Population
The total population in Papua New Guinea was last recorded at 7.2 million people in 2012. The population growth rate is at 2.2% annually. From 1960 until 2012, Papua New Guinea Population averaged 4.0 Million reaching an all time high of 7.2 Million in December of 2012 and a record low of 2.0 Million in December of 1960.The population of Papua New Guinea represents 0.10 percent of the world´s total population which arguably means that one person in every 995 people on the planet is a resident of Papua New Guinea.