Cameroon vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Cameroon has a population of 29.1M (ranked 52/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Cameroon's land area is 182,514 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 52nd vs. 54th).

By GDP, Cameroon ranks 92/197 ($51.3B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Cameroon ranks 159/197 ($1,762), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Cameroon and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Cameroon and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Cameroon

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Cameroon	Papua New Guinea
1960	$614,206,068	$230,496,037
1961	$652,777,608	$244,832,039
1962	$694,247,864	$261,184,042
1963	$718,320,845	$275,968,044
1964	$776,650,177	$305,312,049
1965	$814,083,266	$344,176,055
1966	$851,112,535	$390,992,063
1967	$936,175,260	$441,728,183
1968	$1,046,191,218	$485,184,190
1969	$1,100,551,489	$551,263,864
1970	$1,151,216,993	$645,568,215
1971	$1,236,941,394	$717,750,278
1972	$1,498,251,890	$858,761,926
1973	$1,901,393,361	$1,299,079,410
1974	$2,157,415,533	$1,467,417,672
1975	$2,857,037,371	$1,356,603,608
1976	$2,898,090,002	$1,511,843,235
1977	$3,394,664,024	$1,640,746,619
1978	$4,662,852,583	$1,947,878,831
1979	$5,919,002,983	$2,293,760,511
1980	$6,674,569,047	$2,545,808,456
1981	$6,610,938,617	$2,498,190,847
1982	$6,611,255,964	$2,368,719,683
1983	$6,870,200,010	$2,562,351,551
1984	$7,311,938,026	$2,552,662,617
1985	$8,544,810,498	$2,423,339,172
1986	$11,857,056,199	$2,647,995,602
1987	$13,049,659,981	$3,143,851,794
1988	$12,236,057,362	$3,656,177,881
1989	$11,012,566,195	$3,546,472,566
1990	$12,314,482,628	$3,219,729,083
1991	$11,840,192,296	$3,787,394,958
1992	$12,071,775,335	$4,377,980,510
1993	$16,181,814,713	$4,974,550,286
1994	$8,902,446,252	$5,502,786,070
1995	$10,864,772,471	$4,636,057,476
1996	$11,093,538,846	$5,155,311,077
1997	$10,789,458,433	$4,936,615,299
1998	$11,298,144,990	$3,789,443,015
1999	$11,565,826,465	$3,477,038,204
2000	$10,566,579,295	$3,521,339,699
2001	$10,953,485,349	$3,081,024,212
2002	$12,417,251,350	$2,999,511,040
2003	$15,970,315,035	$3,536,411,824
2004	$18,826,214,136	$3,927,157,867
2005	$19,509,852,207	$4,865,892,972
2006	$20,910,512,975	$8,354,911,041
2007	$23,928,250,433	$9,545,028,944
2008	$27,715,142,033	$11,670,892,801
2009	$27,932,970,317	$11,619,456,449
2010	$27,507,501,821	$14,250,786,675
2011	$30,630,910,495	$17,985,138,066
2012	$30,155,062,329	$21,295,168,666
2013	$33,728,621,180	$21,261,338,065
2014	$36,386,544,706	$23,210,823,987
2015	$32,210,233,020	$21,723,437,010
2016	$33,814,337,044	$20,758,876,953
2017	$36,098,547,033	$22,742,699,138
2018	$39,955,552,190	$24,109,780,708
2019	$39,667,757,528	$24,750,626,030
2020	$40,773,241,177	$23,848,447,850
2021	$45,011,937,347	$26,109,413,521
2022	$44,347,206,073	$31,653,185,953
2023	$49,279,410,983	$30,816,367,067
2024	$51,326,764,685	$32,538,480,024

Cameroon and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Cameroon

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Cameroon	Papua New Guinea
1960	$119.1	$115.5
1961	$124.6	$119.7
1962	$130	$124.7
1963	$131.6	$128.9
1964	$139.2	$139.5
1965	$142.7	$153.9
1966	$145.8	$171.1
1967	$156.6	$189
1968	$170.8	$202.9
1969	$175.2	$225.3
1970	$178.5	$257.6
1971	$186.7	$279.7
1972	$220.1	$327
1973	$271.8	$483
1974	$299.9	$533
1975	$386	$482
1976	$381	$525
1977	$435	$558
1978	$582	$648
1979	$718	$748
1980	$784	$813
1981	$750	$781
1982	$732	$726
1983	$746	$769
1984	$772	$750
1985	$875	$697
1986	$1,179	$745
1987	$1,258	$865
1988	$1,145	$985
1989	$1,001	$934
1990	$1,087	$826
1991	$1,015	$942
1992	$1,005	$1,051
1993	$1,310	$1,151
1994	$701	$1,228
1995	$832	$998
1996	$827	$1,071
1997	$783	$990
1998	$799	$733
1999	$796	$650
2000	$709	$636
2001	$715	$538
2002	$790	$506
2003	$988	$577
2004	$1,133	$621
2005	$1,143	$744
2006	$1,191	$1,238
2007	$1,326	$1,371
2008	$1,492	$1,625
2009	$1,461	$1,569
2010	$1,399	$1,867
2011	$1,514	$2,288
2012	$1,449	$2,635
2013	$1,576	$2,561
2014	$1,649	$2,723
2015	$1,415	$2,485
2016	$1,442	$2,316
2017	$1,496	$2,478
2018	$1,611	$2,566
2019	$1,555	$2,576
2020	$1,556	$2,430
2021	$1,672	$2,608
2022	$1,605	$3,102
2023	$1,737	$2,966
2024	$1,762	$3,076

Cameroon vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Cameroon

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Cameroon	Papua New Guinea
1950	33.1	39.4
1951	33.9	35.5
1952	34.6	40.7
1953	35.5	41.3
1954	36.5	42
1955	37.5	42.6
1956	38.4	43.3
1957	38.3	43.9
1958	39.1	44.6
1959	39.8	45.1
1960	34.7	45.8
1961	35.2	46.4
1962	42.6	46.7
1963	43.1	47.7
1964	43.6	48.3
1965	44.2	48.9
1966	44.8	49.6
1967	45.6	50.2
1968	46.4	50.9
1969	47.2	51.5
1970	48	52.1
1971	48.6	52.6
1972	49.1	53.3
1973	49.5	53.9
1974	49.7	54.4
1975	49.9	55
1976	50	55.5
1977	50.1	56
1978	50.3	56.5
1979	50.5	57
1980	50.9	57.4
1981	51.2	57.8
1982	51.8	58.1
1983	52.4	58.3
1984	52.9	58.6
1985	53.5	58.8
1986	53.6	59
1987	54.2	59.2
1988	54.4	59.4
1989	54.4	59.6
1990	54.3	59.8
1991	54.2	59.9
1992	54.1	60.3
1993	53.9	60.5
1994	53.5	60.7
1995	53.3	60.9
1996	53.2	61.1
1997	53.1	61.3
1998	53	60.4
1999	53.2	61.5
2000	53.3	61.6
2001	53.6	61.6
2002	53.9	61.6
2003	54.3	61.7
2004	54.6	61.8
2005	54.9	61.9
2006	55.3	62
2007	55.7	62.2
2008	56.1	62.5
2009	56.5	62.8
2010	57	63.1
2011	57.5	63.4
2012	58.2	63.6
2013	58.7	63.9
2014	59.1	64.2
2015	59.7	64.5
2016	60.3	64.7
2017	60.8	64.9
2018	61.2	65.1
2019	61.7	65.3
2020	61.7	65.1
2021	61.1	64.4
2022	62.4	65.3
2023	63.7	66.1
2024	64	66.3
2025	64.2	66.4

Cameroon and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Cameroon

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Cameroon	Papua New Guinea
1960	5,159,057	1,995,110
1961	5,239,273	2,046,127
1962	5,338,620	2,093,919
1963	5,456,623	2,141,376
1964	5,578,257	2,188,325
1965	5,704,686	2,235,820
1966	5,837,295	2,285,774
1967	5,977,318	2,337,532
1968	6,125,863	2,390,803
1969	6,283,462	2,446,927
1970	6,449,793	2,505,628
1971	6,624,408	2,566,421
1972	6,806,872	2,628,432
1973	6,996,660	2,690,629
1974	7,193,583	2,752,671
1975	7,397,120	2,814,820
1976	7,597,962	2,877,327
1977	7,796,501	2,940,327
1978	8,011,921	3,003,714
1979	8,239,641	3,067,341
1980	8,512,219	3,131,512
1981	8,816,377	3,197,019
1982	9,028,678	3,264,291
1983	9,215,397	3,333,633
1984	9,475,078	3,405,198
1985	9,761,730	3,478,936
1986	10,060,342	3,554,793
1987	10,370,749	3,632,543
1988	10,684,968	3,711,880
1989	11,002,745	3,796,078
1990	11,331,821	3,896,481
1991	11,667,180	4,021,837
1992	12,006,353	4,166,699
1993	12,353,131	4,320,872
1994	12,704,903	4,480,208
1995	13,058,516	4,644,278
1996	13,414,757	4,813,361
1997	13,775,214	4,987,883
1998	14,144,860	5,166,390
1999	14,525,140	5,349,333
2000	14,912,631	5,537,064
2001	15,309,490	5,728,435
2002	15,725,528	5,924,003
2003	16,160,340	6,123,997
2004	16,610,487	6,328,041
2005	17,074,594	6,535,905
2006	17,550,407	6,747,720
2007	18,049,896	6,963,345
2008	18,574,056	7,183,002
2009	19,113,974	7,406,438
2010	19,668,066	7,633,523
2011	20,232,304	7,859,346
2012	20,809,529	8,081,390
2013	21,402,376	8,302,698
2014	22,059,893	8,523,441
2015	22,763,414	8,743,246
2016	23,454,161	8,961,718
2017	24,128,601	9,178,714
2018	24,806,383	9,394,513
2019	25,506,095	9,609,010
2020	26,210,558	9,815,746
2021	26,915,758	10,012,896
2022	27,632,771	10,203,169
2023	28,372,687	10,389,635
2024	29,123,744	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Cameroon and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Cameroon

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cameroon	Papua New Guinea
1960	5.73	6.02
1961	5.73	6.07
1962	5.73	6.14
1963	5.73	6.15
1964	5.74	6.19
1965	5.8	6.2
1966	5.85	6.23
1967	5.95	6.24
1968	6.04	6.25
1969	6.14	6.26
1970	6.2	6.25
1971	6.26	6.23
1972	6.29	6.2
1973	6.33	6.16
1974	6.36	6.11
1975	6.4	6.07
1976	6.45	6.02
1977	6.51	5.96
1978	6.55	5.88
1979	6.58	5.79
1980	6.61	5.71
1981	6.61	5.65
1982	6.59	5.59
1983	6.58	5.56
1984	6.56	5.51
1985	6.56	5.47
1986	6.57	5.42
1987	6.54	5.36
1988	6.48	5.3
1989	6.41	5.24
1990	6.36	5.18
1991	6.32	5.11
1992	6.26	5.03
1993	6.16	4.96
1994	6.04	4.87
1995	5.92	4.78
1996	5.8	4.73
1997	5.71	4.68
1998	5.66	4.63
1999	5.6	4.59
2000	5.51	4.53
2001	5.44	4.47
2002	5.44	4.42
2003	5.43	4.36
2004	5.44	4.28
2005	5.42	4.22
2006	5.37	4.15
2007	5.34	4.08
2008	5.29	4.01
2009	5.24	3.94
2010	5.15	3.88
2011	5.05	3.82
2012	4.98	3.75
2013	4.91	3.68
2014	4.84	3.63
2015	4.84	3.56
2016	4.84	3.5
2017	4.8	3.43
2018	4.74	3.38
2019	4.65	3.32
2020	4.56	3.27
2021	4.47	3.22
2022	4.4	3.17
2023	4.32	3.1

Cameroon and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Cameroon

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Cameroon	Papua New Guinea
1960	20.5	18.5
1961	20.3	18.4
1962	20.1	18.3
1963	20.1	18.1
1964	20	18
1965	19.9	17.9
1966	19.8	17.8
1967	19.7	17.6
1968	19.5	17.5
1969	19.4	17.4
1970	19.2	17.3
1971	19	17.2
1972	18.9	17.1
1973	18.8	17.2
1974	18.6	17.2
1975	18.5	17.3
1976	18.3	17.4
1977	18.2	17.5
1978	18	17.7
1979	17.9	17.8
1980	17.8	18
1981	17.8	18.1
1982	17.5	18.2
1983	17.3	18.3
1984	17.1	18.3
1985	17.1	18.4
1986	17	18.5
1987	16.9	18.5
1988	16.9	18.6
1989	16.8	18.6
1990	16.8	18.7
1991	16.8	18.8
1992	16.8	18.9
1993	16.8	19
1994	16.9	19.1
1995	16.9	19.2
1996	17	19.4
1997	17.1	19.5
1998	17.1	19.6
1999	17.2	19.7
2000	17.3	19.8
2001	17.4	19.9
2002	17.5	19.9
2003	17.5	20
2004	17.6	20.2
2005	17.6	20.3
2006	17.7	20.4
2007	17.7	20.6
2008	17.8	20.7
2009	17.8	20.9
2010	17.9	21
2011	17.9	21.2
2012	18	21.3
2013	18.1	21.5
2014	18.2	21.7
2015	18.3	21.9
2016	18.3	22
2017	18.4	22.2
2018	18.4	22.4
2019	18.5	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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