Bhutan vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Bhutan has a population of 792K (ranked 163/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Bhutan's land area is 14,726 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 132nd vs. 54th).

By GDP, Bhutan ranks 169/197 ($3.02B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Bhutan ranks 132/197 ($3,839), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Bhutan and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Bhutan and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Bhutan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Bhutan	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	$61,812,113	$645,568,215
1971	$66,289,450	$717,750,278
1972	$70,139,867	$858,761,926
1973	$78,900,289	$1,299,079,410
1974	$92,901,784	$1,467,417,672
1975	$86,820,762	$1,356,603,608
1976	$88,461,263	$1,511,843,235
1977	$97,884,434	$1,640,746,619
1978	$94,086,228	$1,947,878,831
1979	$105,377,995	$2,293,760,511
1980	$128,669,201	$2,545,808,456
1981	$139,174,178	$2,498,190,847
1982	$141,439,317	$2,368,719,683
1983	$156,704,290	$2,562,351,551
1984	$160,423,494	$2,552,662,617
1985	$163,288,815	$2,423,339,172
1986	$191,218,115	$2,647,995,602
1987	$242,742,766	$3,143,851,794
1988	$272,298,067	$3,656,177,881
1989	$264,798,626	$3,546,472,566
1990	$287,765,007	$3,219,729,083
1991	$240,294,286	$3,787,394,958
1992	$240,233,531	$4,377,980,510
1993	$225,973,693	$4,974,550,286
1994	$258,954,708	$5,502,786,070
1995	$290,490,984	$4,636,057,476
1996	$303,408,346	$5,155,311,077
1997	$352,229,077	$4,936,615,299
1998	$363,458,381	$3,789,443,015
1999	$399,311,200	$3,477,038,204
2000	$460,733,418	$3,521,339,699
2001	$496,110,226	$3,081,024,212
2002	$559,345,264	$2,999,511,040
2003	$651,935,430	$3,536,411,824
2004	$735,348,490	$3,927,157,867
2005	$860,391,000	$4,865,892,972
2006	$942,879,879	$8,354,911,041
2007	$1,255,767,964	$9,545,028,944
2008	$1,317,517,835	$11,670,892,801
2009	$1,331,343,798	$11,619,456,449
2010	$1,708,880,730	$14,250,786,675
2011	$1,977,728,659	$17,985,138,066
2012	$1,973,387,228	$21,295,168,666
2013	$1,943,696,952	$21,261,338,065
2014	$2,089,079,571	$23,210,823,987
2015	$2,187,815,803	$21,723,437,010
2016	$2,357,504,761	$20,758,876,953
2017	$2,591,358,009	$22,742,699,138
2018	$2,583,335,722	$24,109,780,708
2019	$2,735,683,570	$24,750,626,030
2020	$2,457,604,334	$23,848,447,850
2021	$2,768,802,960	$26,109,413,521
2022	$2,898,227,744	$31,653,185,953
2023	$3,019,253,885	$30,816,367,067
2024	-	$32,538,480,024

Bhutan and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Bhutan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bhutan	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	$200.3	$257.6
1971	$207.7	$279.7
1972	$212.4	$327
1973	$230.9	$483
1974	$262.8	$533
1975	$237.4	$482
1976	$233.7	$525
1977	$249.9	$558
1978	$232.2	$648
1979	$251.4	$748
1980	$296.9	$813
1981	$311	$781
1982	$306	$726
1983	$328	$769
1984	$326	$750
1985	$321	$697
1986	$365	$745
1987	$449	$865
1988	$489	$985
1989	$462	$934
1990	$488	$826
1991	$401	$942
1992	$416	$1,051
1993	$407	$1,151
1994	$467	$1,228
1995	$530	$998
1996	$553	$1,071
1997	$630	$990
1998	$638	$733
1999	$685	$650
2000	$772	$636
2001	$812	$538
2002	$896	$506
2003	$1,022	$577
2004	$1,130	$621
2005	$1,300	$744
2006	$1,406	$1,238
2007	$1,850	$1,371
2008	$1,920	$1,625
2009	$1,918	$1,569
2010	$2,436	$1,867
2011	$2,788	$2,288
2012	$2,751	$2,635
2013	$2,680	$2,561
2014	$2,849	$2,723
2015	$2,954	$2,485
2016	$3,152	$2,316
2017	$3,435	$2,478
2018	$3,400	$2,566
2019	$3,577	$2,576
2020	$3,192	$2,430
2021	$3,571	$2,608
2022	$3,711	$3,102
2023	$3,839	$2,966
2024	-	$3,076

Bhutan vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bhutan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bhutan	Papua New Guinea
1950	35.3	39.4
1951	35.3	35.5
1952	35.4	40.7
1953	35.4	41.3
1954	35.4	42
1955	35.5	42.6
1956	35.6	43.3
1957	35.7	43.9
1958	35.9	44.6
1959	36.1	45.1
1960	36.4	45.8
1961	36.7	46.4
1962	37	46.7
1963	37.4	47.7
1964	37.8	48.3
1965	38.3	48.9
1966	38.8	49.6
1967	39.4	50.2
1968	40	50.9
1969	40.6	51.5
1970	41.2	52.1
1971	41.8	52.6
1972	42.5	53.3
1973	43.1	53.9
1974	43.8	54.4
1975	44.5	55
1976	45.2	55.5
1977	46	56
1978	46.7	56.5
1979	47.4	57
1980	48.2	57.4
1981	49	57.8
1982	49.8	58.1
1983	50.6	58.3
1984	51.3	58.6
1985	52	58.8
1986	52.8	59
1987	53.6	59.2
1988	54.4	59.4
1989	55.1	59.6
1990	55.8	59.8
1991	56.5	59.9
1992	57.2	60.3
1993	57.9	60.5
1994	58.4	60.7
1995	59.3	60.9
1996	60	61.1
1997	60.6	61.3
1998	61.3	60.4
1999	62	61.5
2000	61.8	61.6
2001	63.3	61.6
2002	64	61.6
2003	64.7	61.7
2004	65.3	61.8
2005	65.9	61.9
2006	66.5	62
2007	67.2	62.2
2008	67.7	62.5
2009	68.2	62.8
2010	68.8	63.1
2011	69.3	63.4
2012	69.8	63.6
2013	70.2	63.9
2014	70.5	64.2
2015	70.8	64.5
2016	71.1	64.7
2017	71.4	64.9
2018	71.7	65.1
2019	72	65.3
2020	72.3	65.1
2021	72.4	64.4
2022	72.8	65.3
2023	73	66.1
2024	73.3	66.3
2025	73.5	66.4

Bhutan and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Bhutan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Bhutan	Papua New Guinea
1960	224,084	1,995,110
1961	230,602	2,046,127
1962	237,636	2,093,919
1963	245,156	2,141,376
1964	252,987	2,188,325
1965	261,200	2,235,820
1966	269,820	2,285,774
1967	278,852	2,337,532
1968	288,311	2,390,803
1969	298,214	2,446,927
1970	308,528	2,505,628
1971	319,211	2,566,421
1972	330,264	2,628,432
1973	341,705	2,690,629
1974	353,538	2,752,671
1975	365,791	2,814,820
1976	378,490	2,877,327
1977	391,639	2,940,327
1978	405,243	3,003,714
1979	419,200	3,067,341
1980	433,404	3,131,512
1981	447,836	3,197,019
1982	462,485	3,264,291
1983	477,460	3,333,633
1984	492,784	3,405,198
1985	508,392	3,478,936
1986	524,324	3,554,793
1987	540,557	3,632,543
1988	556,986	3,711,880
1989	573,586	3,796,078
1990	589,287	3,896,481
1991	599,784	4,021,837
1992	577,774	4,166,699
1993	554,673	4,320,872
1994	554,497	4,480,208
1995	547,989	4,644,278
1996	548,784	4,813,361
1997	558,697	4,987,883
1998	569,435	5,166,390
1999	582,579	5,349,333
2000	596,863	5,537,064
2001	610,794	5,728,435
2002	624,409	5,924,003
2003	637,663	6,123,997
2004	650,544	6,328,041
2005	661,865	6,535,905
2006	670,799	6,747,720
2007	678,641	6,963,345
2008	686,351	7,183,002
2009	693,988	7,406,438
2010	701,632	7,633,523
2011	709,377	7,859,346
2012	717,279	8,081,390
2013	725,273	8,302,698
2014	733,139	8,523,441
2015	740,618	8,743,246
2016	747,866	8,961,718
2017	754,335	9,178,714
2018	759,759	9,394,513
2019	764,824	9,609,010
2020	770,006	9,815,746
2021	775,442	10,012,896
2022	780,914	10,203,169
2023	786,385	10,389,635
2024	791,524	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Bhutan and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Bhutan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bhutan	Papua New Guinea
1960	6.7	6.02
1961	6.7	6.07
1962	6.69	6.14
1963	6.69	6.15
1964	6.68	6.19
1965	6.68	6.2
1966	6.67	6.23
1967	6.67	6.24
1968	6.66	6.25
1969	6.66	6.26
1970	6.65	6.25
1971	6.64	6.23
1972	6.64	6.2
1973	6.63	6.16
1974	6.62	6.11
1975	6.62	6.07
1976	6.62	6.02
1977	6.61	5.96
1978	6.58	5.88
1979	6.55	5.79
1980	6.51	5.71
1981	6.46	5.65
1982	6.4	5.59
1983	6.34	5.56
1984	6.26	5.51
1985	6.18	5.47
1986	6.1	5.42
1987	6	5.36
1988	5.88	5.3
1989	5.76	5.24
1990	5.6	5.18
1991	5.45	5.11
1992	5.27	5.03
1993	5.07	4.96
1994	4.87	4.87
1995	4.62	4.78
1996	4.37	4.73
1997	4.09	4.68
1998	3.85	4.63
1999	3.61	4.59
2000	3.38	4.53
2001	3.19	4.47
2002	3.01	4.42
2003	2.87	4.36
2004	2.78	4.28
2005	2.73	4.22
2006	2.66	4.15
2007	2.59	4.08
2008	2.48	4.01
2009	2.36	3.94
2010	2.25	3.88
2011	2.15	3.82
2012	2.07	3.75
2013	2	3.68
2014	1.92	3.63
2015	1.84	3.56
2016	1.74	3.5
2017	1.62	3.43
2018	1.52	3.38
2019	1.45	3.32
2020	1.5	3.27
2021	1.49	3.22
2022	1.48	3.17
2023	1.46	3.1

Bhutan and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Bhutan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bhutan	Papua New Guinea
1960	18.8	18.5
1961	18.9	18.4
1962	18.9	18.3
1963	19	18.1
1964	19.1	18
1965	19.1	17.9
1966	19.2	17.8
1967	19.3	17.6
1968	19.3	17.5
1969	19.3	17.4
1970	19.3	17.3
1971	19.3	17.2
1972	19.3	17.1
1973	19.2	17.2
1974	19.2	17.2
1975	19.1	17.3
1976	19.1	17.4
1977	19	17.5
1978	19	17.7
1979	18.9	17.8
1980	18.9	18
1981	18.8	18.1
1982	18.7	18.2
1983	18.7	18.3
1984	18.6	18.3
1985	18.6	18.4
1986	18.5	18.5
1987	18.5	18.5
1988	18.5	18.6
1989	18.5	18.6
1990	18.6	18.7
1991	18.6	18.8
1992	18.6	18.9
1993	18.7	19
1994	18.8	19.1
1995	18.9	19.2
1996	19.1	19.4
1997	19.3	19.5
1998	19.5	19.6
1999	19.8	19.7
2000	20	19.8
2001	20.4	19.9
2002	20.8	19.9
2003	21.3	20
2004	21.8	20.2
2005	22.2	20.3
2006	22.6	20.4
2007	22.9	20.6
2008	23.3	20.7
2009	23.7	20.9
2010	24	21
2011	24.4	21.2
2012	24.7	21.3
2013	25.1	21.5
2014	25.6	21.7
2015	26	21.9
2016	26.4	22
2017	26.9	22.2
2018	27.5	22.4
2019	28	22.6
2020	28.6	22.8
2021	29.2	23
2022	29.8	23.2
2023	30.4	23.4
2024	30.9	23.6

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