Ireland vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 119th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Ireland and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Ireland and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Ireland

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	Papua New Guinea
1960	$1,998,550,222	$230,496,037
1961	$2,151,772,980	$244,832,039
1962	$2,329,372,972	$261,184,042
1963	$2,505,073,358	$275,968,044
1964	$2,851,091,646	$305,312,049
1965	$3,035,655,794	$344,176,055
1966	$3,198,820,904	$390,992,063
1967	$3,445,739,915	$441,728,183
1968	$3,378,701,147	$485,184,190
1969	$3,902,721,632	$551,263,864
1970	$4,395,995,086	$645,568,215
1971	$5,098,250,287	$717,750,278
1972	$6,318,060,582	$858,761,926
1973	$7,481,173,066	$1,299,079,410
1974	$7,896,860,615	$1,467,417,672
1975	$9,483,808,362	$1,356,603,608
1976	$9,453,756,015	$1,511,843,235
1977	$11,248,340,431	$1,640,746,619
1978	$14,647,996,074	$1,947,878,831
1979	$18,319,334,300	$2,293,760,511
1980	$21,747,855,640	$2,545,808,456
1981	$20,670,190,138	$2,498,190,847
1982	$21,474,754,080	$2,368,719,683
1983	$20,766,047,764	$2,562,351,551
1984	$20,106,648,455	$2,552,662,617
1985	$21,270,013,326	$2,423,339,172
1986	$28,714,571,852	$2,647,995,602
1987	$33,920,518,493	$3,143,851,794
1988	$37,772,897,421	$3,656,177,881
1989	$39,238,392,678	$3,546,472,566
1990	$49,305,632,408	$3,219,729,083
1991	$49,787,502,852	$3,787,394,958
1992	$55,918,538,121	$4,377,980,510
1993	$52,417,477,614	$4,974,550,286
1994	$57,097,656,066	$5,502,786,070
1995	$69,139,823,232	$4,636,057,476
1996	$75,790,785,030	$5,155,311,077
1997	$82,856,648,758	$4,936,615,299
1998	$90,199,410,116	$3,789,443,015
1999	$98,893,958,263	$3,477,038,204
2000	$100,207,610,430	$3,521,339,699
2001	$109,346,669,230	$3,081,024,212
2002	$128,596,035,288	$2,999,511,040
2003	$164,670,771,260	$3,536,411,824
2004	$194,372,115,041	$3,927,157,867
2005	$211,876,989,656	$4,865,892,972
2006	$232,180,617,162	$8,354,911,041
2007	$270,079,279,420	$9,545,028,944
2008	$275,447,471,451	$11,670,892,801
2009	$236,443,117,248	$11,619,456,449
2010	$221,985,621,538	$14,250,786,675
2011	$241,337,364,610	$17,985,138,066
2012	$227,270,922,957	$21,295,168,666
2013	$243,301,556,085	$21,261,338,065
2014	$266,787,238,499	$23,210,823,987
2015	$302,391,428,540	$21,723,437,010
2016	$305,733,136,181	$20,758,876,953
2017	$348,532,394,024	$22,742,699,138
2018	$395,461,216,460	$24,109,780,708
2019	$407,124,824,065	$24,750,626,030
2020	$436,555,518,400	$23,848,447,850
2021	$531,306,516,908	$26,109,413,521
2022	$548,570,250,342	$31,653,185,953
2023	$551,394,889,340	$30,816,367,067
2024	$577,389,475,010	$32,538,480,024

Ireland and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	Papua New Guinea
1960	$707	$115.5
1961	$762	$119.7
1962	$821	$124.7
1963	$878	$128.9
1964	$995	$139.5
1965	$1,055	$153.9
1966	$1,107	$171.1
1967	$1,187	$189
1968	$1,159	$202.9
1969	$1,331	$225.3
1970	$1,487	$257.6
1971	$1,704	$279.7
1972	$2,080	$327
1973	$2,424	$483
1974	$2,517	$533
1975	$2,973	$482
1976	$2,920	$525
1977	$3,427	$558
1978	$4,400	$648
1979	$5,430	$748
1980	$6,372	$813
1981	$5,986	$781
1982	$6,161	$726
1983	$5,915	$769
1984	$5,692	$750
1985	$6,012	$697
1986	$8,112	$745
1987	$9,582	$865
1988	$10,716	$985
1989	$11,176	$934
1990	$14,031	$826
1991	$14,087	$942
1992	$15,714	$1,051
1993	$14,657	$1,151
1994	$15,903	$1,228
1995	$19,158	$998
1996	$20,836	$1,071
1997	$22,551	$990
1998	$24,295	$733
1999	$26,338	$650
2000	$26,335	$636
2001	$28,282	$538
2002	$32,705	$506
2003	$41,204	$577
2004	$47,754	$621
2005	$50,933	$744
2006	$54,329	$1,238
2007	$61,396	$1,371
2008	$61,353	$1,625
2009	$52,133	$1,569
2010	$48,679	$1,867
2011	$52,693	$2,288
2012	$49,412	$2,635
2013	$52,619	$2,561
2014	$57,278	$2,723
2015	$64,312	$2,485
2016	$64,193	$2,316
2017	$72,198	$2,478
2018	$80,739	$2,566
2019	$81,810	$2,576
2020	$86,623	$2,430
2021	$103,962	$2,608
2022	$105,235	$3,102
2023	$103,888	$2,966
2024	$107,316	$3,076

Ireland vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Papua New Guinea
1950	65.6	39.4
1951	64.8	35.5
1952	67.2	40.7
1953	67.9	41.3
1954	68	42
1955	68	42.6
1956	69	43.3
1957	69	43.9
1958	69.3	44.6
1959	69.4	45.1
1960	70.2	45.8
1961	69.6	46.4
1962	69.9	46.7
1963	70.2	47.7
1964	70.4	48.3
1965	70.6	48.9
1966	70.2	49.6
1967	71.2	50.2
1968	70.9	50.9
1969	70.8	51.5
1970	70.8	52.1
1971	71.6	52.6
1972	71	53.3
1973	71.2	53.9
1974	71.1	54.4
1975	71.7	55
1976	71.8	55.5
1977	71.9	56
1978	71.9	56.5
1979	72.2	57
1980	72.5	57.4
1981	72.9	57.8
1982	73.2	58.1
1983	73.2	58.3
1984	73.6	58.6
1985	73.6	58.8
1986	73.6	59
1987	74.4	59.2
1988	74.4	59.4
1989	74.5	59.6
1990	74.8	59.8
1991	75	59.9
1992	75.4	60.3
1993	75.3	60.5
1994	75.8	60.7
1995	75.5	60.9
1996	75.8	61.1
1997	76	61.3
1998	76.2	60.4
1999	76.1	61.5
2000	76.5	61.6
2001	77.1	61.6
2002	77.6	61.6
2003	78.1	61.7
2004	78.5	61.8
2005	78.9	61.9
2006	79.2	62
2007	79.6	62.2
2008	79.8	62.5
2009	80.1	62.8
2010	80.6	63.1
2011	80.7	63.4
2012	80.9	63.6
2013	81.1	63.9
2014	81.4	64.2
2015	81.5	64.5
2016	81.7	64.7
2017	82.1	64.9
2018	82.1	65.1
2019	82.4	65.3
2020	82.4	65.1
2021	81.9	64.4
2022	82.1	65.3
2023	82.4	66.1
2024	82.6	66.3
2025	82.7	66.4

Ireland and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Papua New Guinea
1960	2,828,600	1,995,110
1961	2,824,400	2,046,127
1962	2,836,050	2,093,919
1963	2,852,650	2,141,376
1964	2,866,550	2,188,325
1965	2,877,300	2,235,820
1966	2,888,800	2,285,774
1967	2,902,450	2,337,532
1968	2,915,550	2,390,803
1969	2,932,650	2,446,927
1970	2,957,250	2,505,628
1971	2,992,050	2,566,421
1972	3,036,850	2,628,432
1973	3,085,950	2,690,629
1974	3,137,500	2,752,671
1975	3,189,550	2,814,820
1976	3,238,050	2,877,327
1977	3,282,200	2,940,327
1978	3,329,100	3,003,714
1979	3,373,750	3,067,341
1980	3,412,800	3,131,512
1981	3,453,000	3,197,019
1982	3,485,800	3,264,291
1983	3,510,600	3,333,633
1984	3,532,423	3,405,198
1985	3,538,082	3,478,936
1986	3,539,690	3,554,793
1987	3,540,057	3,632,543
1988	3,524,949	3,711,880
1989	3,511,009	3,796,078
1990	3,513,974	3,896,481
1991	3,534,235	4,021,837
1992	3,558,430	4,166,699
1993	3,576,261	4,320,872
1994	3,590,386	4,480,208
1995	3,608,841	4,644,278
1996	3,637,510	4,813,361
1997	3,674,171	4,987,883
1998	3,712,696	5,166,390
1999	3,754,786	5,349,333
2000	3,805,174	5,537,064
2001	3,866,243	5,728,435
2002	3,931,947	5,924,003
2003	3,996,521	6,123,997
2004	4,070,262	6,328,041
2005	4,159,914	6,535,905
2006	4,273,591	6,747,720
2007	4,398,942	6,963,345
2008	4,489,544	7,183,002
2009	4,535,375	7,406,438
2010	4,560,155	7,633,523
2011	4,580,084	7,859,346
2012	4,599,533	8,081,390
2013	4,623,816	8,302,698
2014	4,657,740	8,523,441
2015	4,701,957	8,743,246
2016	4,762,722	8,961,718
2017	4,827,445	9,178,714
2018	4,898,022	9,394,513
2019	4,976,456	9,609,010
2020	5,039,747	9,815,746
2021	5,110,585	10,012,896
2022	5,212,836	10,203,169
2023	5,307,600	10,389,635
2024	5,380,257	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Ireland and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Ireland

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Papua New Guinea
1960	3.78	6.02
1961	3.78	6.07
1962	3.92	6.14
1963	4.01	6.15
1964	4.07	6.19
1965	4.04	6.2
1966	3.94	6.23
1967	3.84	6.24
1968	3.77	6.25
1969	3.83	6.26
1970	3.85	6.25
1971	3.93	6.23
1972	3.84	6.2
1973	3.71	6.16
1974	3.59	6.11
1975	3.37	6.07
1976	3.29	6.02
1977	3.24	5.96
1978	3.21	5.88
1979	3.21	5.79
1980	3.21	5.71
1981	3.05	5.65
1982	2.94	5.59
1983	2.74	5.56
1984	2.58	5.51
1985	2.48	5.47
1986	2.44	5.42
1987	2.32	5.36
1988	2.17	5.3
1989	2.08	5.24
1990	2.11	5.18
1991	2.08	5.11
1992	1.99	5.03
1993	1.9	4.96
1994	1.85	4.87
1995	1.84	4.78
1996	1.88	4.73
1997	1.93	4.68
1998	1.94	4.63
1999	1.9	4.59
2000	1.89	4.53
2001	1.94	4.47
2002	1.97	4.42
2003	1.96	4.36
2004	1.93	4.28
2005	1.86	4.22
2006	1.91	4.15
2007	2.01	4.08
2008	2.06	4.01
2009	2.06	3.94
2010	2.05	3.88
2011	2.03	3.82
2012	1.98	3.75
2013	1.93	3.68
2014	1.89	3.63
2015	1.85	3.56
2016	1.81	3.5
2017	1.77	3.43
2018	1.75	3.38
2019	1.71	3.32
2020	1.63	3.27
2021	1.78	3.22
2022	1.54	3.17
2023	1.5	3.1

Ireland and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	Papua New Guinea
1960	30.1	18.5
1961	29.8	18.4
1962	29.5	18.3
1963	29.2	18.1
1964	28.9	18
1965	28.6	17.9
1966	28.2	17.8
1967	28	17.6
1968	27.8	17.5
1969	27.6	17.4
1970	27.4	17.3
1971	27.1	17.2
1972	26.9	17.1
1973	26.7	17.2
1974	26.5	17.2
1975	26.5	17.3
1976	26.4	17.4
1977	26.5	17.5
1978	26.5	17.7
1979	26.5	17.8
1980	26.5	18
1981	26.6	18.1
1982	26.7	18.2
1983	26.9	18.3
1984	27.1	18.3
1985	27.3	18.4
1986	27.6	18.5
1987	27.9	18.5
1988	28.4	18.6
1989	28.8	18.6
1990	29.2	18.7
1991	29.6	18.8
1992	29.9	18.9
1993	30.2	19
1994	30.6	19.1
1995	30.9	19.2
1996	31.3	19.4
1997	31.6	19.5
1998	31.9	19.6
1999	32.2	19.7
2000	32.5	19.8
2001	32.7	19.9
2002	33	19.9
2003	33.2	20
2004	33.4	20.2
2005	33.4	20.3
2006	33.4	20.4
2007	33.4	20.6
2008	33.5	20.7
2009	33.9	20.9
2010	34.3	21
2011	34.8	21.2
2012	35.2	21.3
2013	35.6	21.5
2014	36	21.7
2015	36.4	21.9
2016	36.8	22
2017	37.1	22.2
2018	37.4	22.4
2019	37.8	22.6
2020	38.2	22.8
2021	38.6	23
2022	38.9	23.2
2023	39.4	23.4
2024	39.7	23.6

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