Kiribati vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Kiribati has a population of 135K (ranked 180/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Kiribati's land area is 313 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 173rd vs. 54th).

By GDP, Kiribati ranks 192/197 ($308M) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Kiribati ranks 151/197 ($2,289), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Kiribati and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Kiribati and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Kiribati

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Kiribati	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	-	$390,992,063
1967	-	$441,728,183
1968	-	$485,184,190
1969	-	$551,263,864
1970	$11,560,877	$645,568,215
1971	$12,356,134	$717,750,278
1972	$15,314,346	$858,761,926
1973	$25,645,040	$1,299,079,410
1974	$69,256,489	$1,467,417,672
1975	$44,547,454	$1,356,603,608
1976	$33,246,817	$1,511,843,235
1977	$31,335,459	$1,640,746,619
1978	$36,563,965	$1,947,878,831
1979	$34,466,197	$2,293,760,511
1980	$33,157,723	$2,545,808,456
1981	$35,267,489	$2,498,190,847
1982	$32,742,713	$2,368,719,683
1983	$31,000,546	$2,562,351,551
1984	$34,394,167	$2,552,662,617
1985	$26,126,615	$2,423,339,172
1986	$25,993,009	$2,647,995,602
1987	$29,554,413	$3,143,851,794
1988	$38,278,810	$3,656,177,881
1989	$37,645,319	$3,546,472,566
1990	$36,534,295	$3,219,729,083
1991	$41,247,792	$3,787,394,958
1992	$61,491,369	$4,377,980,510
1993	$58,953,596	$4,974,550,286
1994	$67,055,334	$5,502,786,070
1995	$68,596,395	$4,636,057,476
1996	$81,456,854	$5,155,311,077
1997	$80,205,807	$4,936,615,299
1998	$74,905,706	$3,789,443,015
1999	$77,323,978	$3,477,038,204
2000	$74,910,527	$3,521,339,699
2001	$64,935,850	$3,081,024,212
2002	$74,743,869	$2,999,511,040
2003	$96,105,619	$3,536,411,824
2004	$104,085,892	$3,927,157,867
2005	$113,895,437	$4,865,892,972
2006	$112,338,353	$8,354,911,041
2007	$138,054,946	$9,545,028,944
2008	$147,017,895	$11,670,892,801
2009	$140,177,384	$11,619,456,449
2010	$165,458,433	$14,250,786,675
2011	$195,970,140	$17,985,138,066
2012	$207,001,546	$21,295,168,666
2013	$201,730,861	$21,261,338,065
2014	$200,287,282	$23,210,823,987
2015	$191,559,399	$21,723,437,010
2016	$206,467,819	$20,758,876,953
2017	$222,875,736	$22,742,699,138
2018	$233,514,717	$24,109,780,708
2019	$216,985,388	$24,750,626,030
2020	$220,897,999	$23,848,447,850
2021	$285,259,894	$26,109,413,521
2022	$270,040,457	$31,653,185,953
2023	$288,610,732	$30,816,367,067
2024	$307,862,547	$32,538,480,024

Kiribati and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Kiribati

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kiribati	Papua New Guinea
1960	-	$115.5
1961	-	$119.7
1962	-	$124.7
1963	-	$128.9
1964	-	$139.5
1965	-	$153.9
1966	-	$171.1
1967	-	$189
1968	-	$202.9
1969	-	$225.3
1970	$201	$257.6
1971	$210.7	$279.7
1972	$256.2	$327
1973	$422	$483
1974	$1,131	$533
1975	$730	$482
1976	$548	$525
1977	$520	$558
1978	$611	$648
1979	$573	$748
1980	$542	$813
1981	$568	$781
1982	$519	$726
1983	$483	$769
1984	$527	$750
1985	$393	$697
1986	$382	$745
1987	$424	$865
1988	$536	$985
1989	$515	$934
1990	$488	$826
1991	$540	$942
1992	$792	$1,051
1993	$748	$1,151
1994	$838	$1,228
1995	$844	$998
1996	$986	$1,071
1997	$953	$990
1998	$874	$733
1999	$887	$650
2000	$845	$636
2001	$719	$538
2002	$810	$506
2003	$1,021	$577
2004	$1,083	$621
2005	$1,162	$744
2006	$1,123	$1,238
2007	$1,353	$1,371
2008	$1,411	$1,625
2009	$1,317	$1,569
2010	$1,522	$1,867
2011	$1,771	$2,288
2012	$1,844	$2,635
2013	$1,772	$2,561
2014	$1,737	$2,723
2015	$1,640	$2,485
2016	$1,743	$2,316
2017	$1,853	$2,478
2018	$1,913	$2,566
2019	$1,751	$2,576
2020	$1,752	$2,430
2021	$2,222	$2,608
2022	$2,070	$3,102
2023	$2,178	$2,966
2024	$2,289	$3,076

Kiribati vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kiribati

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kiribati	Papua New Guinea
1950	45.7	39.4
1951	45.8	35.5
1952	45.9	40.7
1953	46	41.3
1954	46.1	42
1955	46.3	42.6
1956	46.5	43.3
1957	46.8	43.9
1958	47.1	44.6
1959	47.5	45.1
1960	48	45.8
1961	48.5	46.4
1962	49	46.7
1963	49.7	47.7
1964	50.4	48.3
1965	51	48.9
1966	51.7	49.6
1967	52.5	50.2
1968	53.1	50.9
1969	53.8	51.5
1970	54.4	52.1
1971	54.9	52.6
1972	55.3	53.3
1973	55.8	53.9
1974	56.1	54.4
1975	56.4	55
1976	56.6	55.5
1977	56.1	56
1978	56.9	56.5
1979	57.1	57
1980	57.3	57.4
1981	57.5	57.8
1982	57.8	58.1
1983	58.1	58.3
1984	58.4	58.6
1985	58.7	58.8
1986	59.1	59
1987	59.6	59.2
1988	60.1	59.4
1989	60.5	59.6
1990	61	59.8
1991	61.5	59.9
1992	62	60.3
1993	62.4	60.5
1994	62.8	60.7
1995	63.1	60.9
1996	63.5	61.1
1997	63.8	61.3
1998	64.1	60.4
1999	64.4	61.5
2000	64.7	61.6
2001	64.9	61.6
2002	65.1	61.6
2003	65.3	61.7
2004	65.4	61.8
2005	65.5	61.9
2006	65.6	62
2007	65.7	62.2
2008	65.7	62.5
2009	65.8	62.8
2010	65.9	63.1
2011	65.9	63.4
2012	65.9	63.6
2013	65.9	63.9
2014	65.9	64.2
2015	65.8	64.5
2016	65.8	64.7
2017	65.8	64.9
2018	65.8	65.1
2019	65.9	65.3
2020	65.2	65.1
2021	64.1	64.4
2022	66.3	65.3
2023	66.5	66.1
2024	66.6	66.3
2025	66.7	66.4

Kiribati and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Kiribati

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Kiribati	Papua New Guinea
1960	47,157	1,995,110
1961	48,323	2,046,127
1962	49,538	2,093,919
1963	50,791	2,141,376
1964	52,088	2,188,325
1965	53,439	2,235,820
1966	54,425	2,285,774
1967	54,996	2,337,532
1968	55,529	2,390,803
1969	56,360	2,446,927
1970	57,510	2,505,628
1971	58,652	2,566,421
1972	59,778	2,628,432
1973	60,824	2,690,629
1974	61,219	2,752,671
1975	60,987	2,814,820
1976	60,661	2,877,327
1977	60,267	2,940,327
1978	59,864	3,003,714
1979	60,172	3,067,341
1980	61,148	3,131,512
1981	62,121	3,197,019
1982	63,134	3,264,291
1983	64,169	3,333,633
1984	65,228	3,405,198
1985	66,496	3,478,936
1986	68,059	3,554,793
1987	69,733	3,632,543
1988	71,427	3,711,880
1989	73,147	3,796,078
1990	74,855	3,896,481
1991	76,367	4,021,837
1992	77,641	4,166,699
1993	78,841	4,320,872
1994	80,021	4,480,208
1995	81,234	4,644,278
1996	82,623	4,813,361
1997	84,147	4,987,883
1998	85,657	5,166,390
1999	87,126	5,349,333
2000	88,613	5,537,064
2001	90,335	5,728,435
2002	92,264	5,924,003
2003	94,175	6,123,997
2004	96,085	6,328,041
2005	98,035	6,535,905
2006	100,017	6,747,720
2007	102,068	6,963,345
2008	104,222	7,183,002
2009	106,467	7,406,438
2010	108,704	7,633,523
2011	110,647	7,859,346
2012	112,284	8,081,390
2013	113,838	8,302,698
2014	115,326	8,523,441
2015	116,815	8,743,246
2016	118,478	8,961,718
2017	120,275	9,178,714
2018	122,084	9,394,513
2019	123,921	9,609,010
2020	126,099	9,815,746
2021	128,377	10,012,896
2022	130,469	10,203,169
2023	132,530	10,389,635
2024	134,518	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Kiribati and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Kiribati

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kiribati	Papua New Guinea
1960	6.44	6.02
1961	6.48	6.07
1962	6.42	6.14
1963	6.35	6.15
1964	6.29	6.19
1965	6.26	6.2
1966	6.23	6.23
1967	6.11	6.24
1968	5.98	6.25
1969	5.85	6.26
1970	5.71	6.25
1971	5.55	6.23
1972	5.37	6.2
1973	5.2	6.16
1974	5.09	6.11
1975	5.02	6.07
1976	4.96	6.02
1977	4.96	5.96
1978	4.97	5.88
1979	4.97	5.79
1980	4.96	5.71
1981	4.96	5.65
1982	4.95	5.59
1983	4.91	5.56
1984	4.91	5.51
1985	4.91	5.47
1986	4.87	5.42
1987	4.81	5.36
1988	4.73	5.3
1989	4.69	5.24
1990	4.67	5.18
1991	4.64	5.11
1992	4.57	5.03
1993	4.49	4.96
1994	4.44	4.87
1995	4.42	4.78
1996	4.43	4.73
1997	4.37	4.68
1998	4.29	4.63
1999	4.18	4.59
2000	4.07	4.53
2001	3.96	4.47
2002	3.81	4.42
2003	3.7	4.36
2004	3.73	4.28
2005	3.76	4.22
2006	3.82	4.15
2007	3.87	4.08
2008	3.9	4.01
2009	3.91	3.94
2010	3.9	3.88
2011	3.88	3.82
2012	3.77	3.75
2013	3.64	3.68
2014	3.52	3.63
2015	3.44	3.56
2016	3.38	3.5
2017	3.34	3.43
2018	3.32	3.38
2019	3.29	3.32
2020	3.25	3.27
2021	3.22	3.22
2022	3.18	3.17
2023	3.15	3.1

Kiribati and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Kiribati

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kiribati	Papua New Guinea
1960	18.8	18.5
1961	18.5	18.4
1962	18.3	18.3
1963	18.2	18.1
1964	18.1	18
1965	18	17.9
1966	17.9	17.8
1967	17.7	17.6
1968	17.6	17.5
1969	17.5	17.4
1970	17.5	17.3
1971	17.6	17.2
1972	17.6	17.1
1973	17.7	17.2
1974	17.8	17.2
1975	18	17.3
1976	18.1	17.4
1977	18.2	17.5
1978	18.3	17.7
1979	18.4	17.8
1980	18.7	18
1981	18.9	18.1
1982	19	18.2
1983	19.2	18.3
1984	19.4	18.3
1985	19.6	18.4
1986	19.8	18.5
1987	19.9	18.5
1988	20.1	18.6
1989	20.2	18.6
1990	20.2	18.7
1991	20.2	18.8
1992	20.1	18.9
1993	20	19
1994	19.8	19.1
1995	19.7	19.2
1996	19.6	19.4
1997	19.6	19.5
1998	19.6	19.6
1999	19.6	19.7
2000	19.7	19.8
2001	19.8	19.9
2002	19.9	19.9
2003	20.1	20
2004	20.3	20.2
2005	20.5	20.3
2006	20.7	20.4
2007	20.9	20.6
2008	21	20.7
2009	21.2	20.9
2010	21.3	21
2011	21.5	21.2
2012	21.7	21.3
2013	21.9	21.5
2014	22.1	21.7
2015	22.3	21.9
2016	22.5	22
2017	22.7	22.2
2018	22.9	22.4
2019	23	22.6
2020	23.2	22.8
2021	23.3	23
2022	23.5	23.2
2023	23.6	23.4
2024	23.8	23.6

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