Benin vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Benin has a population of 14.5M (ranked 76/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Benin's land area is 43,537 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 99th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Benin ranks 125/197 ($21.5B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Benin ranks 162/197 ($1,485), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Benin and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Benin and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Benin

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Benin	Papua New Guinea
1960	$226,195,578	$230,496,037
1961	$235,668,221	$244,832,039
1962	$236,434,954	$261,184,042
1963	$253,927,697	$275,968,044
1964	$269,819,006	$305,312,049
1965	$289,908,680	$344,176,055
1966	$302,925,235	$390,992,063
1967	$306,221,953	$441,728,183
1968	$326,323,105	$485,184,190
1969	$330,748,245	$551,263,864
1970	$333,627,713	$645,568,215
1971	$335,073,028	$717,750,278
1972	$410,331,857	$858,761,926
1973	$504,376,074	$1,299,079,410
1974	$554,654,861	$1,467,417,672
1975	$676,870,140	$1,356,603,608
1976	$698,408,262	$1,511,843,235
1977	$750,049,779	$1,640,746,619
1978	$928,843,469	$1,947,878,831
1979	$1,186,231,020	$2,293,760,511
1980	$1,405,251,847	$2,545,808,456
1981	$1,291,120,188	$2,498,190,847
1982	$1,267,778,670	$2,368,719,683
1983	$1,095,348,199	$2,562,351,551
1984	$1,051,134,009	$2,552,662,617
1985	$1,045,712,789	$2,423,339,172
1986	$1,336,102,025	$2,647,995,602
1987	$1,562,412,228	$3,143,851,794
1988	$1,620,246,084	$3,656,177,881
1989	$1,502,294,416	$3,546,472,566
1990	$1,959,965,330	$3,219,729,083
1991	$1,986,437,797	$3,787,394,958
1992	$1,695,315,306	$4,377,980,510
1993	$2,274,558,083	$4,974,550,286
1994	$1,598,075,944	$5,502,786,070
1995	$2,169,627,138	$4,636,057,476
1996	$2,361,116,449	$5,155,311,077
1997	$2,268,301,646	$4,936,615,299
1998	$2,455,092,686	$3,789,443,015
1999	$3,677,393,999	$3,477,038,204
2000	$3,519,991,440	$3,521,339,699
2001	$3,666,222,635	$3,081,024,212
2002	$4,194,342,686	$2,999,511,040
2003	$5,349,258,094	$3,536,411,824
2004	$6,190,270,380	$3,927,157,867
2005	$6,567,654,954	$4,865,892,972
2006	$7,034,111,315	$8,354,911,041
2007	$8,169,048,383	$9,545,028,944
2008	$9,787,734,526	$11,670,892,801
2009	$9,738,626,517	$11,619,456,449
2010	$9,535,345,016	$14,250,786,675
2011	$10,693,321,364	$17,985,138,066
2012	$11,141,358,116	$21,295,168,666
2013	$12,517,845,124	$21,261,338,065
2014	$13,284,527,847	$23,210,823,987
2015	$11,388,160,997	$21,723,437,010
2016	$11,821,065,853	$20,758,876,953
2017	$12,701,655,837	$22,742,699,138
2018	$14,262,408,090	$24,109,780,708
2019	$14,391,686,313	$24,750,626,030
2020	$15,686,741,894	$23,848,447,850
2021	$17,687,623,535	$26,109,413,521
2022	$17,425,405,084	$31,653,185,953
2023	$19,673,290,996	$30,816,367,067
2024	$21,482,643,720	$32,538,480,024

Benin and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Benin

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Benin	Papua New Guinea
1960	$89.9	$115.5
1961	$92.1	$119.7
1962	$90.8	$124.7
1963	$95.7	$128.9
1964	$99.8	$139.5
1965	$105.1	$153.9
1966	$107.6	$171.1
1967	$106.6	$189
1968	$111.2	$202.9
1969	$110.3	$225.3
1970	$108.8	$257.6
1971	$106.9	$279.7
1972	$127.9	$327
1973	$153.6	$483
1974	$164.9	$533
1975	$196.5	$482
1976	$197.7	$525
1977	$207	$558
1978	$249.8	$648
1979	$311	$748
1980	$358	$813
1981	$320	$781
1982	$305	$726
1983	$256	$769
1984	$238.6	$750
1985	$230.4	$697
1986	$285.8	$745
1987	$324	$865
1988	$326	$985
1989	$293.3	$934
1990	$371	$826
1991	$365	$942
1992	$302	$1,051
1993	$387	$1,151
1994	$262.1	$1,228
1995	$348	$998
1996	$369	$1,071
1997	$345	$990
1998	$362	$733
1999	$525	$650
2000	$487	$636
2001	$492	$538
2002	$546	$506
2003	$676	$577
2004	$759	$621
2005	$779	$744
2006	$809	$1,238
2007	$912	$1,371
2008	$1,061	$1,625
2009	$1,024	$1,569
2010	$973	$1,867
2011	$1,059	$2,288
2012	$1,072	$2,635
2013	$1,169	$2,561
2014	$1,204	$2,723
2015	$1,002	$2,485
2016	$1,011	$2,316
2017	$1,055	$2,478
2018	$1,152	$2,566
2019	$1,131	$2,576
2020	$1,200	$2,430
2021	$1,319	$2,608
2022	$1,266	$3,102
2023	$1,394	$2,966
2024	$1,485	$3,076

Benin vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Benin

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Benin	Papua New Guinea
1950	35.4	39.4
1951	35.7	35.5
1952	36	40.7
1953	36.3	41.3
1954	36.7	42
1955	37	42.6
1956	37.3	43.3
1957	37.6	43.9
1958	38	44.6
1959	38.4	45.1
1960	38.8	45.8
1961	39.2	46.4
1962	39.6	46.7
1963	40.1	47.7
1964	40.5	48.3
1965	41	48.9
1966	41.3	49.6
1967	41.8	50.2
1968	42.2	50.9
1969	42.6	51.5
1970	43	52.1
1971	43.4	52.6
1972	43.9	53.3
1973	44.4	53.9
1974	44.9	54.4
1975	45.4	55
1976	46	55.5
1977	46.5	56
1978	46.9	56.5
1979	47.4	57
1980	47.7	57.4
1981	48.1	57.8
1982	48.5	58.1
1983	48.8	58.3
1984	49.4	58.6
1985	50	58.8
1986	50.6	59
1987	51.3	59.2
1988	52	59.4
1989	52.5	59.6
1990	53	59.8
1991	53.4	59.9
1992	54.1	60.3
1993	54.6	60.5
1994	55	60.7
1995	55.4	60.9
1996	55.6	61.1
1997	56	61.3
1998	56.2	60.4
1999	56.3	61.5
2000	56.6	61.6
2001	56.7	61.6
2002	56.9	61.6
2003	57.1	61.7
2004	57.3	61.8
2005	57.7	61.9
2006	58	62
2007	58.2	62.2
2008	58.1	62.5
2009	58.3	62.8
2010	58.4	63.1
2011	58.5	63.4
2012	58.6	63.6
2013	58.9	63.9
2014	59	64.2
2015	59.1	64.5
2016	59.3	64.7
2017	59.5	64.9
2018	59.7	65.1
2019	59.9	65.3
2020	60.2	65.1
2021	59.6	64.4
2022	60.5	65.3
2023	60.8	66.1
2024	61	66.3
2025	61.1	66.4

Benin and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Benin

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Benin	Papua New Guinea
1960	2,517,286	1,995,110
1961	2,559,223	2,046,127
1962	2,604,659	2,093,919
1963	2,652,908	2,141,376
1964	2,704,003	2,188,325
1965	2,757,936	2,235,820
1966	2,814,317	2,285,774
1967	2,872,997	2,337,532
1968	2,934,257	2,390,803
1969	2,998,222	2,446,927
1970	3,065,057	2,505,628
1971	3,134,767	2,566,421
1972	3,207,543	2,628,432
1973	3,283,496	2,690,629
1974	3,362,633	2,752,671
1975	3,445,407	2,814,820
1976	3,532,196	2,877,327
1977	3,623,202	2,940,327
1978	3,718,305	3,003,714
1979	3,818,528	3,067,341
1980	3,925,251	3,131,512
1981	4,038,307	3,197,019
1982	4,156,596	3,264,291
1983	4,278,978	3,333,633
1984	4,405,895	3,405,198
1985	4,538,012	3,478,936
1986	4,675,420	3,554,793
1987	4,818,486	3,632,543
1988	4,967,341	3,711,880
1989	5,121,657	3,796,078
1990	5,281,479	3,896,481
1991	5,446,932	4,021,837
1992	5,617,844	4,166,699
1993	5,872,706	4,320,872
1994	6,096,506	4,480,208
1995	6,226,773	4,644,278
1996	6,391,858	4,813,361
1997	6,583,365	4,987,883
1998	6,789,489	5,166,390
1999	7,002,818	5,349,333
2000	7,221,619	5,537,064
2001	7,445,596	5,728,435
2002	7,675,426	5,924,003
2003	7,913,070	6,123,997
2004	8,159,094	6,328,041
2005	8,426,144	6,535,905
2006	8,693,242	6,747,720
2007	8,953,969	6,963,345
2008	9,228,466	7,183,002
2009	9,509,423	7,406,438
2010	9,797,484	7,633,523
2011	10,093,623	7,859,346
2012	10,397,657	8,081,390
2013	10,708,834	8,302,698
2014	11,030,004	8,523,441
2015	11,360,681	8,743,246
2016	11,697,842	8,961,718
2017	12,039,780	9,178,714
2018	12,383,347	9,394,513
2019	12,726,755	9,609,010
2020	13,070,169	9,815,746
2021	13,413,417	10,012,896
2022	13,759,501	10,203,169
2023	14,111,034	10,389,635
2024	14,462,724	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Benin and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Benin

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Benin	Papua New Guinea
1960	6.28	6.02
1961	6.4	6.07
1962	6.46	6.14
1963	6.51	6.15
1964	6.57	6.19
1965	6.61	6.2
1966	6.63	6.23
1967	6.64	6.24
1968	6.67	6.25
1969	6.71	6.26
1970	6.74	6.25
1971	6.77	6.23
1972	6.8	6.2
1973	6.81	6.16
1974	6.82	6.11
1975	6.83	6.07
1976	6.83	6.02
1977	6.83	5.96
1978	6.82	5.88
1979	6.91	5.79
1980	6.99	5.71
1981	7.06	5.65
1982	7.06	5.59
1983	7.05	5.56
1984	7.03	5.51
1985	7	5.47
1986	6.96	5.42
1987	6.92	5.36
1988	6.87	5.3
1989	6.82	5.24
1990	6.74	5.18
1991	6.67	5.11
1992	6.59	5.03
1993	6.51	4.96
1994	6.42	4.87
1995	6.33	4.78
1996	6.28	4.73
1997	6.23	4.68
1998	6.14	4.63
1999	6.03	4.59
2000	5.94	4.53
2001	5.85	4.47
2002	5.79	4.42
2003	5.76	4.36
2004	5.72	4.28
2005	5.69	4.22
2006	5.67	4.15
2007	5.63	4.08
2008	5.55	4.01
2009	5.49	3.94
2010	5.45	3.88
2011	5.44	3.82
2012	5.43	3.75
2013	5.41	3.68
2014	5.37	3.63
2015	5.32	3.56
2016	5.25	3.5
2017	5.16	3.43
2018	5.03	3.38
2019	4.9	3.32
2020	4.8	3.27
2021	4.71	3.22
2022	4.63	3.17
2023	4.56	3.1

Benin and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Benin

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Benin	Papua New Guinea
1960	20.8	18.5
1961	20.6	18.4
1962	20.3	18.3
1963	20.1	18.1
1964	19.9	18
1965	19.7	17.9
1966	19.5	17.8
1967	19.3	17.6
1968	19	17.5
1969	18.8	17.4
1970	18.6	17.3
1971	18.4	17.2
1972	18.3	17.1
1973	18.1	17.2
1974	17.9	17.2
1975	17.8	17.3
1976	17.7	17.4
1977	17.6	17.5
1978	17.5	17.7
1979	17.4	17.8
1980	17.3	18
1981	17.3	18.1
1982	17.2	18.2
1983	17.1	18.3
1984	17.1	18.3
1985	17	18.4
1986	17	18.5
1987	16.9	18.5
1988	16.9	18.6
1989	16.9	18.6
1990	16.9	18.7
1991	16.9	18.8
1992	16.9	18.9
1993	17.1	19
1994	17.2	19.1
1995	17	19.2
1996	16.9	19.4
1997	17	19.5
1998	17	19.6
1999	17.1	19.7
2000	17.1	19.8
2001	17.2	19.9
2002	17.3	19.9
2003	17.4	20
2004	17.4	20.2
2005	17.5	20.3
2006	17.6	20.4
2007	17.6	20.6
2008	17.7	20.7
2009	17.8	20.9
2010	17.8	21
2011	17.9	21.2
2012	18	21.3
2013	18	21.5
2014	18.1	21.7
2015	18.1	21.9
2016	18.2	22
2017	18.3	22.2
2018	18.3	22.4
2019	18.4	22.6
2020	18.5	22.8
2021	18.6	23
2022	18.7	23.2
2023	18.8	23.4
2024	19	23.6

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