1. PopulationPapua New Guinea

   Papua New Guinea: the IMF counts 1.96M more people than the UN

   UNIMF

   How many people lived in Papua New Guinea in 2024? The IMF (April 2026) says 12.5M, the UN projection says 10.6M. Both are official; the gap is 19% of the UN figure. Why the counts differ, these data do not say.

   Source: IMF World Economic Outlook; UN World Population Prospects 2024Open on the chart →

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