OVERVIEW GRAPHS - POPULATION

Year	Papua New Guinea	New Guinea	Papua
1901			1
1911			3
1921		9	23
1933		19	10
1947		104	49
1954		119	45
1961		204	107
1971		568	298
1976	1522
1981	1932
1986	2170
1991	2363
1996	2161
2001	2176
2006	2342
2011	2524

Notes

• Australian censuses separately represented people from Papua and New Guinea until 1976, a year after Papua New Guinea gained full independence.