Belgium vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Belgium's land area is 11,774 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 136th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Belgium ranks 23/197 ($665B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 17/197 ($55,955), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Belgium and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Belgium and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Belgium

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Belgium	Papua New Guinea
1960	$11,810,619,368	$230,496,037
1961	$12,561,701,694	$244,832,039
1962	$13,436,827,167	$261,184,042
1963	$14,445,805,381	$275,968,044
1964	$16,168,044,450	$305,312,049
1965	$17,597,783,297	$344,176,055
1966	$18,894,891,312	$390,992,063
1967	$20,252,508,995	$441,728,183
1968	$21,654,856,965	$485,184,190
1969	$24,019,653,475	$551,263,864
1970	$26,706,196,047	$645,568,215
1971	$29,821,661,870	$717,750,278
1972	$37,209,418,019	$858,761,926
1973	$47,743,801,490	$1,299,079,410
1974	$56,033,077,879	$1,467,417,672
1975	$65,678,189,097	$1,356,603,608
1976	$71,113,882,968	$1,511,843,235
1977	$82,839,905,459	$1,640,746,619
1978	$101,246,526,194	$1,947,878,831
1979	$116,315,456,797	$2,293,760,511
1980	$126,829,314,388	$2,545,808,456
1981	$104,730,018,470	$2,498,190,847
1982	$92,095,926,188	$2,368,719,683
1983	$87,184,239,053	$2,562,351,551
1984	$83,349,530,159	$2,552,662,617
1985	$86,268,264,148	$2,423,339,172
1986	$120,018,787,249	$2,647,995,602
1987	$149,394,404,106	$3,143,851,794
1988	$162,299,103,675	$3,656,177,881
1989	$164,221,056,511	$3,546,472,566
1990	$205,331,747,948	$3,219,729,083
1991	$210,510,999,409	$3,787,394,958
1992	$234,781,652,447	$4,377,980,510
1993	$224,721,795,709	$4,974,550,286
1994	$244,884,129,491	$5,502,786,070
1995	$288,025,588,396	$4,636,057,476
1996	$279,201,433,225	$5,155,311,077
1997	$252,708,051,421	$4,936,615,299
1998	$258,528,339,631	$3,789,443,015
1999	$258,245,733,221	$3,477,038,204
2000	$236,792,460,312	$3,521,339,699
2001	$236,746,141,604	$3,081,024,212
2002	$258,383,599,375	$2,999,511,040
2003	$318,082,528,507	$3,536,411,824
2004	$369,214,712,443	$3,927,157,867
2005	$385,714,762,230	$4,865,892,972
2006	$408,259,840,869	$8,354,911,041
2007	$470,922,156,309	$9,545,028,944
2008	$517,328,087,920	$11,670,892,801
2009	$485,014,525,992	$11,619,456,449
2010	$481,556,503,720	$14,250,786,675
2011	$527,196,649,049	$17,985,138,066
2012	$498,414,364,945	$21,295,168,666
2013	$524,097,026,599	$21,261,338,065
2014	$537,987,419,164	$23,210,823,987
2015	$461,044,767,545	$21,723,437,010
2016	$474,271,566,740	$20,758,876,953
2017	$500,908,767,352	$22,742,699,138
2018	$542,638,913,428	$24,109,780,708
2019	$536,726,344,405	$24,750,626,030
2020	$529,694,473,502	$23,848,447,850
2021	$598,522,422,242	$26,109,413,521
2022	$593,614,574,326	$31,653,185,953
2023	$644,655,275,112	$30,816,367,067
2024	$664,564,181,487	$32,538,480,024

Belgium and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Belgium

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belgium	Papua New Guinea
1960	$1,290	$115.5
1961	$1,368	$119.7
1962	$1,457	$124.7
1963	$1,555	$128.9
1964	$1,724	$139.5
1965	$1,860	$153.9
1966	$1,983	$171.1
1967	$2,114	$189
1968	$2,251	$202.9
1969	$2,490	$225.3
1970	$2,766	$257.6
1971	$3,083	$279.7
1972	$3,832	$327
1973	$4,901	$483
1974	$5,734	$533
1975	$6,701	$482
1976	$7,243	$525
1977	$8,427	$558
1978	$10,290	$648
1979	$11,811	$748
1980	$12,864	$813
1981	$10,623	$781
1982	$9,344	$726
1983	$8,846	$769
1984	$8,457	$750
1985	$8,751	$697
1986	$12,170	$745
1987	$15,136	$865
1988	$16,391	$985
1989	$16,525	$934
1990	$20,600	$826
1991	$21,042	$942
1992	$23,373	$1,051
1993	$22,284	$1,151
1994	$24,209	$1,228
1995	$28,414	$998
1996	$27,490	$1,071
1997	$24,821	$990
1998	$25,338	$733
1999	$25,253	$650
2000	$23,099	$636
2001	$23,015	$538
2002	$25,006	$506
2003	$30,655	$577
2004	$35,429	$621
2005	$36,810	$744
2006	$38,705	$1,238
2007	$44,319	$1,371
2008	$48,303	$1,625
2009	$44,923	$1,569
2010	$44,197	$1,867
2011	$47,761	$2,288
2012	$44,874	$2,635
2013	$46,965	$2,561
2014	$47,996	$2,723
2015	$40,894	$2,485
2016	$41,855	$2,316
2017	$44,035	$2,478
2018	$47,487	$2,566
2019	$46,717	$2,576
2020	$45,906	$2,430
2021	$51,658	$2,608
2022	$50,822	$3,102
2023	$54,690	$2,966
2024	$55,955	$3,076

Belgium vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Belgium

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Belgium	Papua New Guinea
1950	66.3	39.4
1951	66.7	35.5
1952	68	40.7
1953	68.4	41.3
1954	68.6	42
1955	68.5	42.6
1956	68.8	43.3
1957	69.2	43.9
1958	69.9	44.6
1959	70.3	45.1
1960	69.6	45.8
1961	70.5	46.4
1962	70.2	46.7
1963	70	47.7
1964	70.7	48.3
1965	70.6	48.9
1966	70.6	49.6
1967	70.9	50.2
1968	70.6	50.9
1969	70.7	51.5
1970	70.9	52.1
1971	71.1	52.6
1972	71.4	53.3
1973	71.6	53.9
1974	72	54.4
1975	72	55
1976	72.1	55.5
1977	72.8	56
1978	72.7	56.5
1979	73.2	57
1980	73.2	57.4
1981	73.7	57.8
1982	73.9	58.1
1983	73.9	58.3
1984	74.4	58.6
1985	74.5	58.8
1986	74.7	59
1987	75.3	59.2
1988	75.6	59.4
1989	75.6	59.6
1990	76.1	59.8
1991	76.2	59.9
1992	76.4	60.3
1993	76.4	60.5
1994	76.7	60.7
1995	76.8	60.9
1996	77.2	61.1
1997	77.4	61.3
1998	77.5	60.4
1999	77.6	61.5
2000	77.8	61.6
2001	78.1	61.6
2002	78.2	61.6
2003	78.3	61.7
2004	79	61.8
2005	79.1	61.9
2006	79.4	62
2007	79.5	62.2
2008	79.6	62.5
2009	79.8	62.8
2010	80	63.1
2011	80.4	63.4
2012	80.3	63.6
2013	80.5	63.9
2014	81.1	64.2
2015	80.9	64.5
2016	81.3	64.7
2017	81.4	64.9
2018	81.5	65.1
2019	81.8	65.3
2020	80.8	65.1
2021	81.7	64.4
2022	81.2	65.3
2023	82.1	66.1
2024	82.3	66.3
2025	82.4	66.4

Belgium and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Belgium

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Belgium	Papua New Guinea
1960	9,153,489	1,995,110
1961	9,183,948	2,046,127
1962	9,220,578	2,093,919
1963	9,289,770	2,141,376
1964	9,378,113	2,188,325
1965	9,463,667	2,235,820
1966	9,527,807	2,285,774
1967	9,580,991	2,337,532
1968	9,618,756	2,390,803
1969	9,646,032	2,446,927
1970	9,655,549	2,505,628
1971	9,673,162	2,566,421
1972	9,711,115	2,628,432
1973	9,741,720	2,690,629
1974	9,772,419	2,752,671
1975	9,800,700	2,814,820
1976	9,818,227	2,877,327
1977	9,830,358	2,940,327
1978	9,839,534	3,003,714
1979	9,848,382	3,067,341
1980	9,859,242	3,131,512
1981	9,858,982	3,197,019
1982	9,856,303	3,264,291
1983	9,855,520	3,333,633
1984	9,855,372	3,405,198
1985	9,858,308	3,478,936
1986	9,861,823	3,554,793
1987	9,870,234	3,632,543
1988	9,901,664	3,711,880
1989	9,937,697	3,796,078
1990	9,967,379	3,896,481
1991	10,004,486	4,021,837
1992	10,045,158	4,166,699
1993	10,084,475	4,320,872
1994	10,115,603	4,480,208
1995	10,136,811	4,644,278
1996	10,156,637	4,813,361
1997	10,181,245	4,987,883
1998	10,203,008	5,166,390
1999	10,226,419	5,349,333
2000	10,251,250	5,537,064
2001	10,286,570	5,728,435
2002	10,332,785	5,924,003
2003	10,376,133	6,123,997
2004	10,421,137	6,328,041
2005	10,478,617	6,535,905
2006	10,547,958	6,747,720
2007	10,625,700	6,963,345
2008	10,709,973	7,183,002
2009	10,796,493	7,406,438
2010	10,895,586	7,633,523
2011	11,038,264	7,859,346
2012	11,106,932	8,081,390
2013	11,159,407	8,302,698
2014	11,209,057	8,523,441
2015	11,274,196	8,743,246
2016	11,331,422	8,961,718
2017	11,375,158	9,178,714
2018	11,427,054	9,394,513
2019	11,488,980	9,609,010
2020	11,538,604	9,815,746
2021	11,586,195	10,012,896
2022	11,680,210	10,203,169
2023	11,787,423	10,389,635
2024	11,876,844	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Belgium and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Belgium

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	Papua New Guinea
1960	2.54	6.02
1961	2.63	6.07
1962	2.59	6.14
1963	2.68	6.15
1964	2.71	6.19
1965	2.61	6.2
1966	2.52	6.23
1967	2.41	6.24
1968	2.31	6.25
1969	2.27	6.26
1970	2.25	6.25
1971	2.21	6.23
1972	2.09	6.2
1973	1.95	6.16
1974	1.83	6.11
1975	1.74	6.07
1976	1.73	6.02
1977	1.71	5.96
1978	1.69	5.88
1979	1.69	5.79
1980	1.68	5.71
1981	1.66	5.65
1982	1.61	5.59
1983	1.57	5.56
1984	1.54	5.51
1985	1.51	5.47
1986	1.54	5.42
1987	1.54	5.36
1988	1.57	5.3
1989	1.58	5.24
1990	1.62	5.18
1991	1.66	5.11
1992	1.65	5.03
1993	1.61	4.96
1994	1.56	4.87
1995	1.56	4.78
1996	1.59	4.73
1997	1.6	4.68
1998	1.6	4.63
1999	1.62	4.59
2000	1.67	4.53
2001	1.67	4.47
2002	1.65	4.42
2003	1.67	4.36
2004	1.72	4.28
2005	1.76	4.22
2006	1.8	4.15
2007	1.82	4.08
2008	1.85	4.01
2009	1.84	3.94
2010	1.86	3.88
2011	1.81	3.82
2012	1.8	3.75
2013	1.76	3.68
2014	1.74	3.63
2015	1.7	3.56
2016	1.68	3.5
2017	1.65	3.43
2018	1.62	3.38
2019	1.6	3.32
2020	1.55	3.27
2021	1.6	3.22
2022	1.53	3.17
2023	1.47	3.1

Belgium and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Belgium

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Belgium	Papua New Guinea
1960	34.9	18.5
1961	34.9	18.4
1962	34.9	18.3
1963	34.9	18.1
1964	34.8	18
1965	34.8	17.9
1966	34.7	17.8
1967	34.7	17.6
1968	34.7	17.5
1969	34.6	17.4
1970	34.5	17.3
1971	34.4	17.2
1972	34.3	17.1
1973	34.3	17.2
1974	34.3	17.2
1975	34.2	17.3
1976	34.1	17.4
1977	34.1	17.5
1978	34.1	17.7
1979	34.1	17.8
1980	34.2	18
1981	34.3	18.1
1982	34.5	18.2
1983	34.8	18.3
1984	35	18.3
1985	35.2	18.4
1986	35.4	18.5
1987	35.6	18.5
1988	35.9	18.6
1989	36.1	18.6
1990	36.3	18.7
1991	36.5	18.8
1992	36.7	18.9
1993	37	19
1994	37.2	19.1
1995	37.5	19.2
1996	37.8	19.4
1997	38.1	19.5
1998	38.3	19.6
1999	38.6	19.7
2000	38.9	19.8
2001	39.2	19.9
2002	39.4	19.9
2003	39.7	20
2004	40	20.2
2005	40.2	20.3
2006	40.4	20.4
2007	40.6	20.6
2008	40.7	20.7
2009	40.8	20.9
2010	40.8	21
2011	40.9	21.2
2012	41.1	21.3
2013	41.2	21.5
2014	41.3	21.7
2015	41.4	21.9
2016	41.4	22
2017	41.6	22.2
2018	41.7	22.4
2019	41.8	22.6
2020	41.9	22.8
2021	42	23
2022	42.2	23.2
2023	42.4	23.4
2024	42.7	23.6

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