 1961.

Definition:

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1961 4.42
1962 4.50
1963 4.58
1964 4.67
1965 4.77
1966 4.88
1967 4.99
1968 5.11
1969 5.24
1970 5.38
1971 5.53
1972 5.69
1973 5.86
1974 6.03
1975 6.20
1976 6.38
1977 6.55
1978 6.73
1979 6.91
1980 7.10
1981 7.30
1982 7.50
1983 7.70
1984 7.91
1985 8.12
1986 8.33
1987 8.54
1988 8.74
1989 8.96
1990 9.18
1991 9.41
1992 9.65
1993 9.89
1994 10.15
1995 10.41
1996 10.69
1997 10.98
1998 11.27
1999 11.57
2000 11.88
2001 12.19
2002 12.50
2003 12.81
2004 13.13
2005 13.46
2006 13.79
2007 14.12
2008 14.46
2009 14.80
2010 15.14
2011 15.49

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization