International migrant stock in Papua New Guinea

International migrants made up 0.3% of the population of Papua New Guinea in 2024.

Measure: International migrants as a share of the population Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Papua New Guinea, 2024 0.3% % of population
Change from 2020 0percentage points 2020: 0.3%
World, 2024 3.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 203rd of 216 See the full ranking

International migrant stock in Papua New Guinea over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

International migrants as a share of the population (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period Papua New GuineaWorld
2024 0.3% 3.7%
2020 0.3% 3.5%
2015 0.4% 3.3%
2010 0.4% 3.2%
2005 0.5% 2.9%
2000 0.5% 2.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from the previous available figure, 0.3% in 2020.
  • Since 1990, when it was 0.9%, the figure has changed by −0.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 216 countries with data for 2024, Papua New Guinea has the 203rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 3.7%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, International Migrant Stock
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SM.POP.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Papua New Guinea
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, International Migrant Stock