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Cambodia vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cambodia has a population of 17.6M (ranked 73/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Cambodia's land area is 68,155 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 88th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Cambodia ranks 97/197 ($46.4B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Cambodia ranks 145/197 ($2,628), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Main facts and rankings

Cambodia Papua New Guinea
Population
18011232
10911445
Population rank 73/197 90/197
GDP
$46.4B
2024
$32.5B
2024
GDP rank 97/197 109/197
GDP per capita
$2,628
2024
$3,076
2024
GDP per capita rank 145/197 140/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$7,970
2024
$4,889
2024
Government debt
$12.3B
2024
$17.5B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
29.1%
2025
52%
2025
Government debt per person
$700
2024
$1,652
2024
Government debt per person rank 154/185 123/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,518
2025
$2,561
2025
Land area
68,155 sq mi
2025
174,850 sq mi
2025
Population density
258.8 ppl/mi²
2024
60.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.58
2023
3.1
2023
Median age
27 years
2024
23.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
71 years
2025
66.4 years
2025

Cambodia and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Cambodia and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP
Cambodia

Papua New Guinea
Year GDP
Cambodia 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 $749,129,748 $1,356,603,608
1976 $790,357,255 $1,511,843,235
1977 $716,261,764 $1,640,746,619
1978 $766,642,356 $1,947,878,831
1979 $723,738,503 $2,293,760,511
1980 $744,384,130 $2,545,808,456
1981 $815,153,652 $2,498,190,847
1982 $865,516,040 $2,368,719,683
1983 $939,291,262 $2,562,351,551
1984 $1,021,176,059 $2,552,662,617
1985 $1,102,669,184 $2,423,339,172
1986 $1,167,630,318 $2,647,995,602
1987 $1,036,974,910 $3,143,851,794
1988 $1,662,877,859 $3,656,177,881
1989 $1,353,137,648 $3,546,472,566
1990 $1,402,541,177 $3,219,729,083
1991 $2,054,974,089 $3,787,394,958
1992 $2,491,486,594 $4,377,980,510
1993 $2,533,727,592 $4,974,550,286
1994 $2,791,435,272 $5,502,786,070
1995 $3,441,205,693 $4,636,057,476
1996 $3,506,695,720 $5,155,311,077
1997 $3,443,413,389 $4,936,615,299
1998 $3,120,425,503 $3,789,443,015
1999 $3,517,242,477 $3,477,038,204
2000 $3,694,168,979 $3,521,339,699
2001 $4,145,665,970 $3,081,024,212
2002 $4,501,227,627 $2,999,511,040
2003 $5,046,693,484 $3,536,411,824
2004 $5,883,297,160 $3,927,157,867
2005 $7,066,296,463 $4,865,892,972
2006 $8,350,531,017 $8,354,911,041
2007 $10,127,916,460 $9,545,028,944
2008 $12,174,303,999 $11,670,892,801
2009 $12,502,901,170 $11,619,456,449
2010 $13,808,673,288 $14,250,786,675
2011 $16,032,622,024 $17,985,138,066
2012 $17,826,536,700 $21,295,168,666
2013 $19,807,135,253 $21,261,338,065
2014 $22,041,463,968 $23,210,823,987
2015 $24,174,170,369 $21,723,437,010
2016 $26,556,545,153 $20,758,876,953
2017 $29,355,665,910 $22,742,699,138
2018 $33,145,892,169 $24,109,780,708
2019 $36,685,356,408 $24,750,626,030
2020 $34,818,073,901 $23,848,447,850
2021 $36,790,163,687 $26,109,413,521
2022 $39,994,532,960 $31,653,185,953
2023 $42,335,646,896 $30,816,367,067
2024 $46,352,647,035 $32,538,480,024

Cambodia and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita
Cambodia

Papua New Guinea
Year GDP per capita
Cambodia 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 $113.8 $482
1976 $128.8 $525
1977 $126.4 $558
1978 $147.1 $648
1979 $142.2 $748
1980 $143.2 $813
1981 $154.3 $781
1982 $159.2 $726
1983 $166.7 $769
1984 $174.7 $750
1985 $182.4 $697
1986 $185.8 $745
1987 $158.1 $865
1988 $244.1 $985
1989 $191.3 $934
1990 $190.2 $826
1991 $267.3 $942
1992 $307 $1,051
1993 $294.1 $1,151
1994 $302 $1,228
1995 $343 $998
1996 $325 $1,071
1997 $297.6 $990
1998 $258.8 $733
1999 $286.8 $650
2000 $296.4 $636
2001 $328 $538
2002 $350 $506
2003 $387 $577
2004 $444 $621
2005 $526 $744
2006 $612 $1,238
2007 $732 $1,371
2008 $866 $1,625
2009 $876 $1,569
2010 $952 $1,867
2011 $1,089 $2,288
2012 $1,193 $2,635
2013 $1,306 $2,561
2014 $1,432 $2,723
2015 $1,547 $2,485
2016 $1,675 $2,316
2017 $1,826 $2,478
2018 $2,037 $2,566
2019 $2,226 $2,576
2020 $2,082 $2,430
2021 $2,167 $2,608
2022 $2,325 $3,102
2023 $2,430 $2,966
2024 $2,628 $3,076

Cambodia vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cambodia

Papua New Guinea
Year Life expectancy, years
Cambodia Papua New Guinea
1950 38.9 39.4
1951 39 35.5
1952 39.3 40.7
1953 39.6 41.3
1954 39.9 42
1955 40.3 42.6
1956 40.5 43.3
1957 40.9 43.9
1958 41.2 44.6
1959 41.7 45.1
1960 42.1 45.8
1961 42.6 46.4
1962 43.1 46.7
1963 43.6 47.7
1964 44 48.3
1965 44.5 48.9
1966 44.9 49.6
1967 45.2 50.2
1968 45.6 50.9
1969 45.9 51.5
1970 38.6 52.1
1971 38.7 52.6
1972 38.9 53.3
1973 39.1 53.9
1974 39.3 54.4
1975 12.8 55
1976 11.6 55.5
1977 11.3 56
1978 11.6 56.5
1979 41.1 57
1980 47.5 57.4
1981 48 57.8
1982 48.8 58.1
1983 49.4 58.3
1984 50.1 58.6
1985 50.8 58.8
1986 51.6 59
1987 53.7 59.2
1988 54.4 59.4
1989 54.8 59.6
1990 55.2 59.8
1991 55.6 59.9
1992 55.7 60.3
1993 56 60.5
1994 56.2 60.7
1995 56.6 60.9
1996 56.8 61.1
1997 57.3 61.3
1998 57.9 60.4
1999 58.6 61.5
2000 59.5 61.6
2001 60.5 61.6
2002 61.4 61.6
2003 62.3 61.7
2004 63.3 61.8
2005 64.1 61.9
2006 64.9 62
2007 65.5 62.2
2008 66.1 62.5
2009 66.7 62.8
2010 67.3 63.1
2011 67.9 63.4
2012 68.4 63.6
2013 68.8 63.9
2014 69.1 64.2
2015 69.4 64.5
2016 69.6 64.7
2017 69.8 64.9
2018 70 65.1
2019 70.1 65.3
2020 70.1 65.1
2021 69.3 64.4
2022 70.5 65.3
2023 70.7 66.1
2024 70.8 66.3
2025 71 66.4

Cambodia and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population
Cambodia

Papua New Guinea
Year Population
Cambodia Papua New Guinea
1960 5,449,966 1,995,110
1961 5,571,168 2,046,127
1962 5,697,558 2,093,919
1963 5,823,010 2,141,376
1964 5,946,178 2,188,325
1965 6,072,289 2,235,820
1966 6,201,232 2,285,774
1967 6,332,944 2,337,532
1968 6,467,324 2,390,803
1969 6,604,725 2,446,927
1970 6,639,182 2,505,628
1971 6,620,880 2,566,421
1972 6,673,886 2,628,432
1973 6,739,726 2,690,629
1974 6,783,240 2,752,671
1975 6,581,371 2,814,820
1976 6,134,991 2,877,327
1977 5,668,551 2,940,327
1978 5,211,653 3,003,714
1979 5,088,808 3,067,341
1980 5,199,872 3,131,512
1981 5,284,495 3,197,019
1982 5,436,432 3,264,291
1983 5,636,203 3,333,633
1984 5,845,117 3,405,198
1985 6,043,783 3,478,936
1986 6,285,693 3,554,793
1987 6,557,970 3,632,543
1988 6,812,014 3,711,880
1989 7,073,473 3,796,078
1990 7,374,752 3,896,481
1991 7,686,850 4,021,837
1992 8,113,083 4,166,699
1993 8,616,381 4,320,872
1994 9,239,162 4,480,208
1995 10,018,497 4,644,278
1996 10,801,270 4,813,361
1997 11,570,982 4,987,883
1998 12,058,173 5,166,390
1999 12,265,731 5,349,333
2000 12,462,336 5,537,064
2001 12,658,484 5,728,435
2002 12,855,241 5,924,003
2003 13,050,968 6,123,997
2004 13,244,731 6,328,041
2005 13,439,202 6,535,905
2006 13,639,028 6,747,720
2007 13,841,770 6,963,345
2008 14,053,479 7,183,002
2009 14,276,810 7,406,438
2010 14,500,726 7,633,523
2011 14,722,584 7,859,346
2012 14,945,085 8,081,390
2013 15,170,208 8,302,698
2014 15,396,772 8,523,441
2015 15,623,251 8,743,246
2016 15,852,803 8,961,718
2017 16,073,372 9,178,714
2018 16,274,522 9,394,513
2019 16,481,304 9,609,010
2020 16,725,474 9,815,746
2021 16,974,305 10,012,896
2022 17,201,724 10,203,169
2023 17,423,880 10,389,635
2024 17,638,801 10,576,502

Fertility rates in Cambodia and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate
Cambodia

Papua New Guinea
Year Fertility rate
Cambodia Papua New Guinea
1960 6.31 6.02
1961 6.3 6.07
1962 6.3 6.14
1963 6.29 6.15
1964 6.29 6.19
1965 6.27 6.2
1966 6.24 6.23
1967 6.2 6.24
1968 6.17 6.25
1969 6.12 6.26
1970 6.07 6.25
1971 6.01 6.23
1972 5.94 6.2
1973 5.56 6.16
1974 4.8 6.11
1975 4.1 6.07
1976 3.41 6.02
1977 2.72 5.96
1978 3.34 5.88
1979 4.56 5.79
1980 5.77 5.71
1981 6.04 5.65
1982 6.19 5.59
1983 6.3 5.56
1984 6.34 5.51
1985 6.31 5.47
1986 6.23 5.42
1987 6.1 5.36
1988 5.94 5.3
1989 5.68 5.24
1990 5.64 5.18
1991 5.59 5.11
1992 5.49 5.03
1993 5.43 4.96
1994 5.28 4.87
1995 5.08 4.78
1996 4.87 4.73
1997 4.39 4.68
1998 4.13 4.63
1999 3.93 4.59
2000 3.79 4.53
2001 3.69 4.47
2002 3.57 4.42
2003 3.43 4.36
2004 3.31 4.28
2005 3.24 4.22
2006 3.18 4.15
2007 3.13 4.08
2008 3.05 4.01
2009 2.97 3.94
2010 2.86 3.88
2011 2.78 3.82
2012 2.75 3.75
2013 2.74 3.68
2014 2.73 3.63
2015 2.73 3.56
2016 2.73 3.5
2017 2.72 3.43
2018 2.72 3.38
2019 2.73 3.32
2020 2.7 3.27
2021 2.66 3.22
2022 2.62 3.17
2023 2.58 3.1

Cambodia and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age
Cambodia

Papua New Guinea
Year Median age, years
Cambodia Papua New Guinea
1960 18.1 18.5
1961 18.1 18.4
1962 18.1 18.3
1963 18 18.1
1964 18 18
1965 17.9 17.9
1966 17.9 17.8
1967 17.9 17.6
1968 17.8 17.5
1969 17.8 17.4
1970 17.6 17.3
1971 17.3 17.2
1972 17.2 17.1
1973 17.2 17.2
1974 17.2 17.2
1975 17.2 17.3
1976 17.2 17.4
1977 17.3 17.5
1978 17.4 17.7
1979 17.6 17.8
1980 17.8 18
1981 17.7 18.1
1982 17.8 18.2
1983 17.9 18.3
1984 17.9 18.3
1985 17.9 18.4
1986 18 18.5
1987 18.1 18.5
1988 18.1 18.6
1989 18.1 18.6
1990 18.1 18.7
1991 18 18.8
1992 18.1 18.9
1993 18.4 19
1994 18 19.1
1995 17.3 19.2
1996 17.1 19.4
1997 17.2 19.5
1998 17.4 19.6
1999 17.7 19.7
2000 18.1 19.8
2001 18.5 19.9
2002 18.9 19.9
2003 19.3 20
2004 19.7 20.2
2005 20.1 20.3
2006 20.6 20.4
2007 21.1 20.6
2008 21.6 20.7
2009 22 20.9
2010 22.4 21
2011 22.7 21.2
2012 23.1 21.3
2013 23.5 21.5
2014 23.9 21.7
2015 24.2 21.9
2016 24.6 22
2017 25 22.2
2018 25.5 22.4
2019 25.8 22.6
2020 26.1 22.8
2021 26.3 23
2022 26.5 23.2
2023 26.8 23.4
2024 27 23.6

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Finance

Cambodia Papua New Guinea
GNI, Atlas method
$44.4B
2024
$31.1B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
17.9%
2025
21.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
2.18%
2023
0.78%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.09%
2023
0.31%
2023
Armed forces personnel
191,000
2020
4,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.23%
2025
-2.61%
2025
Unemployment rate
0.26%
2023
2.69%
2022
Services, % of GDP
35.6%
2024
41.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
41.8%
2024
37.2%
2024
Economic freedom index
58.2
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 n/a
6
2016
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$1.68B
2017
Total reserves including gold
$22.5B
2024
$3.9B
2023
Personal remittances received
$2.83B
2024
$3.87M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,306,000
2020
39,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
5.37%
2020
0.04%
2018
Banked people share
39%
2024
n/a

Energy

Cambodia Papua New Guinea
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
502 kg
2022
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$13.8
2022
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
18 megatons
2023
5.95 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.03 tons
2023
0.57 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
54.9%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
52.4%
2021
54.6%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
6.86%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
58.9%
2021
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
813 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
56.4%
2021
40%
2021
Hydroelectric share
57.9%
2022
35.3%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
95%
2023
20.5%
2023

Society

Cambodia Papua New Guinea
% of world population
0.22%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
-32,960
2024
-707
2024
Urban population
26%
2024
13.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.42 ft
2025
5.35 ft
2025
Average female height
5.08 ft
2025
5.15 ft
2025
Quality of life index
42.7
2025
38.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
21
2024
31
2024
Higher education index
23
2025
29
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.84
2011
9.4
2010
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
19.6
2019
12.6
2019
Visa free countries
69
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
83.8%
2022
87.1%
2022
English speaking
22.2%
2023
70.4%
2023
People using the Internet
60.7%
2023
24.1%
2023

Health

Cambodia Papua New Guinea
Government health expenditure per capita
$109.5
2022
$81.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$67
2022
$7.51
2022
Life expectancy
71 years
2025
66.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
9.34%
2022
32.2%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.21
2019
0.06
2021
Age at first childbirth
23.3 years
2025
21.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
137
2023
189
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
22.9
2023
40.3
2023
Obesity rate
4.5%
2022
21.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.5%
2024
14.1%
2024
Air quality index
33
2025
91
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
17.2%
2022
39.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.67 liters
2020
1.13 liters
2020

Territory

Cambodia Papua New Guinea
% of world land
0.12%
2025
0.3%
2025
Land area per capita
3,864 sq mi
2024
16,532 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
23,762 sq mi
2025
5,425 sq mi
2025
Forest area
29,349 sq mi
2025
138,051 sq mi
2025
Roads length
34,175 mi
2014
5,809 mi
2011

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