Gambia vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

The Gambia has a population of 2.76M (ranked 140/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). The Gambia's land area is 3,907 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 161st vs. 54th).

By GDP, The Gambia ranks 173/197 ($2.51B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, The Gambia ranks 182/197 ($909), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Gambia and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Gambia and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Gambia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Gambia	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	$44,212,081	$390,992,063
1967	$46,695,007	$441,728,183
1968	$41,160,066	$485,184,190
1969	$45,168,072	$551,263,864
1970	$52,296,084	$645,568,215
1971	$55,728,663	$717,750,278
1972	$59,160,569	$858,761,926
1973	$75,187,749	$1,299,079,410
1974	$95,796,022	$1,467,417,672
1975	$115,179,719	$1,356,603,608
1976	$112,190,829	$1,511,843,235
1977	$138,093,099	$1,640,746,619
1978	$171,833,086	$1,947,878,831
1979	$207,112,628	$2,293,760,511
1980	$241,083,090	$2,545,808,456
1981	$218,767,743	$2,498,190,847
1982	$216,050,552	$2,368,719,683
1983	$213,448,585	$2,562,351,551
1984	$177,340,880	$2,552,662,617
1985	$225,726,359	$2,423,339,172
1986	$185,646,987	$2,647,995,602
1987	$220,626,484	$3,143,851,794
1988	$266,672,212	$3,656,177,881
1989	$284,120,329	$3,546,472,566
1990	$317,083,695	$3,219,729,083
1991	$690,311,081	$3,787,394,958
1992	$714,254,256	$4,377,980,510
1993	$755,040,974	$4,974,550,286
1994	$746,493,952	$5,502,786,070
1995	$785,999,865	$4,636,057,476
1996	$848,239,446	$5,155,311,077
1997	$803,633,342	$4,936,615,299
1998	$840,285,265	$3,789,443,015
1999	$814,724,032	$3,477,038,204
2000	$782,913,872	$3,521,339,699
2001	$687,410,645	$3,081,024,212
2002	$578,235,309	$2,999,511,040
2003	$487,038,685	$3,536,411,824
2004	$961,900,651	$3,927,157,867
2005	$1,027,701,068	$4,865,892,972
2006	$1,054,112,488	$8,354,911,041
2007	$1,279,703,047	$9,545,028,944
2008	$1,561,766,956	$11,670,892,801
2009	$1,450,142,509	$11,619,456,449
2010	$1,543,294,927	$14,250,786,675
2011	$1,409,693,597	$17,985,138,066
2012	$1,415,004,738	$21,295,168,666
2013	$1,375,609,453	$21,261,338,065
2014	$1,229,461,721	$23,210,823,987
2015	$1,378,176,609	$21,723,437,010
2016	$1,484,578,886	$20,758,876,953
2017	$1,504,909,463	$22,742,699,138
2018	$1,670,671,328	$24,109,780,708
2019	$1,813,609,692	$24,750,626,030
2020	$1,812,170,891	$23,848,447,850
2021	$2,014,158,842	$26,109,413,521
2022	$2,204,734,527	$31,653,185,953
2023	$2,396,111,021	$30,816,367,067
2024	$2,507,519,958	$32,538,480,024

Gambia and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Gambia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Gambia	Papua New Guinea
1960	-	$115.5
1961	-	$119.7
1962	-	$124.7
1963	-	$128.9
1964	-	$139.5
1965	-	$153.9
1966	$94.4	$171.1
1967	$97	$189
1968	$83.1	$202.9
1969	$88.7	$225.3
1970	$99.8	$257.6
1971	$103.3	$279.7
1972	$106.5	$327
1973	$131.4	$483
1974	$162.6	$533
1975	$189.8	$482
1976	$179.3	$525
1977	$213.8	$558
1978	$257.6	$648
1979	$300	$748
1980	$338	$813
1981	$296	$781
1982	$282.1	$726
1983	$268.6	$769
1984	$214.8	$750
1985	$262.8	$697
1986	$207.7	$745
1987	$237	$865
1988	$274.9	$985
1989	$280.9	$934
1990	$301	$826
1991	$628	$942
1992	$623	$1,051
1993	$635	$1,151
1994	$608	$1,228
1995	$622	$998
1996	$652	$1,071
1997	$600	$990
1998	$610	$733
1999	$575	$650
2000	$538	$636
2001	$460	$538
2002	$377	$506
2003	$309	$577
2004	$593	$621
2005	$616	$744
2006	$615	$1,238
2007	$725	$1,371
2008	$859	$1,625
2009	$775	$1,569
2010	$801	$1,867
2011	$711	$2,288
2012	$693	$2,635
2013	$654	$2,561
2014	$568	$2,723
2015	$620	$2,485
2016	$650	$2,316
2017	$643	$2,478
2018	$696	$2,566
2019	$738	$2,576
2020	$720	$2,430
2021	$782	$2,608
2022	$836	$3,102
2023	$888	$2,966
2024	$909	$3,076

Gambia vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Gambia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Gambia	Papua New Guinea
1950	31.2	39.4
1951	31.5	35.5
1952	31.7	40.7
1953	31.9	41.3
1954	32.2	42
1955	32.4	42.6
1956	32.8	43.3
1957	33.1	43.9
1958	33.6	44.6
1959	34.1	45.1
1960	34.6	45.8
1961	35.1	46.4
1962	35.6	46.7
1963	36.1	47.7
1964	36.6	48.3
1965	37.1	48.9
1966	37.6	49.6
1967	38.1	50.2
1968	38.5	50.9
1969	39	51.5
1970	39.5	52.1
1971	40	52.6
1972	40.5	53.3
1973	41.1	53.9
1974	41.7	54.4
1975	42.2	55
1976	42.9	55.5
1977	43.4	56
1978	43.6	56.5
1979	44.5	57
1980	45	57.4
1981	44.5	57.8
1982	46.3	58.1
1983	46.9	58.3
1984	47.5	58.6
1985	48.2	58.8
1986	48.8	59
1987	49.4	59.2
1988	50.1	59.4
1989	50.7	59.6
1990	51.3	59.8
1991	51.9	59.9
1992	52.5	60.3
1993	53.2	60.5
1994	53.8	60.7
1995	54.3	60.9
1996	54.8	61.1
1997	55.2	61.3
1998	56	60.4
1999	56.5	61.5
2000	56.9	61.6
2001	57.3	61.6
2002	57.7	61.6
2003	58.2	61.7
2004	58.7	61.8
2005	59.1	61.9
2006	59.7	62
2007	60	62.2
2008	60.5	62.5
2009	60.7	62.8
2010	61.2	63.1
2011	61.6	63.4
2012	61.9	63.6
2013	62.3	63.9
2014	62.6	64.2
2015	63	64.5
2016	63.4	64.7
2017	63.7	64.9
2018	64	65.1
2019	64.4	65.3
2020	64.4	65.1
2021	63.8	64.4
2022	64.9	65.3
2023	65.9	66.1
2024	66.1	66.3
2025	66.3	66.4

Gambia and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Gambia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Gambia	Papua New Guinea
1960	398,060	1,995,110
1961	408,930	2,046,127
1962	420,163	2,093,919
1963	431,757	2,141,376
1964	443,687	2,188,325
1965	455,952	2,235,820
1966	468,516	2,285,774
1967	481,588	2,337,532
1968	495,269	2,390,803
1969	509,440	2,446,927
1970	524,105	2,505,628
1971	539,388	2,566,421
1972	555,370	2,628,432
1973	571,991	2,690,629
1974	589,085	2,752,671
1975	606,821	2,814,820
1976	625,667	2,877,327
1977	645,770	2,940,327
1978	667,103	3,003,714
1979	689,781	3,067,341
1980	713,913	3,131,512
1981	739,125	3,197,019
1982	765,753	3,264,291
1983	794,525	3,333,633
1984	825,631	3,405,198
1985	858,874	3,478,936
1986	894,019	3,554,793
1987	931,091	3,632,543
1988	970,160	3,711,880
1989	1,011,357	3,796,078
1990	1,054,696	3,896,481
1991	1,099,959	4,021,837
1992	1,145,582	4,166,699
1993	1,188,365	4,320,872
1994	1,227,226	4,480,208
1995	1,264,313	4,644,278
1996	1,301,410	4,813,361
1997	1,338,889	4,987,883
1998	1,376,987	5,166,390
1999	1,415,779	5,349,333
2000	1,455,084	5,537,064
2001	1,495,011	5,728,435
2002	1,535,691	5,924,003
2003	1,577,611	6,123,997
2004	1,621,312	6,328,041
2005	1,667,037	6,535,905
2006	1,715,275	6,747,720
2007	1,765,774	6,963,345
2008	1,817,852	7,183,002
2009	1,871,422	7,406,438
2010	1,926,630	7,633,523
2011	1,983,784	7,859,346
2012	2,043,094	8,081,390
2013	2,103,820	8,302,698
2014	2,164,528	8,523,441
2015	2,224,529	8,743,246
2016	2,283,769	8,961,718
2017	2,342,189	9,178,714
2018	2,399,632	9,394,513
2019	2,456,844	9,609,010
2020	2,515,733	9,815,746
2021	2,576,010	10,012,896
2022	2,636,470	10,203,169
2023	2,697,845	10,389,635
2024	2,759,988	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Gambia and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Gambia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Gambia	Papua New Guinea
1960	6.25	6.02
1961	6.23	6.07
1962	6.21	6.14
1963	6.2	6.15
1964	6.2	6.19
1965	6.19	6.2
1966	6.18	6.23
1967	6.21	6.24
1968	6.22	6.25
1969	6.25	6.26
1970	6.26	6.25
1971	6.33	6.23
1972	6.37	6.2
1973	6.41	6.16
1974	6.42	6.11
1975	6.43	6.07
1976	6.43	6.02
1977	6.43	5.96
1978	6.42	5.88
1979	6.41	5.79
1980	6.41	5.71
1981	6.4	5.65
1982	6.4	5.59
1983	6.39	5.56
1984	6.39	5.51
1985	6.36	5.47
1986	6.34	5.42
1987	6.3	5.36
1988	6.26	5.3
1989	6.25	5.24
1990	6.25	5.18
1991	6.19	5.11
1992	6.11	5.03
1993	6.03	4.96
1994	6.04	4.87
1995	5.99	4.78
1996	5.93	4.73
1997	5.85	4.68
1998	5.82	4.63
1999	5.77	4.59
2000	5.72	4.53
2001	5.67	4.47
2002	5.66	4.42
2003	5.66	4.36
2004	5.68	4.28
2005	5.71	4.22
2006	5.74	4.15
2007	5.69	4.08
2008	5.63	4.01
2009	5.57	3.94
2010	5.56	3.88
2011	5.54	3.82
2012	5.52	3.75
2013	5.39	3.68
2014	5.2	3.63
2015	5	3.56
2016	4.81	3.5
2017	4.61	3.43
2018	4.42	3.38
2019	4.33	3.32
2020	4.25	3.27
2021	4.17	3.22
2022	4.08	3.17
2023	4.01	3.1

Gambia and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Gambia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Gambia	Papua New Guinea
1960	19.4	18.5
1961	19.4	18.4
1962	19.5	18.3
1963	19.6	18.1
1964	19.6	18
1965	19.7	17.9
1966	19.7	17.8
1967	19.8	17.6
1968	19.7	17.5
1969	19.6	17.4
1970	19.5	17.3
1971	19.4	17.2
1972	19.3	17.1
1973	19.2	17.2
1974	19.1	17.2
1975	18.9	17.3
1976	18.8	17.4
1977	18.6	17.5
1978	18.5	17.7
1979	18.4	17.8
1980	18.2	18
1981	18.1	18.1
1982	17.9	18.2
1983	17.8	18.3
1984	17.6	18.3
1985	17.5	18.4
1986	17.4	18.5
1987	17.4	18.5
1988	17.3	18.6
1989	17.2	18.6
1990	17.2	18.7
1991	17.1	18.8
1992	17.1	18.9
1993	17	19
1994	16.9	19.1
1995	16.8	19.2
1996	16.7	19.4
1997	16.6	19.5
1998	16.5	19.6
1999	16.5	19.7
2000	16.5	19.8
2001	16.6	19.9
2002	16.6	19.9
2003	16.7	20
2004	16.8	20.2
2005	16.9	20.3
2006	17	20.4
2007	17.1	20.6
2008	17.2	20.7
2009	17.3	20.9
2010	17.4	21
2011	17.5	21.2
2012	17.6	21.3
2013	17.7	21.5
2014	17.8	21.7
2015	17.9	21.9
2016	18.1	22
2017	18.2	22.2
2018	18.4	22.4
2019	18.5	22.6
2020	18.7	22.8
2021	18.9	23
2022	19.1	23.2
2023	19.2	23.4
2024	19.4	23.6

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