Papua New Guinea - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Papua New Guinea was 390,986 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 390,986 in 2021 and a minimum value of 29,103 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 29,103
1961 30,953
1962 32,923
1963 35,018
1964 37,251
1965 39,618
1966 42,147
1967 47,466
1968 53,465
1969 60,203
1970 67,801
1971 76,358
1972 80,535
1973 84,835
1974 89,372
1975 94,151
1976 99,192
1977 104,489
1978 110,076
1979 115,963
1980 122,172
1981 128,172
1982 134,314
1983 140,750
1984 147,504
1985 154,563
1986 161,969
1987 169,731
1988 177,876
1989 186,388
1990 195,319
1991 200,620
1992 205,957
1993 211,419
1994 217,035
1995 222,800
1996 228,726
1997 234,793
1998 241,029
1999 247,431
2000 254,012
2001 259,275
2002 264,620
2003 270,075
2004 275,651
2005 281,326
2006 287,126
2007 293,045
2008 299,095
2009 305,252
2010 311,545
2011 317,968
2012 324,532
2013 331,232
2014 338,069
2015 345,048
2016 352,171
2017 359,441
2018 366,862
2019 374,517
2020 382,516
2021 390,986

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Papua New Guinea was 31.87 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 34.63 in 1960, while its lowest value was 24.19 in 1971.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

See also:

Year Value
1960 34.63
1961 33.49
1962 32.36
1963 31.27
1964 30.19
1965 29.14
1966 28.12
1967 27.23
1968 26.39
1969 25.60
1970 24.87
1971 24.19
1972 24.42
1973 24.66
1974 24.90
1975 25.13
1976 25.36
1977 25.58
1978 25.80
1979 26.01
1980 26.22
1981 26.39
1982 26.54
1983 26.70
1984 26.87
1985 27.06
1986 27.26
1987 27.48
1988 27.71
1989 27.96
1990 28.22
1991 28.65
1992 29.11
1993 29.57
1994 30.04
1995 30.50
1996 30.96
1997 31.41
1998 31.87
1999 32.36
2000 32.90
2001 32.92
2002 32.96
2003 33.01
2004 33.05
2005 33.04
2006 33.00
2007 32.92
2008 32.84
2009 32.77
2010 32.73
2011 32.73
2012 32.76
2013 32.77
2014 32.75
2015 32.71
2016 32.62
2017 32.51
2018 32.37
2019 32.21
2020 32.04
2021 31.87

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization