Jamaica vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Jamaica has a population of 2.84M (ranked 139/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Jamaica's land area is 4,181 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 159th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Jamaica ranks 130/197 ($19.9B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Jamaica ranks 104/197 ($7,020), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Jamaica and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Jamaica and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Jamaica

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Jamaica	Papua New Guinea
1960	$699,064,380	$230,496,037
1961	$748,043,501	$244,832,039
1962	$777,727,689	$261,184,042
1963	$826,706,669	$275,968,044
1964	$897,949,001	$305,312,049
1965	$972,159,611	$344,176,055
1966	$1,096,759,561	$390,992,063
1967	$1,148,014,311	$441,728,183
1968	$1,083,839,133	$485,184,190
1969	$1,191,239,047	$551,263,864
1970	$1,404,720,442	$645,568,215
1971	$1,539,861,816	$717,750,278
1972	$1,875,146,587	$858,761,926
1973	$1,905,917,553	$1,299,079,410
1974	$2,375,122,375	$1,467,417,672
1975	$2,860,442,750	$1,356,603,608
1976	$2,966,042,856	$1,511,843,235
1977	$3,249,733,140	$1,640,746,619
1978	$2,644,527,822	$1,947,878,831
1979	$2,425,064,229	$2,293,760,511
1980	$2,679,379,372	$2,545,808,456
1981	$2,979,027,966	$2,498,190,847
1982	$3,293,496,312	$2,368,719,683
1983	$3,619,262,277	$2,562,351,551
1984	$2,373,564,549	$2,552,662,617
1985	$2,100,239,019	$2,423,339,172
1986	$2,754,549,582	$2,647,995,602
1987	$3,287,007,322	$3,143,851,794
1988	$3,828,342,820	$3,656,177,881
1989	$4,404,937,853	$3,546,472,566
1990	$4,592,208,087	$3,219,729,083
1991	$4,106,207,649	$3,787,394,958
1992	$3,535,460,090	$4,377,980,510
1993	$5,440,075,676	$4,974,550,286
1994	$5,452,558,947	$5,502,786,070
1995	$6,577,520,643	$4,636,057,476
1996	$7,393,891,921	$5,155,311,077
1997	$8,400,041,724	$4,936,615,299
1998	$8,787,195,622	$3,789,443,015
1999	$8,887,057,997	$3,477,038,204
2000	$9,005,064,475	$3,521,339,699
2001	$9,194,727,831	$3,081,024,212
2002	$9,719,009,495	$2,999,511,040
2003	$9,430,234,811	$3,536,411,824
2004	$10,174,664,854	$3,927,157,867
2005	$11,243,865,778	$4,865,892,972
2006	$11,930,179,090	$8,354,911,041
2007	$12,799,600,047	$9,545,028,944
2008	$13,709,401,520	$11,670,892,801
2009	$12,120,458,115	$11,619,456,449
2010	$13,220,549,908	$14,250,786,675
2011	$14,444,661,522	$17,985,138,066
2012	$14,807,086,556	$21,295,168,666
2013	$14,264,205,153	$21,261,338,065
2014	$13,899,217,680	$23,210,823,987
2015	$14,188,936,918	$21,723,437,010
2016	$14,077,096,677	$20,758,876,953
2017	$14,808,985,133	$22,742,699,138
2018	$15,730,792,876	$24,109,780,708
2019	$15,830,766,531	$24,750,626,030
2020	$13,812,421,836	$23,848,447,850
2021	$14,657,586,159	$26,109,413,521
2022	$17,097,760,687	$31,653,185,953
2023	$19,423,355,367	$30,816,367,067
2024	$19,930,288,337	$32,538,480,024

Jamaica and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Jamaica

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Jamaica	Papua New Guinea
1960	$424	$115.5
1961	$447	$119.7
1962	$458	$124.7
1963	$480	$128.9
1964	$514	$139.5
1965	$549	$153.9
1966	$612	$171.1
1967	$633	$189
1968	$591	$202.9
1969	$642	$225.3
1970	$748	$257.6
1971	$809	$279.7
1972	$971	$327
1973	$972	$483
1974	$1,193	$533
1975	$1,417	$482
1976	$1,450	$525
1977	$1,569	$558
1978	$1,262	$648
1979	$1,144	$748
1980	$1,249	$813
1981	$1,370	$781
1982	$1,494	$726
1983	$1,619	$769
1984	$1,048	$750
1985	$917	$697
1986	$1,191	$745
1987	$1,411	$865
1988	$1,632	$985
1989	$1,865	$934
1990	$1,930	$826
1991	$1,710	$942
1992	$1,458	$1,051
1993	$2,221	$1,151
1994	$2,203	$1,228
1995	$2,631	$998
1996	$2,929	$1,071
1997	$3,297	$990
1998	$3,419	$733
1999	$3,432	$650
2000	$3,453	$636
2001	$3,504	$538
2002	$3,681	$506
2003	$3,550	$577
2004	$3,808	$621
2005	$4,184	$744
2006	$4,417	$1,238
2007	$4,716	$1,371
2008	$5,030	$1,625
2009	$4,428	$1,569
2010	$4,810	$1,867
2011	$5,233	$2,288
2012	$5,341	$2,635
2013	$5,124	$2,561
2014	$4,975	$2,723
2015	$5,063	$2,485
2016	$5,010	$2,316
2017	$5,259	$2,478
2018	$5,578	$2,566
2019	$5,607	$2,576
2020	$4,879	$2,430
2021	$5,165	$2,608
2022	$6,022	$3,102
2023	$6,840	$2,966
2024	$7,020	$3,076

Jamaica vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Jamaica

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Jamaica	Papua New Guinea
1950	56.6	39.4
1951	57.1	35.5
1952	58.1	40.7
1953	58.9	41.3
1954	59.6	42
1955	60.4	42.6
1956	61.2	43.3
1957	61.9	43.9
1958	62.6	44.6
1959	63.2	45.1
1960	63.8	45.8
1961	64.3	46.4
1962	64.6	46.7
1963	65	47.7
1964	65.3	48.3
1965	65.7	48.9
1966	65.9	49.6
1967	66.1	50.2
1968	66.3	50.9
1969	66.5	51.5
1970	66.7	52.1
1971	67	52.6
1972	67.3	53.3
1973	67.6	53.9
1974	67.9	54.4
1975	68.2	55
1976	68.4	55.5
1977	68.6	56
1978	68.7	56.5
1979	68.8	57
1980	69	57.4
1981	69.1	57.8
1982	69.3	58.1
1983	69.5	58.3
1984	69.8	58.6
1985	70.1	58.8
1986	70.4	59
1987	70.9	59.2
1988	71.2	59.4
1989	71.5	59.6
1990	71.7	59.8
1991	71.8	59.9
1992	71.8	60.3
1993	71.8	60.5
1994	71.6	60.7
1995	71.5	60.9
1996	71.3	61.1
1997	71.2	61.3
1998	71.2	60.4
1999	71.2	61.5
2000	71.3	61.6
2001	71.3	61.6
2002	71.5	61.6
2003	71.6	61.7
2004	71.5	61.8
2005	71.5	61.9
2006	71.4	62
2007	71.4	62.2
2008	71.5	62.5
2009	71.7	62.8
2010	72	63.1
2011	72.2	63.4
2012	72.4	63.6
2013	72.4	63.9
2014	72.4	64.2
2015	72.2	64.5
2016	72.1	64.7
2017	71.9	64.9
2018	71.6	65.1
2019	71.5	65.3
2020	71.5	65.1
2021	69.1	64.4
2022	71.5	65.3
2023	71.5	66.1
2024	71.6	66.3
2025	71.7	66.4

Jamaica and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Jamaica

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Jamaica	Papua New Guinea
1960	1,650,005	1,995,110
1961	1,673,261	2,046,127
1962	1,696,932	2,093,919
1963	1,721,099	2,141,376
1964	1,745,568	2,188,325
1965	1,769,192	2,235,820
1966	1,791,475	2,285,774
1967	1,812,865	2,337,532
1968	1,833,765	2,390,803
1969	1,855,127	2,446,927
1970	1,878,196	2,505,628
1971	1,903,728	2,566,421
1972	1,931,542	2,628,432
1973	1,961,219	2,690,629
1974	1,990,906	2,752,671
1975	2,018,981	2,814,820
1976	2,045,578	2,877,327
1977	2,070,657	2,940,327
1978	2,094,836	3,003,714
1979	2,119,486	3,067,341
1980	2,145,658	3,131,512
1981	2,173,818	3,197,019
1982	2,203,889	3,264,291
1983	2,234,832	3,333,633
1984	2,264,562	3,405,198
1985	2,290,656	3,478,936
1986	2,312,125	3,554,793
1987	2,329,813	3,632,543
1988	2,345,777	3,711,880
1989	2,361,916	3,796,078
1990	2,379,877	3,896,481
1991	2,400,869	4,021,837
1992	2,424,701	4,166,699
1993	2,449,916	4,320,872
1994	2,475,220	4,480,208
1995	2,500,151	4,644,278
1996	2,524,463	4,813,361
1997	2,547,848	4,987,883
1998	2,569,736	5,166,390
1999	2,589,795	5,349,333
2000	2,607,826	5,537,064
2001	2,624,403	5,728,435
2002	2,640,572	5,924,003
2003	2,656,623	6,123,997
2004	2,672,225	6,328,041
2005	2,687,066	6,535,905
2006	2,700,968	6,747,720
2007	2,713,800	6,963,345
2008	2,725,635	7,183,002
2009	2,736,995	7,406,438
2010	2,748,568	7,633,523
2011	2,760,494	7,859,346
2012	2,772,430	8,081,390
2013	2,783,687	8,302,698
2014	2,793,749	8,523,441
2015	2,802,534	8,743,246
2016	2,809,915	8,961,718
2017	2,815,764	9,178,714
2018	2,820,097	9,394,513
2019	2,823,271	9,609,010
2020	2,830,739	9,815,746
2021	2,837,682	10,012,896
2022	2,839,144	10,203,169
2023	2,839,786	10,389,635
2024	2,839,175	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Jamaica and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Jamaica

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Jamaica	Papua New Guinea
1960	5.54	6.02
1961	5.6	6.07
1962	5.64	6.14
1963	5.73	6.15
1964	5.79	6.19
1965	5.72	6.2
1966	5.69	6.23
1967	5.67	6.24
1968	5.58	6.25
1969	5.47	6.26
1970	5.35	6.25
1971	5.21	6.23
1972	5.06	6.2
1973	5	6.16
1974	4.67	6.11
1975	4.44	6.07
1976	4.21	6.02
1977	4	5.96
1978	3.84	5.88
1979	3.72	5.79
1980	3.59	5.71
1981	3.51	5.65
1982	3.46	5.59
1983	3.41	5.56
1984	3.32	5.51
1985	3.21	5.47
1986	3.11	5.42
1987	3.02	5.36
1988	2.98	5.3
1989	2.93	5.24
1990	2.96	5.18
1991	3	5.11
1992	3.03	5.03
1993	2.99	4.96
1994	2.93	4.87
1995	2.85	4.78
1996	2.77	4.73
1997	2.68	4.68
1998	2.57	4.63
1999	2.47	4.59
2000	2.35	4.53
2001	2.3	4.47
2002	2.27	4.42
2003	2.24	4.36
2004	2.2	4.28
2005	2.15	4.22
2006	2.09	4.15
2007	2.02	4.08
2008	1.95	4.01
2009	1.88	3.94
2010	1.8	3.88
2011	1.72	3.82
2012	1.65	3.75
2013	1.59	3.68
2014	1.54	3.63
2015	1.51	3.56
2016	1.46	3.5
2017	1.43	3.43
2018	1.4	3.38
2019	1.39	3.32
2020	1.38	3.27
2021	1.38	3.22
2022	1.37	3.17
2023	1.36	3.1

Jamaica and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Jamaica

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Jamaica	Papua New Guinea
1960	19.8	18.5
1961	19.5	18.4
1962	19.3	18.3
1963	19	18.1
1964	18.8	18
1965	18.5	17.9
1966	18.3	17.8
1967	18.1	17.6
1968	17.9	17.5
1969	17.8	17.4
1970	17.7	17.3
1971	17.7	17.2
1972	17.8	17.1
1973	17.9	17.2
1974	18	17.2
1975	18.2	17.3
1976	18.4	17.4
1977	18.6	17.5
1978	18.9	17.7
1979	19.1	17.8
1980	19.4	18
1981	19.6	18.1
1982	19.9	18.2
1983	20.1	18.3
1984	20.4	18.3
1985	20.6	18.4
1986	20.8	18.5
1987	21.1	18.5
1988	21.3	18.6
1989	21.6	18.6
1990	21.8	18.7
1991	22	18.8
1992	22.2	18.9
1993	22.3	19
1994	22.4	19.1
1995	22.5	19.2
1996	22.6	19.4
1997	22.7	19.5
1998	22.9	19.6
1999	23.1	19.7
2000	23.3	19.8
2001	23.6	19.9
2002	23.8	19.9
2003	24.1	20
2004	24.4	20.2
2005	24.6	20.3
2006	24.9	20.4
2007	25.3	20.6
2008	25.7	20.7
2009	26.1	20.9
2010	26.5	21
2011	27	21.2
2012	27.4	21.3
2013	27.9	21.5
2014	28.3	21.7
2015	28.8	21.9
2016	29.3	22
2017	29.8	22.2
2018	30.3	22.4
2019	30.8	22.6
2020	31.3	22.8
2021	31.7	23
2022	32.2	23.2
2023	32.8	23.4
2024	33.3	23.6

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