๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Migration to & from Papua New Guinea

Historic Net Migration for Papua New Guinea (1950-2024)

Papua New Guinea has seen an increase in net migrations since the 1950's.

Year Net Migration Overall Population +/-
1950 -4,844 31,787
1951 -3,842 30,726
1952 -2,905 37,992
1953 -2,048 41,065
1954 -1,281 43,379
1955 -601 46,023
1956 -7 48,236
1957 -447 49,757
1958 -778 51,176
1959 -1,437 51,936
1960 -2,033 53,256
1961 -10,404 46,756
1962 -12,136 47,024
1963 -15,180 46,295
1964 -17,726 46,080
1965 -18,532 47,459
1966 -17,455 51,163
1967 -19,762 51,152
1968 -19,193 54,267
1969 -18,993 56,864
1970 -18,774 59,411
1971 -18,943 61,100
1972 -20,301 61,670
1973 -21,803 61,217
1974 -22,776 61,121
1975 -23,563 61,178
1976 -24,192 61,572
1977 -24,722 61,898
1978 -25,212 62,171
1979 -25,612 62,420
1980 -25,633 63,352
1981 -25,380 65,218
1982 -25,353 67,161
1983 -25,462 69,667
1984 -25,489 71,908
1985 -25,472 74,320
1986 -25,499 76,354
1987 -25,718 78,501
1988 -26,234 80,114
1989 -19,827 88,808
1990 2,397 112,913
1991 26,836 139,133
1992 36,623 152,163
1993 38,223 157,727
1994 39,667 162,483
1995 40,951 167,007
1996 41,986 171,905
1997 42,791 177,184
1998 43,097 179,596
1999 42,513 185,522
2000 41,857 188,297
2001 41,963 192,086
2002 42,657 196,128
2003 43,638 200,640
2004 44,804 203,732
2005 46,016 207,572
2006 47,192 211,227
2007 48,204 214,471
2008 48,988 219,371
2009 49,646 222,433
2010 50,107 226,326
2011 40,693 220,410
2012 37,896 219,406
2013 35,283 218,758
2014 32,841 218,294
2015 30,581 217,748
2016 28,474 216,243
2017 26,515 215,010
2018 24,688 213,852
2019 22,977 212,665
2020 10,695 201,644
2021 10,695 197,950
2022 -800 188,413
2023 -800 186,211
2024 -800 185,504

How is Net Migrations calculated?

The difference between immigrants and emigrants makes up the net migrations of a country. If the net migration numbers for the year are positive and indicated above with green coloring. Then more people immigrated than emigrated to Papua New Guinea for that year, equal to the number displayed.

Future Net Migration for Papua New Guinea (2024-2100)

Papua New Guinea will see a decrease of net migrations by the year 2100.

Year Net Migration Overall Population +/-
2024 -800 185,504
2025 -800 185,208
2026 -800 184,698
2027 -800 182,850
2028 -800 182,312
2029 -800 181,451
2030 -800 180,526
2031 -800 180,285
2032 -800 179,602
2033 -800 177,845
2034 -800 176,289
2035 -800 174,957
2036 -800 173,579
2037 -800 172,097
2038 -800 170,470
2039 -800 168,006
2040 -800 166,734
2041 -800 164,391
2042 -800 161,741
2043 -800 160,430
2044 -800 155,740
2045 -800 155,304
2046 -800 153,078
2047 -800 150,507
2048 -800 147,898
2049 -800 144,682
2050 -800 142,297
2051 -800 139,258
2052 -800 136,738
2053 -800 134,084
2054 -800 130,841
2055 -800 127,138
2056 -800 124,202
2057 -800 122,593
2058 -800 119,176
2059 -800 115,559
2060 -800 112,609
2061 -800 108,798
2062 -800 106,029
2063 -800 103,248
2064 -800 101,879
2065 -800 98,711
2066 -800 95,238
2067 -800 93,458
2068 -800 90,498
2069 -800 88,084
2070 -800 86,354
2071 -800 83,558
2072 -800 80,093
2073 -800 76,782
2074 -800 73,749
2075 -800 71,134
2076 -800 67,574
2077 -800 63,737
2078 -800 61,880
2079 -800 59,020
2080 -800 56,931
2081 -800 55,297
2082 -800 51,949
2083 -800 49,977
2084 -800 47,180
2085 -800 44,576
2086 -800 41,640
2087 -800 39,318
2088 -800 35,818
2089 -800 34,035
2090 -800 32,406
2091 -800 30,693
2092 -800 29,400
2093 -800 26,924
2094 -800 24,447
2095 -800 21,610
2096 -800 19,994
2097 -800 17,135
2098 -800 15,802
2099 -800 13,826
2100 -800 11,117

Why is the chart for future net migrations mostly flat?

Predicting and projecting future movements of population is extremely hard. Especially, the further you move into the future. Thus, the scientist and data collectors of the United Nations tend to add a flat number when reasonable projections can't be made.

Causes of Migration

Causes of Immigration to Papua New Guinea

Causes of Emigration from Papua New Guinea

Common Questions

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Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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