Kenya vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Kenya has a population of 56.4M (ranked 26/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Kenya's land area is 224,278 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 45th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Kenya ranks 64/197 ($124B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Kenya ranks 152/197 ($2,206), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Kenya and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Kenya and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Kenya

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Kenya	Papua New Guinea
1960	$791,265,459	$230,496,037
1961	$792,959,473	$244,832,039
1962	$868,111,401	$261,184,042
1963	$926,589,349	$275,968,044
1964	$998,759,334	$305,312,049
1965	$997,919,321	$344,176,055
1966	$1,164,519,674	$390,992,063
1967	$1,232,559,507	$441,728,183
1968	$1,353,295,459	$485,184,190
1969	$1,458,379,417	$551,263,864
1970	$1,603,447,359	$645,568,215
1971	$1,778,391,289	$717,750,278
1972	$2,107,279,157	$858,761,926
1973	$2,509,001,324	$1,299,079,410
1974	$2,969,958,812	$1,467,417,672
1975	$3,259,345,083	$1,356,603,608
1976	$3,474,542,392	$1,511,843,235
1977	$4,494,378,764	$1,640,746,619
1978	$5,303,735,111	$1,947,878,831
1979	$6,234,391,113	$2,293,760,511
1980	$7,265,315,820	$2,545,808,456
1981	$6,854,491,706	$2,498,190,847
1982	$6,431,579,357	$2,368,719,683
1983	$5,979,198,314	$2,562,351,551
1984	$6,191,437,070	$2,552,662,617
1985	$6,135,034,214	$2,423,339,172
1986	$7,239,126,568	$2,647,995,602
1987	$7,970,820,369	$3,143,851,794
1988	$8,355,380,879	$3,656,177,881
1989	$8,283,114,514	$3,546,472,566
1990	$8,572,359,038	$3,219,729,083
1991	$8,151,488,783	$3,787,394,958
1992	$8,209,120,763	$4,377,980,510
1993	$5,751,786,643	$4,974,550,286
1994	$7,148,148,564	$5,502,786,070
1995	$9,046,320,255	$4,636,057,476
1996	$12,045,865,396	$5,155,311,077
1997	$13,115,764,358	$4,936,615,299
1998	$14,093,998,844	$3,789,443,015
1999	$12,896,010,459	$3,477,038,204
2000	$12,705,350,098	$3,521,339,699
2001	$12,986,007,426	$3,081,024,212
2002	$13,147,736,899	$2,999,511,040
2003	$14,904,517,650	$3,536,411,824
2004	$16,095,337,094	$3,927,157,867
2005	$18,737,895,513	$4,865,892,972
2006	$25,825,512,284	$8,354,911,041
2007	$31,958,195,182	$9,545,028,944
2008	$35,895,153,328	$11,670,892,801
2009	$42,347,217,913	$11,619,456,449
2010	$45,405,615,064	$14,250,786,675
2011	$46,869,473,151	$17,985,138,066
2012	$56,396,704,672	$21,295,168,666
2013	$61,671,440,408	$21,261,338,065
2014	$68,285,796,514	$23,210,823,987
2015	$70,120,446,897	$21,723,437,010
2016	$74,815,144,164	$20,758,876,953
2017	$82,036,510,877	$22,742,699,138
2018	$92,202,979,985	$24,109,780,708
2019	$100,378,436,207	$24,750,626,030
2020	$100,657,505,751	$23,848,447,850
2021	$109,703,658,905	$26,109,413,521
2022	$114,448,978,153	$31,653,185,953
2023	$108,038,588,971	$30,816,367,067
2024	$124,498,691,699	$32,538,480,024

Kenya and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Kenya

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kenya	Papua New Guinea
1960	$102.8	$115.5
1961	$99.3	$119.7
1962	$104.6	$124.7
1963	$107.4	$128.9
1964	$111.3	$139.5
1965	$106.9	$153.9
1966	$119.8	$171.1
1967	$121.9	$189
1968	$128.7	$202.9
1969	$133.3	$225.3
1970	$141	$257.6
1971	$150.9	$279.7
1972	$172.6	$327
1973	$198.6	$483
1974	$227.2	$533
1975	$241.2	$482
1976	$248.9	$525
1977	$311	$558
1978	$355	$648
1979	$403	$748
1980	$454	$813
1981	$413	$781
1982	$374	$726
1983	$335	$769
1984	$334	$750
1985	$320	$697
1986	$364	$745
1987	$387	$865
1988	$391	$985
1989	$374	$934
1990	$374	$826
1991	$345	$942
1992	$337	$1,051
1993	$229	$1,151
1994	$276.4	$1,228
1995	$340	$998
1996	$441	$1,071
1997	$467	$990
1998	$488	$733
1999	$434	$650
2000	$415	$636
2001	$411	$538
2002	$403	$506
2003	$443	$577
2004	$464	$621
2005	$523	$744
2006	$700	$1,238
2007	$840	$1,371
2008	$916	$1,625
2009	$1,048	$1,569
2010	$1,092	$1,867
2011	$1,096	$2,288
2012	$1,285	$2,635
2013	$1,371	$2,561
2014	$1,483	$2,723
2015	$1,489	$2,485
2016	$1,554	$2,316
2017	$1,667	$2,478
2018	$1,836	$2,566
2019	$1,960	$2,576
2020	$1,928	$2,430
2021	$2,061	$2,608
2022	$2,110	$3,102
2023	$1,952	$2,966
2024	$2,206	$3,076

Kenya vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kenya

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kenya	Papua New Guinea
1950	36.9	39.4
1951	38	35.5
1952	38.6	40.7
1953	39.8	41.3
1954	41	42
1955	42.3	42.6
1956	43.5	43.3
1957	45.3	43.9
1958	46.5	44.6
1959	47.5	45.1
1960	48.5	45.8
1961	49.3	46.4
1962	50.1	46.7
1963	50.8	47.7
1964	51.3	48.3
1965	51.9	48.9
1966	52.4	49.6
1967	52.8	50.2
1968	53.3	50.9
1969	53.7	51.5
1970	54.1	52.1
1971	54.5	52.6
1972	55	53.3
1973	55.5	53.9
1974	56	54.4
1975	56.6	55
1976	57.2	55.5
1977	57.7	56
1978	58.2	56.5
1979	58.7	57
1980	59.2	57.4
1981	59.6	57.8
1982	59.9	58.1
1983	60.3	58.3
1984	60.6	58.6
1985	60.9	58.8
1986	60.8	59
1987	60.7	59.2
1988	60.3	59.4
1989	60	59.6
1990	58.3	59.8
1991	57.8	59.9
1992	57.1	60.3
1993	56.7	60.5
1994	56.1	60.7
1995	55.9	60.9
1996	55.6	61.1
1997	55.5	61.3
1998	55.6	60.4
1999	55.9	61.5
2000	56.1	61.6
2001	56.5	61.6
2002	56.8	61.6
2003	57.4	61.7
2004	57.9	61.8
2005	58.5	61.9
2006	59.1	62
2007	59.4	62.2
2008	60	62.5
2009	60.5	62.8
2010	60.9	63.1
2011	61.3	63.4
2012	61.5	63.6
2013	61.7	63.9
2014	62	64.2
2015	62.3	64.5
2016	62.5	64.7
2017	62.7	64.9
2018	62.8	65.1
2019	62.9	65.3
2020	61.6	65.1
2021	61.2	64.4
2022	63.5	65.3
2023	63.6	66.1
2024	63.8	66.3
2025	64	66.4

Kenya and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Kenya

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Kenya	Papua New Guinea
1960	7,695,307	1,995,110
1961	7,987,770	2,046,127
1962	8,299,308	2,093,919
1963	8,627,971	2,141,376
1964	8,973,535	2,188,325
1965	9,338,078	2,235,820
1966	9,717,816	2,285,774
1967	10,111,057	2,337,532
1968	10,518,823	2,390,803
1969	10,939,695	2,446,927
1970	11,368,791	2,505,628
1971	11,788,904	2,566,421
1972	12,206,060	2,628,432
1973	12,634,835	2,690,629
1974	13,070,078	2,752,671
1975	13,511,671	2,814,820
1976	13,957,623	2,877,327
1977	14,428,819	2,940,327
1978	14,934,126	3,003,714
1979	15,460,666	3,067,341
1980	16,018,459	3,131,512
1981	16,601,507	3,197,019
1982	17,206,175	3,264,291
1983	17,846,374	3,333,633
1984	18,514,906	3,405,198
1985	19,201,768	3,478,936
1986	19,901,646	3,554,793
1987	20,616,096	3,632,543
1988	21,356,219	3,711,880
1989	22,118,434	3,796,078
1990	22,892,651	3,896,481
1991	23,646,514	4,021,837
1992	24,382,460	4,166,699
1993	25,117,188	4,320,872
1994	25,857,130	4,480,208
1995	26,601,751	4,644,278
1996	27,344,211	4,813,361
1997	28,101,768	4,987,883
1998	28,888,057	5,166,390
1999	29,733,408	5,349,333
2000	30,642,890	5,537,064
2001	31,619,170	5,728,435
2002	32,629,808	5,924,003
2003	33,652,223	6,123,997
2004	34,713,455	6,328,041
2005	35,796,484	6,535,905
2006	36,904,008	6,747,720
2007	38,036,349	6,963,345
2008	39,206,351	7,183,002
2009	40,408,891	7,406,438
2010	41,598,567	7,633,523
2011	42,758,461	7,859,346
2012	43,888,303	8,081,390
2013	44,986,791	8,302,698
2014	46,051,440	8,523,441
2015	47,088,526	8,743,246
2016	48,139,687	8,961,718
2017	49,197,766	9,178,714
2018	50,207,107	9,394,513
2019	51,202,827	9,609,010
2020	52,217,334	9,815,746
2021	53,219,166	10,012,896
2022	54,252,461	10,203,169
2023	55,339,003	10,389,635
2024	56,432,944	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Kenya and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Kenya

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	Papua New Guinea
1960	7.65	6.02
1961	7.72	6.07
1962	7.77	6.14
1963	7.82	6.15
1964	7.87	6.19
1965	7.92	6.2
1966	7.96	6.23
1967	7.95	6.24
1968	7.95	6.25
1969	7.95	6.26
1970	7.94	6.25
1971	7.92	6.23
1972	7.89	6.2
1973	7.86	6.16
1974	7.82	6.11
1975	7.8	6.07
1976	7.77	6.02
1977	7.73	5.96
1978	7.67	5.88
1979	7.6	5.79
1980	7.53	5.71
1981	7.45	5.65
1982	7.35	5.59
1983	7.22	5.56
1984	7.08	5.51
1985	6.96	5.47
1986	6.84	5.42
1987	6.69	5.36
1988	6.52	5.3
1989	6.33	5.24
1990	6.14	5.18
1991	5.94	5.11
1992	5.74	5.03
1993	5.57	4.96
1994	5.44	4.87
1995	5.37	4.78
1996	5.31	4.73
1997	5.27	4.68
1998	5.24	4.63
1999	5.18	4.59
2000	5.14	4.53
2001	5.09	4.47
2002	5.03	4.42
2003	4.94	4.36
2004	4.86	4.28
2005	4.8	4.22
2006	4.75	4.15
2007	4.72	4.08
2008	4.66	4.01
2009	4.57	3.94
2010	4.45	3.88
2011	4.28	3.82
2012	4.12	3.75
2013	3.96	3.68
2014	3.84	3.63
2015	3.77	3.56
2016	3.69	3.5
2017	3.61	3.43
2018	3.54	3.38
2019	3.43	3.32
2020	3.36	3.27
2021	3.31	3.22
2022	3.26	3.17
2023	3.21	3.1

Kenya and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Kenya

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kenya	Papua New Guinea
1960	15.7	18.5
1961	15.5	18.4
1962	15.3	18.3
1963	15.2	18.1
1964	15.1	18
1965	14.9	17.9
1966	14.8	17.8
1967	14.6	17.6
1968	14.5	17.5
1969	14.5	17.4
1970	14.4	17.3
1971	14.4	17.2
1972	14.3	17.1
1973	14.3	17.2
1974	14.3	17.2
1975	14.3	17.3
1976	14.3	17.4
1977	14.3	17.5
1978	14.3	17.7
1979	14.4	17.8
1980	14.5	18
1981	14.5	18.1
1982	14.6	18.2
1983	14.7	18.3
1984	14.8	18.3
1985	14.9	18.4
1986	15	18.5
1987	15	18.5
1988	15.1	18.6
1989	15.2	18.6
1990	15.3	18.7
1991	15.5	18.8
1992	15.6	18.9
1993	15.7	19
1994	15.9	19.1
1995	16	19.2
1996	16.1	19.4
1997	16.2	19.5
1998	16.4	19.6
1999	16.5	19.7
2000	16.7	19.8
2001	16.8	19.9
2002	17	19.9
2003	17.1	20
2004	17.3	20.2
2005	17.4	20.3
2006	17.5	20.4
2007	17.6	20.6
2008	17.7	20.7
2009	17.8	20.9
2010	17.9	21
2011	18.1	21.2
2012	18.2	21.3
2013	18.4	21.5
2014	18.5	21.7
2015	18.7	21.9
2016	18.9	22
2017	19.1	22.2
2018	19.3	22.4
2019	19.6	22.6
2020	19.8	22.8
2021	20	23
2022	20.3	23.2
2023	20.6	23.4
2024	20.8	23.6

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