Kuwait vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Kuwait has a population of 4.97M (ranked 127/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Kuwait's land area is 6,880 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 153rd vs. 54th).

By GDP, Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Kuwait and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Kuwait and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Kuwait

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Kuwait	Papua New Guinea
1960	-	$230,496,037
1961	-	$244,832,039
1962	$1,828,107,503	$261,184,042
1963	$1,900,895,857	$275,968,044
1964	$2,071,668,533	$305,312,049
1965	$2,097,199,161	$344,176,055
1966	$2,391,199,044	$390,992,063
1967	$2,441,599,023	$441,728,183
1968	$2,662,798,935	$485,184,190
1969	$2,769,198,892	$551,263,864
1970	$2,873,638,851	$645,568,215
1971	$3,880,392,195	$717,750,278
1972	$4,450,537,925	$858,761,926
1973	$5,408,804,607	$1,299,079,410
1974	$13,006,948,296	$1,467,417,672
1975	$12,022,811,621	$1,356,603,608
1976	$13,132,252,802	$1,511,843,235
1977	$14,137,406,741	$1,640,746,619
1978	$15,503,557,496	$1,947,878,831
1979	$24,749,063,922	$2,293,760,511
1980	$28,638,868,356	$2,545,808,456
1981	$25,058,020,338	$2,498,190,847
1982	$21,577,153,356	$2,368,719,683
1983	$20,871,081,080	$2,562,351,551
1984	$21,700,082,753	$2,552,662,617
1985	$21,445,970,614	$2,423,339,172
1986	$17,903,989,745	$2,647,995,602
1987	$22,368,704,134	$3,143,851,794
1988	$20,690,322,153	$3,656,177,881
1989	$24,313,855,653	$3,546,472,566
1990	$18,427,777,778	$3,219,729,083
1991	$11,009,993,703	$3,787,394,958
1992	$19,858,555,215	$4,377,980,510
1993	$23,941,391,391	$4,974,550,286
1994	$24,848,483,838	$5,502,786,070
1995	$27,186,980,647	$4,636,057,476
1996	$31,492,373,309	$5,155,311,077
1997	$30,350,190,704	$4,936,615,299
1998	$25,943,705,784	$3,789,443,015
1999	$30,122,365,849	$3,477,038,204
2000	$37,718,743,480	$3,521,339,699
2001	$34,889,559,870	$3,081,024,212
2002	$38,135,788,414	$2,999,511,040
2003	$47,874,582,232	$3,536,411,824
2004	$59,439,090,601	$3,927,157,867
2005	$80,798,630,137	$4,865,892,972
2006	$101,557,330,723	$8,354,911,041
2007	$114,634,043,362	$9,545,028,944
2008	$147,379,737,230	$11,670,892,801
2009	$105,968,691,905	$11,619,456,449
2010	$115,416,245,238	$14,250,786,675
2011	$154,039,231,299	$17,985,138,066
2012	$174,047,662,555	$21,295,168,666
2013	$174,168,116,687	$21,261,338,065
2014	$162,650,450,785	$23,210,823,987
2015	$114,585,555,831	$21,723,437,010
2016	$109,406,674,088	$20,758,876,953
2017	$120,687,539,676	$22,742,699,138
2018	$138,646,316,322	$24,109,780,708
2019	$140,856,394,870	$24,750,626,030
2020	$111,045,470,461	$23,848,447,850
2021	$148,350,671,614	$26,109,413,521
2022	$183,502,046,669	$31,653,185,953
2023	$165,384,407,267	$30,816,367,067
2024	$160,227,273,001	$32,538,480,024

Kuwait and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Kuwait

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Kuwait	Papua New Guinea
1960	-	$115.5
1961	-	$119.7
1962	$4,748	$124.7
1963	$4,445	$128.9
1964	$4,379	$139.5
1965	$4,024	$153.9
1966	$4,176	$171.1
1967	$3,887	$189
1968	$3,872	$202.9
1969	$3,695	$225.3
1970	$3,552	$257.6
1971	$4,486	$279.7
1972	$4,836	$327
1973	$5,532	$483
1974	$12,527	$533
1975	$10,882	$482
1976	$11,141	$525
1977	$11,238	$558
1978	$11,567	$648
1979	$17,386	$748
1980	$19,032	$813
1981	$15,825	$781
1982	$12,979	$726
1983	$11,965	$769
1984	$11,919	$750
1985	$11,322	$697
1986	$9,077	$745
1987	$10,896	$865
1988	$9,692	$985
1989	$10,965	$934
1990	$10,938	$826
1991	$8,147	$942
1992	$12,146	$1,051
1993	$14,318	$1,151
1994	$14,930	$1,228
1995	$16,168	$998
1996	$18,201	$1,071
1997	$16,977	$990
1998	$14,067	$733
1999	$15,854	$650
2000	$19,296	$636
2001	$17,374	$538
2002	$18,513	$506
2003	$22,691	$577
2004	$27,552	$621
2005	$36,123	$744
2006	$42,947	$1,238
2007	$45,709	$1,371
2008	$55,585	$1,625
2009	$37,907	$1,569
2010	$39,212	$1,867
2011	$49,170	$2,288
2012	$52,155	$2,635
2013	$49,651	$2,561
2014	$44,369	$2,723
2015	$29,882	$2,485
2016	$27,324	$2,316
2017	$29,048	$2,478
2018	$32,068	$2,566
2019	$31,708	$2,576
2020	$25,236	$2,430
2021	$34,019	$2,608
2022	$39,982	$3,102
2023	$34,076	$2,966
2024	$32,214	$3,076

Kuwait vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Kuwait

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Kuwait	Papua New Guinea
1950	49.7	39.4
1951	50.6	35.5
1952	51.4	40.7
1953	52.3	41.3
1954	53.1	42
1955	54	42.6
1956	54.9	43.3
1957	55.9	43.9
1958	56.9	44.6
1959	57.9	45.1
1960	58.9	45.8
1961	60	46.4
1962	61	46.7
1963	62	47.7
1964	63	48.3
1965	63.9	48.9
1966	64.9	49.6
1967	65.8	50.2
1968	66.6	50.9
1969	67.3	51.5
1970	68	52.1
1971	68.5	52.6
1972	68.9	53.3
1973	69.2	53.9
1974	69.4	54.4
1975	69.7	55
1976	69.9	55.5
1977	70.2	56
1978	70.5	56.5
1979	70.8	57
1980	71.1	57.4
1981	71.5	57.8
1982	71.9	58.1
1983	72.4	58.3
1984	72.9	58.6
1985	73.3	58.8
1986	73.8	59
1987	74.2	59.2
1988	74.6	59.4
1989	75	59.6
1990	72.9	59.8
1991	73.3	59.9
1992	75.7	60.3
1993	75.8	60.5
1994	75.7	60.7
1995	75.7	60.9
1996	75.6	61.1
1997	75.6	61.3
1998	75.6	60.4
1999	75.7	61.5
2000	75.9	61.6
2001	76	61.6
2002	76.2	61.6
2003	76.3	61.7
2004	76.4	61.8
2005	76.5	61.9
2006	76.6	62
2007	76.7	62.2
2008	76.9	62.5
2009	77.2	62.8
2010	77.5	63.1
2011	77.9	63.4
2012	78.2	63.6
2013	78.6	63.9
2014	78.9	64.2
2015	79.2	64.5
2016	79.5	64.7
2017	79.7	64.9
2018	79.9	65.1
2019	80	65.3
2020	78.2	65.1
2021	77.6	64.4
2022	78.8	65.3
2023	80.4	66.1
2024	80.6	66.3
2025	80.8	66.4

Kuwait and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Kuwait

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Kuwait	Papua New Guinea
1960	311,060	1,995,110
1961	345,945	2,046,127
1962	384,995	2,093,919
1963	427,694	2,141,376
1964	473,115	2,188,325
1965	521,174	2,235,820
1966	572,590	2,285,774
1967	628,089	2,337,532
1968	687,716	2,390,803
1969	749,452	2,446,927
1970	809,114	2,505,628
1971	865,076	2,566,421
1972	920,352	2,628,432
1973	977,654	2,690,629
1974	1,038,346	2,752,671
1975	1,104,863	2,814,820
1976	1,178,711	2,877,327
1977	1,258,023	2,940,327
1978	1,340,319	3,003,714
1979	1,423,514	3,067,341
1980	1,504,782	3,131,512
1981	1,583,426	3,197,019
1982	1,662,480	3,264,291
1983	1,744,295	3,333,633
1984	1,820,688	3,405,198
1985	1,894,242	3,478,936
1986	1,972,520	3,554,793
1987	2,052,994	3,632,543
1988	2,134,707	3,711,880
1989	2,217,468	3,796,078
1990	1,684,819	3,896,481
1991	1,351,399	4,021,837
1992	1,634,961	4,166,699
1993	1,672,151	4,320,872
1994	1,664,361	4,480,208
1995	1,681,513	4,644,278
1996	1,730,246	4,813,361
1997	1,787,683	4,987,883
1998	1,844,302	5,166,390
1999	1,900,030	5,349,333
2000	1,954,709	5,537,064
2001	2,008,121	5,728,435
2002	2,059,974	5,924,003
2003	2,109,881	6,123,997
2004	2,157,320	6,328,041
2005	2,236,788	6,535,905
2006	2,364,733	6,747,720
2007	2,507,887	6,963,345
2008	2,651,421	7,183,002
2009	2,795,484	7,406,438
2010	2,943,372	7,633,523
2011	3,132,814	7,859,346
2012	3,337,109	8,081,390
2013	3,507,844	8,302,698
2014	3,665,876	8,523,441
2015	3,834,574	8,743,246
2016	4,004,096	8,961,718
2017	4,154,812	9,178,714
2018	4,323,515	9,394,513
2019	4,442,316	9,609,010
2020	4,400,267	9,815,746
2021	4,360,865	10,012,896
2022	4,589,643	10,203,169
2023	4,853,420	10,389,635
2024	4,973,861	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Kuwait and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Kuwait

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kuwait	Papua New Guinea
1960	7.22	6.02
1961	7.25	6.07
1962	7.25	6.14
1963	7.28	6.15
1964	7.29	6.19
1965	7.31	6.2
1966	7.34	6.23
1967	7.33	6.24
1968	7.28	6.25
1969	7.18	6.26
1970	7.03	6.25
1971	6.84	6.23
1972	6.64	6.2
1973	6.43	6.16
1974	6.23	6.11
1975	6.06	6.07
1976	5.9	6.02
1977	5.71	5.96
1978	5.52	5.88
1979	5.33	5.79
1980	5.18	5.71
1981	5.02	5.65
1982	4.85	5.59
1983	4.66	5.56
1984	4.45	5.51
1985	4.22	5.47
1986	4	5.42
1987	3.83	5.36
1988	3.7	5.3
1989	3.59	5.24
1990	3.49	5.18
1991	3.4	5.11
1992	3.35	5.03
1993	3.31	4.96
1994	3.27	4.87
1995	3.25	4.78
1996	3.22	4.73
1997	3.14	4.68
1998	3.04	4.63
1999	2.95	4.59
2000	2.89	4.53
2001	2.84	4.47
2002	2.8	4.42
2003	2.77	4.36
2004	2.76	4.28
2005	2.73	4.22
2006	2.59	4.15
2007	2.41	4.08
2008	2.27	4.01
2009	2.15	3.94
2010	2.04	3.88
2011	1.96	3.82
2012	1.99	3.75
2013	1.97	3.68
2014	2.06	3.63
2015	2.03	3.56
2016	2.06	3.5
2017	2.16	3.43
2018	2.12	3.38
2019	2.08	3.32
2020	2.03	3.27
2021	2.15	3.22
2022	1.55	3.17
2023	1.52	3.1

Kuwait and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Kuwait

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Kuwait	Papua New Guinea
1960	22	18.5
1961	21.8	18.4
1962	21.5	18.3
1963	21	18.1
1964	20.7	18
1965	20.4	17.9
1966	20	17.8
1967	19.6	17.6
1968	19.2	17.5
1969	18.8	17.4
1970	18.5	17.3
1971	18.3	17.2
1972	18.3	17.1
1973	18.3	17.2
1974	18.4	17.2
1975	18.4	17.3
1976	18.7	17.4
1977	19.2	17.5
1978	19.6	17.7
1979	20.1	17.8
1980	20.5	18
1981	20.9	18.1
1982	21.3	18.2
1983	21.7	18.3
1984	22.1	18.3
1985	22.4	18.4
1986	22.7	18.5
1987	22.8	18.5
1988	23	18.6
1989	23.2	18.6
1990	23.4	18.7
1991	23.6	18.8
1992	23.8	18.9
1993	24.2	19
1994	25.1	19.1
1995	25.5	19.2
1996	25.5	19.4
1997	25.5	19.5
1998	25.5	19.6
1999	25.6	19.7
2000	25.9	19.8
2001	26.3	19.9
2002	26.8	19.9
2003	27.3	20
2004	27.9	20.2
2005	28.3	20.3
2006	28.5	20.4
2007	28.6	20.6
2008	28.8	20.7
2009	29.2	20.9
2010	29.6	21
2011	30.5	21.2
2012	31.5	21.3
2013	32.3	21.5
2014	33	21.7
2015	33.8	21.9
2016	34.7	22
2017	35.6	22.2
2018	36.4	22.4
2019	37.1	22.6
2020	37.7	22.8
2021	35.8	23
2022	34.4	23.2
2023	35.5	23.4
2024	35.8	23.6

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