Papua New Guinea's population ages 15-64, male was 3.48 million in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 26.91% from 2.75 million in 2015 (2.41% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 3.48 million | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 3.13 million | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 2.75 million | 2015 |
| Highest | 3.48 million | 2025 |
| Lowest | 592,076 | 1960 |
| Average since 2016 | 3.16 million | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 592,076 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Papua New Guinea's population ages 15-64, male rose 2% on 2024 (from 3.41 million to 3.48 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +3.2% and a typical year strayed about 0.6% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.9% in 1993. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 73,255 a year. A straight line explains 100% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 3.72 million for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 24,109, against 138,192 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, Papua New Guinea had the 90th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 3.48 million | 2025 |
| World | 2.72 billion | 2025 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 837.41 million | 2025 |
| Lower middle income | 966.06 million | 2025 |
Closest to Papua New Guinea in the 2025 ranking
- Czechia — 87th of 217: 3.55 million
- South Sudan — 88th of 217: 3.5 million
- Azerbaijan — 89th of 217: 3.49 million
- Sweden — 91st of 217: 3.39 million
- Portugal — 92nd of 217: 3.29 million
- Greece — 93rd of 217: 3.26 million
What this measures
Male population between the ages 15 to 64. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 66 values
| Year | Population ages 15-64, male |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,483,684 |
| 2024 | 3,414,049 |
| 2023 | 3,344,727 |
| 2022 | 3,275,961 |
| 2021 | 3,206,258 |
| 2020 | 3,133,943 |
| 2019 | 3,058,132 |
| 2018 | 2,979,741 |
| 2017 | 2,901,234 |
| 2016 | 2,822,953 |
| 2015 |
Population ages 15-64, male in nearby economies
- American Samoa — 15,262 (2025)
- Australia — 8.86 million (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 181,739 (2025)
- Cambodia — 5.62 million (2025)
- China — 506.48 million (2025)
- Fiji — 308,895 (2025)
- French Polynesia — 99,373 (2025)
- Guam — 52,772 (2025)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 2.15 million (2025)
- Indonesia — 98.62 million (2025)
- Japan — 36.77 million (2025)
More health data for Papua New Guinea
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 11.41% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 11.56% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 1.72 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 32.84% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 1.85 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 33.44% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 3.57 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 33.15% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Papua New Guinea's population ages 15-64, male?
- 3.48 million in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 488.38% from 592,076 in 1960 (2.76% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 3.48 million in 2025 and the lowest 592,076 in 1960.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.1564.MA.IN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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