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Cuba vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Cuba has a population of 11M (ranked 86/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Cuba's land area is 40,077 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 103rd vs. 54th).

By GDP, Cuba ranks 69/197 ($107B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Cuba ranks 87/197 ($9,605), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Main facts and rankings

Cuba Papua New Guinea
Population
10937204
10911445
Population rank 89/197 90/197
GDP
$107B
2020
$32.5B
2024
GDP rank 69/197 109/197
GDP per capita
$9,605
2020
$3,076
2024
GDP per capita rank 87/197 140/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$12,300
2016
$4,889
2024
Government debt n/a
$17.5B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio n/a
52%
2025
Government debt per person n/a
$1,652
2024
Government debt per person rank n/a 123/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$3,584
2025
$2,561
2025
Land area
40,077 sq mi
2025
174,850 sq mi
2025
Population density
274 ppl/mi²
2024
60.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.44
2023
3.1
2023
Median age
43.1 years
2024
23.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
78.4 years
2025
66.4 years
2025

Cuba and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Cuba and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP
Cuba

Papua New Guinea
Year GDP
Cuba 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 $5,693,005,200 $645,568,215
1971 $6,914,658,400 $717,750,278
1972 $8,135,150,892 $858,761,926
1973 $9,987,709,650 $1,299,079,410
1974 $11,405,957,317 $1,467,417,672
1975 $13,027,415,244 $1,356,603,608
1976 $13,789,579,903 $1,511,843,235
1977 $14,206,158,675 $1,640,746,619
1978 $17,844,705,325 $1,947,878,831
1979 $19,584,443,288 $2,293,760,511
1980 $19,912,889,861 $2,545,808,456
1981 $20,150,254,096 $2,498,190,847
1982 $20,953,510,235 $2,368,719,683
1983 $22,204,940,512 $2,562,351,551
1984 $24,039,383,608 $2,552,662,617
1985 $22,920,490,774 $2,423,339,172
1986 $24,226,574,634 $2,647,995,602
1987 $25,213,935,012 $3,143,851,794
1988 $27,458,999,472 $3,656,177,881
1989 $27,023,468,666 $3,546,472,566
1990 $28,645,436,569 $3,219,729,083
1991 $24,316,556,026 $3,787,394,958
1992 $22,085,858,243 $4,377,980,510
1993 $22,367,254,865 $4,974,550,286
1994 $28,448,326,757 $5,502,786,070
1995 $30,429,803,651 $4,636,057,476
1996 $25,017,368,700 $5,155,311,077
1997 $25,365,908,100 $4,936,615,299
1998 $25,736,331,200 $3,789,443,015
1999 $28,364,615,200 $3,477,038,204
2000 $30,565,400,000 $3,521,339,699
2001 $31,682,400,000 $3,081,024,212
2002 $33,590,500,000 $2,999,511,040
2003 $35,901,200,000 $3,536,411,824
2004 $38,203,000,000 $3,927,157,867
2005 $42,643,836,100 $4,865,892,972
2006 $48,835,925,926 $8,354,911,041
2007 $54,262,870,370 $9,545,028,944
2008 $56,302,129,630 $11,670,892,801
2009 $57,481,481,481 $11,619,456,449
2010 $59,562,962,963 $14,250,786,675
2011 $68,990,000,000 $17,985,138,066
2012 $73,141,000,000 $21,295,168,666
2013 $77,148,000,000 $21,261,338,065
2014 $80,656,100,000 $23,210,823,987
2015 $87,132,800,000 $21,723,437,010
2016 $91,370,407,864 $20,758,876,953
2017 $96,850,649,692 $22,742,699,138
2018 $100,050,036,096 $24,109,780,708
2019 $103,427,600,000 $24,750,626,030
2020 $107,351,800,000 $23,848,447,850
2021 - $26,109,413,521
2022 - $31,653,185,953
2023 - $30,816,367,067
2024 - $32,538,480,024

Cuba and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita
Cuba

Papua New Guinea
Year GDP per capita
Cuba 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 $645 $257.6
1971 $770 $279.7
1972 $892 $327
1973 $1,079 $483
1974 $1,217 $533
1975 $1,374 $482
1976 $1,441 $525
1977 $1,472 $558
1978 $1,837 $648
1979 $2,006 $748
1980 $2,031 $813
1981 $2,046 $781
1982 $2,114 $726
1983 $2,222 $769
1984 $2,386 $750
1985 $2,257 $697
1986 $2,365 $745
1987 $2,440 $865
1988 $2,632 $985
1989 $2,566 $934
1990 $2,694 $826
1991 $2,269 $942
1992 $2,048 $1,051
1993 $2,063 $1,151
1994 $2,613 $1,228
1995 $2,785 $998
1996 $2,282 $1,071
1997 $2,306 $990
1998 $2,332 $733
1999 $2,562 $650
2000 $2,751 $636
2001 $2,843 $538
2002 $3,005 $506
2003 $3,203 $577
2004 $3,399 $621
2005 $3,786 $744
2006 $4,330 $1,238
2007 $4,807 $1,371
2008 $4,986 $1,625
2009 $5,089 $1,569
2010 $5,272 $1,867
2011 $6,104 $2,288
2012 $6,471 $2,635
2013 $6,828 $2,561
2014 $7,147 $2,723
2015 $7,728 $2,485
2016 $8,111 $2,316
2017 $8,611 $2,478
2018 $8,911 $2,566
2019 $9,232 $2,576
2020 $9,605 $2,430
2021 - $2,608
2022 - $3,102
2023 - $2,966
2024 - $3,076

Cuba vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Cuba

Papua New Guinea
Year Life expectancy, years
Cuba Papua New Guinea
1950 59 39.4
1951 59.4 35.5
1952 59.8 40.7
1953 60.2 41.3
1954 60.7 42
1955 61.2 42.6
1956 61.5 43.3
1957 61.9 43.9
1958 62.3 44.6
1959 62.8 45.1
1960 63.3 45.8
1961 63.7 46.4
1962 64.4 46.7
1963 64.3 47.7
1964 65.3 48.3
1965 65.6 48.9
1966 66.1 49.6
1967 66.5 50.2
1968 66.9 50.9
1969 67.4 51.5
1970 67.9 52.1
1971 68.4 52.6
1972 68.9 53.3
1973 69.3 53.9
1974 69.9 54.4
1975 70.4 55
1976 70.9 55.5
1977 71.4 56
1978 71.9 56.5
1979 72.3 57
1980 72.6 57.4
1981 73 57.8
1982 73.4 58.1
1983 73.6 58.3
1984 73.6 58.6
1985 73.5 58.8
1986 73.6 59
1987 73.6 59.2
1988 73.7 59.4
1989 73.7 59.6
1990 73.8 59.8
1991 73.8 59.9
1992 73.8 60.3
1993 73.9 60.5
1994 74.1 60.7
1995 74.3 60.9
1996 74.7 61.1
1997 75.1 61.3
1998 75.4 60.4
1999 75.7 61.5
2000 75.9 61.6
2001 76.4 61.6
2002 76.8 61.6
2003 77.4 61.7
2004 77.3 61.8
2005 77.5 61.9
2006 77.4 62
2007 77.6 62.2
2008 77.6 62.5
2009 77.6 62.8
2010 77.9 63.1
2011 78.1 63.4
2012 78.2 63.6
2013 78 63.9
2014 77.8 64.2
2015 77.7 64.5
2016 77.6 64.7
2017 77.3 64.9
2018 77.4 65.1
2019 77.4 65.3
2020 77.4 65.1
2021 73.2 64.4
2022 77.6 65.3
2023 78.1 66.1
2024 78.3 66.3
2025 78.4 66.4

Cuba and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population
Cuba

Papua New Guinea
Year Population
Cuba Papua New Guinea
1960 7,238,081 1,995,110
1961 7,387,117 2,046,127
1962 7,541,098 2,093,919
1963 7,701,660 2,141,376
1964 7,866,020 2,188,325
1965 8,030,797 2,235,820
1966 8,193,450 2,285,774
1967 8,352,625 2,337,532
1968 8,509,522 2,390,803
1969 8,666,640 2,446,927
1970 8,824,382 2,505,628
1971 8,979,085 2,566,421
1972 9,123,891 2,628,432
1973 9,255,328 2,690,629
1974 9,374,183 2,752,671
1975 9,479,726 2,814,820
1976 9,571,242 2,877,327
1977 9,648,440 2,940,327
1978 9,711,980 3,003,714
1979 9,763,355 3,067,341
1980 9,804,796 3,131,512
1981 9,849,320 3,197,019
1982 9,912,681 3,264,291
1983 9,991,026 3,333,633
1984 10,073,299 3,405,198
1985 10,157,228 3,478,936
1986 10,244,247 3,554,793
1987 10,335,342 3,632,543
1988 10,432,585 3,711,880
1989 10,533,243 3,796,078
1990 10,631,799 3,896,481
1991 10,717,640 4,021,837
1992 10,785,801 4,166,699
1993 10,841,031 4,320,872
1994 10,886,021 4,480,208
1995 10,925,362 4,644,278
1996 10,962,010 4,813,361
1997 10,997,934 4,987,883
1998 11,034,712 5,166,390
1999 11,072,230 5,349,333
2000 11,109,109 5,537,064
2001 11,144,132 5,728,435
2002 11,177,418 5,924,003
2003 11,209,383 6,123,997
2004 11,238,756 6,328,041
2005 11,262,554 6,535,905
2006 11,278,550 6,747,720
2007 11,287,272 6,963,345
2008 11,291,762 7,183,002
2009 11,294,719 7,406,438
2010 11,297,409 7,633,523
2011 11,301,571 7,859,346
2012 11,303,175 8,081,390
2013 11,298,167 8,302,698
2014 11,285,775 8,523,441
2015 11,275,065 8,743,246
2016 11,265,612 8,961,718
2017 11,247,829 9,178,714
2018 11,227,118 9,394,513
2019 11,202,846 9,609,010
2020 11,176,354 9,815,746
2021 11,122,168 10,012,896
2022 11,059,820 10,203,169
2023 11,019,931 10,389,635
2024 10,979,783 10,576,502

Fertility rates in Cuba and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate
Cuba

Papua New Guinea
Year Fertility rate
Cuba Papua New Guinea
1960 4.13 6.02
1961 4.26 6.07
1962 4.42 6.14
1963 4.56 6.15
1964 4.53 6.19
1965 4.5 6.2
1966 4.4 6.23
1967 4.29 6.24
1968 4.19 6.25
1969 4.12 6.26
1970 3.98 6.25
1971 3.8 6.23
1972 3.61 6.2
1973 3.4 6.16
1974 3.16 6.11
1975 2.82 6.07
1976 2.51 6.02
1977 2.21 5.96
1978 1.88 5.88
1979 1.77 5.79
1980 1.64 5.71
1981 1.59 5.65
1982 1.78 5.59
1983 1.8 5.56
1984 1.77 5.51
1985 1.77 5.47
1986 1.78 5.42
1987 1.8 5.36
1988 1.85 5.3
1989 1.83 5.24
1990 1.81 5.18
1991 1.66 5.11
1992 1.56 5.03
1993 1.49 4.96
1994 1.47 4.87
1995 1.48 4.78
1996 1.46 4.73
1997 1.59 4.68
1998 1.62 4.63
1999 1.64 4.59
2000 1.61 4.53
2001 1.6 4.47
2002 1.65 4.42
2003 1.63 4.36
2004 1.55 4.28
2005 1.49 4.22
2006 1.4 4.15
2007 1.44 4.08
2008 1.58 4.01
2009 1.68 3.94
2010 1.67 3.88
2011 1.73 3.82
2012 1.67 3.75
2013 1.68 3.68
2014 1.66 3.63
2015 1.69 3.56
2016 1.6 3.5
2017 1.59 3.43
2018 1.61 3.38
2019 1.54 3.32
2020 1.49 3.27
2021 1.43 3.22
2022 1.41 3.17
2023 1.44 3.1

Cuba and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age
Cuba

Papua New Guinea
Year Median age, years
Cuba Papua New Guinea
1960 22.5 18.5
1961 22.5 18.4
1962 22.4 18.3
1963 22.3 18.1
1964 22.2 18
1965 22.1 17.9
1966 22 17.8
1967 21.9 17.6
1968 21.9 17.5
1969 21.8 17.4
1970 21.8 17.3
1971 21.9 17.2
1972 21.9 17.1
1973 22.1 17.2
1974 22.2 17.2
1975 22.5 17.3
1976 22.7 17.4
1977 23 17.5
1978 23.4 17.7
1979 23.7 17.8
1980 24.1 18
1981 24.5 18.1
1982 24.8 18.2
1983 25.1 18.3
1984 25.5 18.3
1985 25.9 18.4
1986 26.3 18.5
1987 26.7 18.5
1988 27.1 18.6
1989 27.5 18.6
1990 27.9 18.7
1991 28.3 18.8
1992 28.7 18.9
1993 29.2 19
1994 29.7 19.1
1995 30.3 19.2
1996 30.9 19.4
1997 31.4 19.5
1998 32 19.6
1999 32.5 19.7
2000 33.1 19.8
2001 33.6 19.9
2002 34.2 19.9
2003 34.7 20
2004 35.2 20.2
2005 35.7 20.3
2006 36.2 20.4
2007 36.8 20.6
2008 37.3 20.7
2009 37.7 20.9
2010 38.2 21
2011 38.6 21.2
2012 39.1 21.3
2013 39.7 21.5
2014 40.2 21.7
2015 40.6 21.9
2016 40.9 22
2017 41.3 22.2
2018 41.6 22.4
2019 41.9 22.6
2020 42.1 22.8
2021 42.3 23
2022 42.5 23.2
2023 42.8 23.4
2024 43.1 23.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Cuba Papua New Guinea
GNI, Atlas method
$101B
2019
$31.1B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
49%
2025
21.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
8.44%
2022
0.78%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2.88%
2018
0.31%
2023
Armed forces personnel
76,000
2020
4,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP n/a
-2.61%
2025
Unemployment rate
1.7%
2018
2.69%
2022
Services, % of GDP
70%
2023
41.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
27.5%
2023
37.2%
2024
Economic freedom index
25.4
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
$144M
1960
$3.9B
2023
Personal remittances received n/a
$3.87M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,086,000
2020
39,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports n/a
0.04%
2018

Energy

Cuba Papua New Guinea
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
816 kg
2022
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
22.1 megatons
2023
5.95 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2 tons
2023
0.57 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
88.1%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
20.9%
2021
54.6%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.34%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
62.8%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
1,102 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
5.19%
2021
40%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.77%
2022
35.3%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
20.5%
2023

Society

Cuba Papua New Guinea
% of world population
0.13%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
-22,356
2024
-707
2024
Urban population
77.7%
2024
13.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.7 ft
2025
5.35 ft
2025
Average female height
5.25 ft
2025
5.15 ft
2025
Quality of life index
47.4
2025
38.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
41
2024
31
2024
Higher education index
52
2025
29
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.42
2019
9.4
2010
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.9
2019
12.6
2019
Visa free countries
75
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
99.7%
2021
87.1%
2022
English speaking
6%
2025
70.4%
2023
People using the Internet
71.3%
2023
24.1%
2023

Health

Cuba Papua New Guinea
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,199
2020
$81.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$107
2020
$7.51
2022
Life expectancy
78.4 years
2025
66.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.03%
2022
32.2%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
9.43
2021
0.06
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
21.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
35
2023
189
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
8.3
2023
40.3
2023
Obesity rate
22.6%
2022
21.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
9.4%
2024
14.1%
2024
Air quality index
90
2025
91
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
17.4%
2022
39.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.38 liters
2020
1.13 liters
2020

Territory

Cuba Papua New Guinea
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.3%
2025
Land area per capita
3,650 sq mi
2024
16,532 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
24,714 sq mi
2025
5,425 sq mi
2025
Forest area
12,517 sq mi
2025
138,051 sq mi
2025
Roads length n/a
5,809 mi
2011

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