Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Afghanistan has a population of 42.6M (ranked 36/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Afghanistan's land area is 251,827 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 40th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Afghanistan ranks 137/197 ($17.2B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Afghanistan ranks 196/197 ($414), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

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Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Afghanistan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Afghanistan	Papua New Guinea
1960	-	$230,496,037
1961	-	$244,832,039
1962	-	$261,184,042
1963	-	$275,968,044
1964	-	$305,312,049
1965	-	$344,176,055
1966	-	$390,992,063
1967	-	$441,728,183
1968	-	$485,184,190
1969	-	$551,263,864
1970	-	$645,568,215
1971	-	$717,750,278
1972	-	$858,761,926
1973	-	$1,299,079,410
1974	-	$1,467,417,672
1975	-	$1,356,603,608
1976	-	$1,511,843,235
1977	-	$1,640,746,619
1978	-	$1,947,878,831
1979	-	$2,293,760,511
1980	-	$2,545,808,456
1981	-	$2,498,190,847
1982	-	$2,368,719,683
1983	-	$2,562,351,551
1984	-	$2,552,662,617
1985	-	$2,423,339,172
1986	-	$2,647,995,602
1987	-	$3,143,851,794
1988	-	$3,656,177,881
1989	-	$3,546,472,566
1990	-	$3,219,729,083
1991	-	$3,787,394,958
1992	-	$4,377,980,510
1993	-	$4,974,550,286
1994	-	$5,502,786,070
1995	-	$4,636,057,476
1996	-	$5,155,311,077
1997	-	$4,936,615,299
1998	-	$3,789,443,015
1999	-	$3,477,038,204
2000	$3,521,418,060	$3,521,339,699
2001	$2,813,571,754	$3,081,024,212
2002	$3,825,701,439	$2,999,511,040
2003	$4,520,946,819	$3,536,411,824
2004	$5,224,896,719	$3,927,157,867
2005	$6,203,256,539	$4,865,892,972
2006	$6,971,758,282	$8,354,911,041
2007	$9,747,886,187	$9,545,028,944
2008	$10,109,297,048	$11,670,892,801
2009	$12,416,152,732	$11,619,456,449
2010	$15,856,668,556	$14,250,786,675
2011	$17,805,098,206	$17,985,138,066
2012	$19,907,329,778	$21,295,168,666
2013	$20,146,416,758	$21,261,338,065
2014	$20,497,128,556	$23,210,823,987
2015	$19,134,221,645	$21,723,437,010
2016	$18,116,572,395	$20,758,876,953
2017	$18,753,456,498	$22,742,699,138
2018	$18,053,222,687	$24,109,780,708
2019	$18,799,444,490	$24,750,626,030
2020	$19,955,929,052	$23,848,447,850
2021	$14,259,995,441	$26,109,413,521
2022	$14,497,243,872	$31,653,185,953
2023	$17,152,234,637	$30,816,367,067
2024	-	$32,538,480,024

Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Afghanistan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Afghanistan	Papua New Guinea
1960	-	$115.5
1961	-	$119.7
1962	-	$124.7
1963	-	$128.9
1964	-	$139.5
1965	-	$153.9
1966	-	$171.1
1967	-	$189
1968	-	$202.9
1969	-	$225.3
1970	-	$257.6
1971	-	$279.7
1972	-	$327
1973	-	$483
1974	-	$533
1975	-	$482
1976	-	$525
1977	-	$558
1978	-	$648
1979	-	$748
1980	-	$813
1981	-	$781
1982	-	$726
1983	-	$769
1984	-	$750
1985	-	$697
1986	-	$745
1987	-	$865
1988	-	$985
1989	-	$934
1990	-	$826
1991	-	$942
1992	-	$1,051
1993	-	$1,151
1994	-	$1,228
1995	-	$998
1996	-	$1,071
1997	-	$990
1998	-	$733
1999	-	$650
2000	$174.9	$636
2001	$138.7	$538
2002	$179	$506
2003	$198.9	$577
2004	$221.8	$621
2005	$254.2	$744
2006	$274.2	$1,238
2007	$376	$1,371
2008	$382	$1,625
2009	$452	$1,569
2010	$561	$1,867
2011	$607	$2,288
2012	$651	$2,635
2013	$637	$2,561
2014	$625	$2,723
2015	$566	$2,485
2016	$522	$2,316
2017	$525	$2,478
2018	$491	$2,566
2019	$497	$2,576
2020	$511	$2,430
2021	$356	$2,608
2022	$357	$3,102
2023	$414	$2,966
2024	-	$3,076

Afghanistan vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Afghanistan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Afghanistan	Papua New Guinea
1950	28.2	39.4
1951	28.6	35.5
1952	29	40.7
1953	29.5	41.3
1954	29.7	42
1955	30.4	42.6
1956	30.8	43.3
1957	31.3	43.9
1958	31.8	44.6
1959	32.3	45.1
1960	32.8	45.8
1961	33.3	46.4
1962	33.8	46.7
1963	34.2	47.7
1964	34.7	48.3
1965	35.1	48.9
1966	35.6	49.6
1967	36	50.2
1968	36.5	50.9
1969	37	51.5
1970	37.5	52.1
1971	37.9	52.6
1972	38.4	53.3
1973	39	53.9
1974	39.5	54.4
1975	40	55
1976	40.5	55.5
1977	41.1	56
1978	40.1	56.5
1979	38.8	57
1980	39.3	57.4
1981	39.4	57.8
1982	36.1	58.1
1983	36.5	58.3
1984	31.5	58.6
1985	32.1	58.8
1986	38.4	59
1987	38.8	59.2
1988	43.2	59.4
1989	44.5	59.6
1990	45.1	59.8
1991	45.5	59.9
1992	46.6	60.3
1993	51	60.5
1994	51	60.7
1995	52.1	60.9
1996	52.8	61.1
1997	53.2	61.3
1998	52.5	60.4
1999	54.5	61.5
2000	55	61.6
2001	55.5	61.6
2002	56.2	61.6
2003	57.2	61.7
2004	57.8	61.8
2005	58.2	61.9
2006	58.6	62
2007	59	62.2
2008	59.7	62.5
2009	60.2	62.8
2010	60.7	63.1
2011	61.3	63.4
2012	61.7	63.6
2013	62.2	63.9
2014	62.3	64.2
2015	62.3	64.5
2016	62.6	64.7
2017	62.4	64.9
2018	62.4	65.1
2019	62.9	65.3
2020	61.5	65.1
2021	60.4	64.4
2022	65.6	65.3
2023	66	66.1
2024	66.3	66.3
2025	66.5	66.4

Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Afghanistan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Afghanistan	Papua New Guinea
1960	9,035,043	1,995,110
1961	9,214,083	2,046,127
1962	9,404,406	2,093,919
1963	9,604,487	2,141,376
1964	9,814,318	2,188,325
1965	10,036,008	2,235,820
1966	10,266,395	2,285,774
1967	10,505,959	2,337,532
1968	10,756,922	2,390,803
1969	11,017,409	2,446,927
1970	11,290,128	2,505,628
1971	11,567,667	2,566,421
1972	11,853,696	2,628,432
1973	12,157,999	2,690,629
1974	12,469,127	2,752,671
1975	12,773,954	2,814,820
1976	13,059,851	2,877,327
1977	13,340,756	2,940,327
1978	13,611,441	3,003,714
1979	13,655,567	3,067,341
1980	13,169,311	3,131,512
1981	11,937,581	3,197,019
1982	10,991,378	3,264,291
1983	10,917,982	3,333,633
1984	11,190,221	3,405,198
1985	11,426,852	3,478,936
1986	11,420,074	3,554,793
1987	11,387,818	3,632,543
1988	11,523,298	3,711,880
1989	11,874,088	3,796,078
1990	12,045,660	3,896,481
1991	12,238,879	4,021,837
1992	13,278,974	4,166,699
1993	14,943,172	4,320,872
1994	16,250,794	4,480,208
1995	17,065,836	4,644,278
1996	17,763,266	4,813,361
1997	18,452,091	4,987,883
1998	19,159,996	5,166,390
1999	19,887,785	5,349,333
2000	20,130,327	5,537,064
2001	20,284,307	5,728,435
2002	21,378,117	5,924,003
2003	22,733,049	6,123,997
2004	23,560,654	6,328,041
2005	24,404,567	6,535,905
2006	25,424,094	6,747,720
2007	25,909,852	6,963,345
2008	26,482,622	7,183,002
2009	27,466,101	7,406,438
2010	28,284,089	7,633,523
2011	29,347,708	7,859,346
2012	30,560,034	8,081,390
2013	31,622,704	8,302,698
2014	32,792,523	8,523,441
2015	33,831,764	8,743,246
2016	34,700,612	8,961,718
2017	35,688,935	9,178,714
2018	36,743,039	9,394,513
2019	37,856,121	9,609,010
2020	39,068,979	9,815,746
2021	40,000,412	10,012,896
2022	40,578,842	10,203,169
2023	41,454,761	10,389,635
2024	42,647,492	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Afghanistan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Afghanistan	Papua New Guinea
1960	7.28	6.02
1961	7.28	6.07
1962	7.29	6.14
1963	7.3	6.15
1964	7.3	6.19
1965	7.31	6.2
1966	7.32	6.23
1967	7.34	6.24
1968	7.36	6.25
1969	7.39	6.26
1970	7.4	6.25
1971	7.43	6.23
1972	7.45	6.2
1973	7.49	6.16
1974	7.53	6.11
1975	7.54	6.07
1976	7.56	6.02
1977	7.59	5.96
1978	7.6	5.88
1979	7.61	5.79
1980	7.64	5.71
1981	7.62	5.65
1982	7.6	5.59
1983	7.57	5.56
1984	7.55	5.51
1985	7.55	5.47
1986	7.55	5.42
1987	7.55	5.36
1988	7.55	5.3
1989	7.56	5.24
1990	7.58	5.18
1991	7.63	5.11
1992	7.7	5.03
1993	7.76	4.96
1994	7.77	4.87
1995	7.77	4.78
1996	7.76	4.73
1997	7.73	4.68
1998	7.69	4.63
1999	7.64	4.59
2000	7.57	4.53
2001	7.45	4.47
2002	7.32	4.42
2003	7.17	4.36
2004	7.02	4.28
2005	6.86	4.22
2006	6.69	4.15
2007	6.51	4.08
2008	6.39	4.01
2009	6.3	3.94
2010	6.2	3.88
2011	6.09	3.82
2012	5.99	3.75
2013	5.88	3.68
2014	5.77	3.63
2015	5.65	3.56
2016	5.54	3.5
2017	5.43	3.43
2018	5.33	3.38
2019	5.24	3.32
2020	5.15	3.27
2021	5.04	3.22
2022	4.93	3.17
2023	4.84	3.1

Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Afghanistan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Afghanistan	Papua New Guinea
1960	18.9	18.5
1961	18.9	18.4
1962	18.8	18.3
1963	18.7	18.1
1964	18.6	18
1965	18.6	17.9
1966	18.5	17.8
1967	18.4	17.6
1968	18.3	17.5
1969	18.2	17.4
1970	18.1	17.3
1971	17.9	17.2
1972	17.8	17.1
1973	17.7	17.2
1974	17.6	17.2
1975	17.5	17.3
1976	17.4	17.4
1977	17.3	17.5
1978	17.2	17.7
1979	17	17.8
1980	16.9	18
1981	16.8	18.1
1982	16.7	18.2
1983	16.6	18.3
1984	16.5	18.3
1985	16.4	18.4
1986	16.3	18.5
1987	16.3	18.5
1988	16.2	18.6
1989	16.1	18.6
1990	16.1	18.7
1991	16	18.8
1992	15.9	18.9
1993	15.8	19
1994	15.7	19.1
1995	15.6	19.2
1996	15.5	19.4
1997	15.3	19.5
1998	15.2	19.6
1999	15.1	19.7
2000	15	19.8
2001	14.9	19.9
2002	14.9	19.9
2003	14.9	20
2004	14.9	20.2
2005	15	20.3
2006	15.1	20.4
2007	15.2	20.6
2008	15.3	20.7
2009	15.5	20.9
2010	15.7	21
2011	15.9	21.2
2012	16	21.3
2013	16.2	21.5
2014	16.4	21.7
2015	16.6	21.9
2016	16.8	22
2017	17	22.2
2018	17.1	22.4
2019	17.3	22.6
2020	17.5	22.8
2021	17.6	23
2022	17.8	23.2
2023	18	23.4
2024	18.2	23.6

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