Japan vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 61st vs. 54th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Japan and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Japan and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Japan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	Papua New Guinea
1960	$47,419,238,274	$230,496,037
1961	$57,266,758,180	$244,832,039
1962	$64,987,857,542	$261,184,042
1963	$74,379,284,603	$275,968,044
1964	$87,490,590,818	$305,312,049
1965	$97,338,107,606	$344,176,055
1966	$113,046,784,179	$390,992,063
1967	$132,475,614,227	$441,728,183
1968	$156,897,496,759	$485,184,190
1969	$184,298,841,305	$551,263,864
1970	$217,223,652,719	$645,568,215
1971	$245,364,056,622	$717,750,278
1972	$324,933,841,269	$858,761,926
1973	$441,460,582,536	$1,299,079,410
1974	$490,035,789,970	$1,467,417,672
1975	$532,861,438,885	$1,356,603,608
1976	$598,883,902,156	$1,511,843,235
1977	$737,069,290,928	$1,640,746,619
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	$1,947,878,831
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	$2,293,760,511
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$2,545,808,456
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$2,498,190,847
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$2,368,719,683
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$2,562,351,551
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$2,552,662,617
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$2,423,339,172
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$2,647,995,602
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$3,143,851,794
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$3,656,177,881
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$3,546,472,566
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$3,219,729,083
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$3,787,394,958
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$4,377,980,510
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$4,974,550,286
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$5,502,786,070
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$4,636,057,476
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$5,155,311,077
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$4,936,615,299
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$3,789,443,015
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$3,477,038,204
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$3,521,339,699
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$3,081,024,212
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$2,999,511,040
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$3,536,411,824
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$3,927,157,867
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$4,865,892,972
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$8,354,911,041
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$9,545,028,944
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$11,670,892,801
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$11,619,456,449
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$14,250,786,675
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$17,985,138,066
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$21,295,168,666
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$21,261,338,065
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$23,210,823,987
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$21,723,437,010
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$20,758,876,953
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$22,742,699,138
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$24,109,780,708
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$24,750,626,030
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$23,848,447,850
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$26,109,413,521
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$31,653,185,953
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$30,816,367,067
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	$32,538,480,024

Japan and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	Papua New Guinea
1960	$509	$115.5
1961	$609	$119.7
1962	$685	$124.7
1963	$776	$128.9
1964	$903	$139.5
1965	$994	$153.9
1966	$1,144	$171.1
1967	$1,326	$189
1968	$1,553	$202.9
1969	$1,803	$225.3
1970	$2,101	$257.6
1971	$2,321	$279.7
1972	$3,031	$327
1973	$4,061	$483
1974	$4,448	$533
1975	$4,776	$482
1976	$5,310	$525
1977	$6,473	$558
1978	$9,012	$648
1979	$9,301	$748
1980	$9,669	$813
1981	$10,583	$781
1982	$9,780	$726
1983	$10,652	$769
1984	$11,207	$750
1985	$11,809	$697
1986	$17,452	$745
1987	$21,142	$865
1988	$25,500	$985
1989	$25,266	$934
1990	$25,801	$826
1991	$29,428	$942
1992	$31,993	$1,051
1993	$36,345	$1,151
1994	$39,934	$1,228
1995	$44,198	$998
1996	$39,150	$1,071
1997	$35,638	$990
1998	$32,424	$733
1999	$36,610	$650
2000	$39,169	$636
2001	$34,406	$538
2002	$32,821	$506
2003	$35,387	$577
2004	$38,299	$621
2005	$37,813	$744
2006	$35,992	$1,238
2007	$35,779	$1,371
2008	$39,876	$1,625
2009	$41,309	$1,569
2010	$44,968	$1,867
2011	$48,760	$2,288
2012	$49,145	$2,635
2013	$40,899	$2,561
2014	$38,475	$2,723
2015	$34,961	$2,485
2016	$39,375	$2,316
2017	$38,834	$2,478
2018	$39,751	$2,566
2019	$40,416	$2,576
2020	$40,029	$2,430
2021	$40,095	$2,608
2022	$34,066	$3,102
2023	$33,836	$2,966
2024	$32,476	$3,076

Japan vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	Papua New Guinea
1950	59.3	39.4
1951	61	35.5
1952	63	40.7
1953	63.3	41.3
1954	64.5	42
1955	65.7	42.6
1956	65.6	43.3
1957	65.4	43.9
1958	67	44.6
1959	67.5	45.1
1960	67.7	45.8
1961	68.4	46.4
1962	68.7	46.7
1963	69.7	47.7
1964	70.2	48.3
1965	70.3	48.9
1966	71.1	49.6
1967	71.4	50.2
1968	71.7	50.9
1969	71.9	51.5
1970	72	52.1
1971	72.8	52.6
1972	73.3	53.3
1973	73.4	53.9
1974	73.8	54.4
1975	74.4	55
1976	74.8	55.5
1977	75.3	56
1978	75.7	56.5
1979	76.2	57
1980	76.1	57.4
1981	76.6	57.8
1982	77.1	58.1
1983	77.1	58.3
1984	77.5	58.6
1985	77.8	58.8
1986	78.2	59
1987	78.6	59.2
1988	78.5	59.4
1989	79	59.6
1990	79	59.8
1991	79.3	59.9
1992	79.3	60.3
1993	79.4	60.5
1994	79.8	60.7
1995	79.7	60.9
1996	80.4	61.1
1997	80.6	61.3
1998	80.6	60.4
1999	80.6	61.5
2000	81.2	61.6
2001	81.5	61.6
2002	81.8	61.6
2003	81.9	61.7
2004	82.1	61.8
2005	82	61.9
2006	82.4	62
2007	82.5	62.2
2008	82.6	62.5
2009	83	62.8
2010	82.9	63.1
2011	82.7	63.4
2012	83.2	63.6
2013	83.4	63.9
2014	83.6	64.2
2015	83.9	64.5
2016	84.1	64.7
2017	84.2	64.9
2018	84.3	65.1
2019	84.4	65.3
2020	84.7	65.1
2021	84.6	64.4
2022	84.1	65.3
2023	84.7	66.1
2024	84.9	66.3
2025	85	66.4

Japan and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	Papua New Guinea
1960	93,216,000	1,995,110
1961	94,055,000	2,046,127
1962	94,933,000	2,093,919
1963	95,900,000	2,141,376
1964	96,903,000	2,188,325
1965	97,952,000	2,235,820
1966	98,851,000	2,285,774
1967	99,879,000	2,337,532
1968	101,011,000	2,390,803
1969	102,219,000	2,446,927
1970	103,403,000	2,505,628
1971	105,697,000	2,566,421
1972	107,188,000	2,628,432
1973	108,707,000	2,690,629
1974	110,162,000	2,752,671
1975	111,573,000	2,814,820
1976	112,775,000	2,877,327
1977	113,872,000	2,940,327
1978	114,913,000	3,003,714
1979	115,890,000	3,067,341
1980	116,807,000	3,131,512
1981	117,661,000	3,197,019
1982	118,480,000	3,264,291
1983	119,307,000	3,333,633
1984	120,083,000	3,405,198
1985	120,837,000	3,478,936
1986	121,482,000	3,554,793
1987	122,069,000	3,632,543
1988	122,578,000	3,711,880
1989	123,069,000	3,796,078
1990	123,478,000	3,896,481
1991	123,964,000	4,021,837
1992	124,425,000	4,166,699
1993	124,829,000	4,320,872
1994	125,178,000	4,480,208
1995	125,472,000	4,644,278
1996	125,757,000	4,813,361
1997	126,057,000	4,987,883
1998	126,400,000	5,166,390
1999	126,631,000	5,349,333
2000	126,843,000	5,537,064
2001	127,149,000	5,728,435
2002	127,445,000	5,924,003
2003	127,718,000	6,123,997
2004	127,761,000	6,328,041
2005	127,773,000	6,535,905
2006	127,854,000	6,747,720
2007	128,001,000	6,963,345
2008	128,063,000	7,183,002
2009	128,047,000	7,406,438
2010	128,070,000	7,633,523
2011	127,833,000	7,859,346
2012	127,629,000	8,081,390
2013	127,445,000	8,302,698
2014	127,276,000	8,523,441
2015	127,141,000	8,743,246
2016	127,076,000	8,961,718
2017	126,972,000	9,178,714
2018	126,811,000	9,394,513
2019	126,633,000	9,609,010
2020	126,261,000	9,815,746
2021	125,681,593	10,012,896
2022	125,124,989	10,203,169
2023	124,516,650	10,389,635
2024	123,975,371	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Japan and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Japan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	Papua New Guinea
1960	2	6.02
1961	1.96	6.07
1962	1.98	6.14
1963	2	6.15
1964	2.05	6.19
1965	2.14	6.2
1966	1.58	6.23
1967	2.23	6.24
1968	2.13	6.25
1969	2.13	6.26
1970	2.13	6.25
1971	2.16	6.23
1972	2.14	6.2
1973	2.14	6.16
1974	2.05	6.11
1975	1.91	6.07
1976	1.85	6.02
1977	1.8	5.96
1978	1.79	5.88
1979	1.77	5.79
1980	1.75	5.71
1981	1.74	5.65
1982	1.77	5.59
1983	1.8	5.56
1984	1.81	5.51
1985	1.76	5.47
1986	1.72	5.42
1987	1.69	5.36
1988	1.66	5.3
1989	1.57	5.24
1990	1.54	5.18
1991	1.53	5.11
1992	1.5	5.03
1993	1.46	4.96
1994	1.5	4.87
1995	1.42	4.78
1996	1.43	4.73
1997	1.39	4.68
1998	1.38	4.63
1999	1.34	4.59
2000	1.36	4.53
2001	1.33	4.47
2002	1.32	4.42
2003	1.29	4.36
2004	1.29	4.28
2005	1.26	4.22
2006	1.32	4.15
2007	1.34	4.08
2008	1.37	4.01
2009	1.37	3.94
2010	1.39	3.88
2011	1.39	3.82
2012	1.41	3.75
2013	1.43	3.68
2014	1.42	3.63
2015	1.45	3.56
2016	1.44	3.5
2017	1.43	3.43
2018	1.42	3.38
2019	1.36	3.32
2020	1.33	3.27
2021	1.3	3.22
2022	1.26	3.17
2023	1.2	3.1

Japan and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Japan

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	Papua New Guinea
1960	25.8	18.5
1961	26.2	18.4
1962	26.5	18.3
1963	26.9	18.1
1964	27.2	18
1965	27.6	17.9
1966	28	17.8
1967	28.4	17.6
1968	28.6	17.5
1969	28.9	17.4
1970	29.2	17.3
1971	29.6	17.2
1972	29.9	17.1
1973	30.2	17.2
1974	30.4	17.2
1975	30.6	17.3
1976	30.9	17.4
1977	31.5	17.5
1978	32	17.7
1979	32.4	17.8
1980	32.8	18
1981	33.1	18.1
1982	33.7	18.2
1983	34.3	18.3
1984	34.9	18.3
1985	35.4	18.4
1986	35.9	18.5
1987	36.3	18.5
1988	36.8	18.6
1989	37.2	18.6
1990	37.7	18.7
1991	38.2	18.8
1992	38.7	18.9
1993	39.2	19
1994	39.6	19.1
1995	40	19.2
1996	40.3	19.4
1997	40.7	19.5
1998	41	19.6
1999	41.4	19.7
2000	41.8	19.8
2001	42.1	19.9
2002	42.5	19.9
2003	42.8	20
2004	43.2	20.2
2005	43.6	20.3
2006	43.9	20.4
2007	44.2	20.6
2008	44.6	20.7
2009	44.9	20.9
2010	45.2	21
2011	45.5	21.2
2012	45.8	21.3
2013	46.2	21.5
2014	46.6	21.7
2015	47	21.9
2016	47.3	22
2017	47.6	22.2
2018	48	22.4
2019	48.3	22.6
2020	48.7	22.8
2021	49.1	23
2022	49.5	23.2
2023	50	23.4
2024	50.4	23.6

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