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Bahrain vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Bahrain has a population of 1.59M (ranked 151/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Bahrain's land area is 309 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 174th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Bahrain ranks 95/197 ($47.7B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Bahrain ranks 41/197 ($30,048), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Main facts and rankings

Bahrain Papua New Guinea
Population
1650128
10911445
Population rank 151/197 90/197
GDP
$47.7B
2024
$32.5B
2024
GDP rank 95/197 109/197
GDP per capita
$30,048
2024
$3,076
2024
GDP per capita rank 41/197 140/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$67,211
2024
$4,889
2024
Government debt
$64B
2024
$17.5B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
141.4%
2025
52%
2025
Government debt per person
$40,267
2024
$1,652
2024
Government debt per person rank 13/185 123/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$20,364
2025
$2,561
2025
Land area
309 sq mi
2025
174,850 sq mi
2025
Population density
5,143 ppl/mi²
2024
60.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.82
2023
3.1
2023
Median age
34.2 years
2024
23.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
81.6 years
2025
66.4 years
2025

Bahrain and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Bahrain and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP
Bahrain

Papua New Guinea
Year GDP
Bahrain 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 $391,577,364 $645,568,215
1971 $422,181,562 $717,750,278
1972 $534,081,184 $858,761,926
1973 $761,132,545 $1,299,079,410
1974 $1,042,176,884 $1,467,417,672
1975 $1,099,107,601 $1,356,603,608
1976 $1,581,709,519 $1,511,843,235
1977 $1,989,060,283 $1,640,746,619
1978 $2,272,042,965 $1,947,878,831
1979 $2,710,160,739 $2,293,760,511
1980 $3,493,834,468 $2,545,808,456
1981 $3,943,109,532 $2,498,190,847
1982 $4,145,421,080 $2,368,719,683
1983 $4,247,030,468 $2,562,351,551
1984 $4,440,874,566 $2,552,662,617
1985 $4,152,376,484 $2,423,339,172
1986 $3,470,746,843 $2,647,995,602
1987 $3,856,922,694 $3,143,851,794
1988 $4,209,834,173 $3,656,177,881
1989 $4,393,093,963 $3,546,472,566
1990 $4,809,511,005 $3,219,729,083
1991 $5,248,911,170 $3,787,394,958
1992 $5,402,232,447 $4,377,980,510
1993 $5,913,001,064 $4,974,550,286
1994 $6,330,627,926 $5,502,786,070
1995 $6,651,180,851 $4,636,057,476
1996 $6,938,166,755 $5,155,311,077
1997 $7,219,407,713 $4,936,615,299
1998 $7,031,309,043 $3,789,443,015
1999 $7,528,469,149 $3,477,038,204
2000 $9,062,898,936 $3,521,339,699
2001 $8,976,196,809 $3,081,024,212
2002 $9,593,510,638 $2,999,511,040
2003 $11,074,813,830 $3,536,411,824
2004 $13,150,159,574 $3,927,157,867
2005 $15,968,723,404 $4,865,892,972
2006 $18,504,760,638 $8,354,911,041
2007 $21,730,000,000 $9,545,028,944
2008 $25,710,904,255 $11,670,892,801
2009 $22,938,218,085 $11,619,456,449
2010 $26,805,984,043 $14,250,786,675
2011 $29,914,680,851 $17,985,138,066
2012 $31,963,404,255 $21,295,168,666
2013 $33,823,324,468 $21,261,338,065
2014 $34,772,526,596 $23,210,823,987
2015 $32,523,297,872 $21,723,437,010
2016 $33,884,680,851 $20,758,876,953
2017 $37,204,813,830 $22,742,699,138
2018 $39,567,978,723 $24,109,780,708
2019 $40,446,808,511 $24,750,626,030
2020 $35,837,632,979 $23,848,447,850
2021 $40,840,212,766 $26,109,413,521
2022 $46,458,191,489 $31,653,185,953
2023 $46,192,260,638 $30,816,367,067
2024 $47,736,702,128 $32,538,480,024

Bahrain and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita
Bahrain

Papua New Guinea
Year GDP per capita
Bahrain 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 $1,742 $257.6
1971 $1,830 $279.7
1972 $2,206 $327
1973 $2,981 $483
1974 $3,874 $533
1975 $3,880 $482
1976 $5,310 $525
1977 $6,358 $558
1978 $6,926 $648
1979 $7,891 $748
1980 $9,733 $813
1981 $10,557 $781
1982 $10,712 $726
1983 $10,599 $769
1984 $10,697 $750
1985 $9,649 $697
1986 $7,777 $745
1987 $8,333 $865
1988 $8,772 $985
1989 $8,833 $934
1990 $9,343 $826
1991 $10,434 $942
1992 $10,460 $1,051
1993 $11,152 $1,151
1994 $11,629 $1,228
1995 $11,901 $998
1996 $12,092 $1,071
1997 $12,255 $990
1998 $11,625 $733
1999 $12,123 $650
2000 $14,214 $636
2001 $13,573 $538
2002 $13,501 $506
2003 $14,486 $577
2004 $15,964 $621
2005 $17,966 $744
2006 $19,267 $1,238
2007 $20,908 $1,371
2008 $23,299 $1,625
2009 $19,465 $1,569
2010 $21,819 $1,867
2011 $25,033 $2,288
2012 $26,439 $2,635
2013 $26,990 $2,561
2014 $26,452 $2,723
2015 $23,734 $2,485
2016 $23,800 $2,316
2017 $24,785 $2,478
2018 $26,324 $2,566
2019 $27,260 $2,576
2020 $24,343 $2,430
2021 $27,148 $2,608
2022 $30,471 $3,102
2023 $29,290 $2,966
2024 $30,048 $3,076

Bahrain vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Bahrain

Papua New Guinea
Year Life expectancy, years
Bahrain Papua New Guinea
1950 38.6 39.4
1951 39.3 35.5
1952 39.9 40.7
1953 40.7 41.3
1954 41.6 42
1955 42.8 42.6
1956 44.1 43.3
1957 45.7 43.9
1958 47.3 44.6
1959 49 45.1
1960 50.6 45.8
1961 52.3 46.4
1962 53.9 46.7
1963 55.4 47.7
1964 56.9 48.3
1965 58.4 48.9
1966 59.7 49.6
1967 61 50.2
1968 62.3 50.9
1969 63.4 51.5
1970 64.4 52.1
1971 65.3 52.6
1972 66.1 53.3
1973 66.9 53.9
1974 67.6 54.4
1975 68.3 55
1976 68.9 55.5
1977 69.4 56
1978 69.9 56.5
1979 70.3 57
1980 70.7 57.4
1981 71 57.8
1982 71.4 58.1
1983 71.6 58.3
1984 71.9 58.6
1985 72.1 58.8
1986 72.3 59
1987 72.4 59.2
1988 72.5 59.4
1989 72.5 59.6
1990 72.6 59.8
1991 72.7 59.9
1992 72.8 60.3
1993 72.9 60.5
1994 73.1 60.7
1995 73.4 60.9
1996 73.6 61.1
1997 73.9 61.3
1998 74.1 60.4
1999 74.4 61.5
2000 74.7 61.6
2001 74.9 61.6
2002 75.2 61.6
2003 75.5 61.7
2004 75.8 61.8
2005 76.1 61.9
2006 76.5 62
2007 77 62.2
2008 77.5 62.5
2009 78 62.8
2010 78.6 63.1
2011 79.1 63.4
2012 79.6 63.6
2013 80 63.9
2014 80.2 64.2
2015 80.3 64.5
2016 80.4 64.7
2017 80.4 64.9
2018 80.4 65.1
2019 80.5 65.3
2020 78.7 65.1
2021 78.1 64.4
2022 81 65.3
2023 81.3 66.1
2024 81.4 66.3
2025 81.6 66.4

Bahrain and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population
Bahrain

Papua New Guinea
Year Population
Bahrain Papua New Guinea
1960 165,477 1,995,110
1961 172,346 2,046,127
1962 179,349 2,093,919
1963 186,501 2,141,376
1964 193,816 2,188,325
1965 200,866 2,235,820
1966 207,543 2,285,774
1967 214,189 2,337,532
1968 219,337 2,390,803
1969 222,469 2,446,927
1970 224,809 2,505,628
1971 230,733 2,566,421
1972 242,113 2,628,432
1973 255,320 2,690,629
1974 269,038 2,752,671
1975 283,243 2,814,820
1976 297,863 2,877,327
1977 312,823 2,940,327
1978 328,046 3,003,714
1979 343,457 3,067,341
1980 358,978 3,131,512
1981 373,524 3,197,019
1982 386,983 3,264,291
1983 400,707 3,333,633
1984 415,154 3,405,198
1985 430,358 3,478,936
1986 446,286 3,554,793
1987 462,854 3,632,543
1988 479,929 3,711,880
1989 497,327 3,796,078
1990 514,797 3,896,481
1991 503,052 4,021,837
1992 516,458 4,166,699
1993 530,225 4,320,872
1994 544,366 4,480,208
1995 558,879 4,644,278
1996 573,792 4,813,361
1997 589,115 4,987,883
1998 604,842 5,166,390
1999 620,989 5,349,333
2000 637,582 5,537,064
2001 661,316 5,728,435
2002 710,553 5,924,003
2003 764,517 6,123,997
2004 823,741 6,328,041
2005 888,822 6,535,905
2006 960,424 6,747,720
2007 1,039,295 6,963,345
2008 1,103,496 7,183,002
2009 1,178,415 7,406,438
2010 1,228,543 7,633,523
2011 1,195,020 7,859,346
2012 1,208,964 8,081,390
2013 1,253,191 8,302,698
2014 1,314,562 8,523,441
2015 1,370,322 8,743,246
2016 1,423,726 8,961,718
2017 1,501,116 9,178,714
2018 1,503,091 9,394,513
2019 1,483,756 9,609,010
2020 1,472,204 9,815,746
2021 1,504,365 10,012,896
2022 1,524,693 10,203,169
2023 1,577,059 10,389,635
2024 1,588,670 10,576,502

Fertility rates in Bahrain and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate
Bahrain

Papua New Guinea
Year Fertility rate
Bahrain Papua New Guinea
1960 7.26 6.02
1961 7.23 6.07
1962 7.19 6.14
1963 7.14 6.15
1964 7.09 6.19
1965 7.03 6.2
1966 6.94 6.23
1967 6.84 6.24
1968 6.71 6.25
1969 6.57 6.26
1970 6.43 6.25
1971 6.28 6.23
1972 6.14 6.2
1973 5.97 6.16
1974 5.79 6.11
1975 5.62 6.07
1976 5.45 6.02
1977 5.29 5.96
1978 5.12 5.88
1979 4.94 5.79
1980 4.76 5.71
1981 4.6 5.65
1982 4.51 5.59
1983 4.41 5.56
1984 4.3 5.51
1985 4.28 5.47
1986 4.25 5.42
1987 4.13 5.36
1988 4.04 5.3
1989 3.96 5.24
1990 3.82 5.18
1991 3.63 5.11
1992 3.55 5.03
1993 3.46 4.96
1994 3.29 4.87
1995 3.13 4.78
1996 2.99 4.73
1997 2.92 4.68
1998 2.89 4.63
1999 2.9 4.59
2000 2.8 4.53
2001 2.65 4.47
2002 2.7 4.42
2003 2.78 4.36
2004 2.77 4.28
2005 2.67 4.22
2006 2.46 4.15
2007 2.28 4.08
2008 2.15 4.01
2009 2.05 3.94
2010 1.99 3.88
2011 2.03 3.82
2012 2.11 3.75
2013 2.17 3.68
2014 2.15 3.63
2015 2.11 3.56
2016 2.04 3.5
2017 1.98 3.43
2018 1.91 3.38
2019 1.84 3.32
2020 1.86 3.27
2021 1.85 3.22
2022 1.84 3.17
2023 1.82 3.1

Bahrain and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age
Bahrain

Papua New Guinea
Year Median age, years
Bahrain Papua New Guinea
1960 18.8 18.5
1961 18.7 18.4
1962 18.5 18.3
1963 18.4 18.1
1964 18.2 18
1965 17.9 17.9
1966 17.7 17.8
1967 17.4 17.6
1968 17.2 17.5
1969 17.2 17.4
1970 17.4 17.3
1971 17.6 17.2
1972 17.9 17.1
1973 18.3 17.2
1974 18.7 17.2
1975 19.2 17.3
1976 19.6 17.4
1977 20.2 17.5
1978 20.7 17.7
1979 21.3 17.8
1980 21.8 18
1981 22.2 18.1
1982 22.4 18.2
1983 22.6 18.3
1984 22.8 18.3
1985 23 18.4
1986 23.3 18.5
1987 23.6 18.5
1988 23.9 18.6
1989 24.2 18.6
1990 24.6 18.7
1991 25.1 18.8
1992 25.2 18.9
1993 25.2 19
1994 25.2 19.1
1995 25.3 19.2
1996 25.4 19.4
1997 25.5 19.5
1998 25.8 19.6
1999 26.2 19.7
2000 26.6 19.8
2001 26.8 19.9
2002 26.8 19.9
2003 26.8 20
2004 27 20.2
2005 27.4 20.3
2006 27.8 20.4
2007 28.3 20.6
2008 28.9 20.7
2009 29.6 20.9
2010 30 21
2011 30.2 21.2
2012 30.5 21.3
2013 30.8 21.5
2014 30.9 21.7
2015 31.1 21.9
2016 31.2 22
2017 31.4 22.2
2018 31.8 22.4
2019 32.2 22.6
2020 31.9 22.8
2021 31.6 23
2022 32.6 23.2
2023 33.8 23.4
2024 34.2 23.6

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Finance

Bahrain Papua New Guinea
GNI, Atlas method
$45.8B
2024
$31.1B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
29.6%
2025
21.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
1.89%
2023
0.78%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
3.11%
2023
0.31%
2023
Armed forces personnel
19,000
2020
4,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-10.4%
2025
-2.61%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.2%
2012
2.69%
2022
Services, % of GDP
51.9%
2023
41.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
43.4%
2023
37.2%
2024
Economic freedom index
65.6
2025
52.5
2025
Income share by richest 10% n/a
31%
2009
Income share by poorest 10% n/a
1.9%
2009
Listed domestic companies
39
2024
6
2016
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$20.4B
2024
$1.68B
2017
Total reserves including gold
$4.95B
2024
$3.9B
2023
Personal remittances received
$0
2023
$3.87M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,909,000
2020
39,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
2.82%
2020
0.04%
2018
Banked people share
82.3%
2024
n/a

Energy

Bahrain Papua New Guinea
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
0 kg
2023
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.76
2022
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
37.4 megatons
2023
5.95 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
23.7 tons
2023
0.57 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
100%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
0%
2021
54.6%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.03%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-45.5%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
22,689 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
0.04%
2021
40%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
35.3%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
20.5%
2023

Society

Bahrain Papua New Guinea
% of world population
0.02%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
+22,699
2024
-707
2024
Urban population
90%
2024
13.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.67 ft
2025
5.35 ft
2025
Average female height
5.19 ft
2025
5.15 ft
2025
Quality of life index
72.1
2025
38.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
53
2024
31
2024
Higher education index
51
2025
29
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.2
2022
9.4
2010
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.2
2019
12.6
2019
Visa free countries
103
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.8%
2024
87.1%
2022
English speaking
80%
2025
70.4%
2023
People using the Internet
100%
2024
24.1%
2023

Health

Bahrain Papua New Guinea
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,111
2022
$81.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$260.7
2022
$7.51
2022
Life expectancy
81.6 years
2025
66.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
32.2%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.84
2016
0.06
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
21.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
17
2023
189
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
8.6
2023
40.3
2023
Obesity rate
37.3%
2022
21.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
22.1%
2024
14.1%
2024
Air quality index
13
2025
91
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
15%
2022
39.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.25 liters
2020
1.13 liters
2020

Territory

Bahrain Papua New Guinea
% of world land
0.0005%
2025
0.3%
2025
Land area per capita
194.4 sq mi
2024
16,532 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
31.3 sq mi
2025
5,425 sq mi
2025
Forest area
2.93 sq mi
2025
138,051 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,561 mi
2010
5,809 mi
2011

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