Laos vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Laos has a population of 7.77M (ranked 103/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Laos' land area is 89,112 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 79th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Laos ranks 139/197 ($16.5B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Laos ranks 155/197 ($2,124), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Laos and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Laos and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Laos

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Laos	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	-	$645,568,215
1971	-	$717,750,278
1972	-	$858,761,926
1973	-	$1,299,079,410
1974	-	$1,467,417,672
1975	-	$1,356,603,608
1976	-	$1,511,843,235
1977	-	$1,640,746,619
1978	-	$1,947,878,831
1979	-	$2,293,760,511
1980	-	$2,545,808,456
1981	-	$2,498,190,847
1982	-	$2,368,719,683
1983	-	$2,562,351,551
1984	$1,757,142,856	$2,552,662,617
1985	$2,366,666,616	$2,423,339,172
1986	$1,776,842,097	$2,647,995,602
1987	$1,087,273,104	$3,143,851,794
1988	$598,961,269	$3,656,177,881
1989	$714,046,821	$3,546,472,566
1990	$865,559,879	$3,219,729,083
1991	$1,028,087,972	$3,787,394,958
1992	$1,127,806,945	$4,377,980,510
1993	$1,327,748,690	$4,974,550,286
1994	$1,543,606,345	$5,502,786,070
1995	$1,763,536,305	$4,636,057,476
1996	$1,873,671,550	$5,155,311,077
1997	$1,747,011,857	$4,936,615,299
1998	$1,280,177,839	$3,789,443,015
1999	$1,454,430,642	$3,477,038,204
2000	$1,731,198,022	$3,521,339,699
2001	$1,768,619,058	$3,081,024,212
2002	$1,758,176,653	$2,999,511,040
2003	$2,023,324,407	$3,536,411,824
2004	$2,366,398,120	$3,927,157,867
2005	$2,735,558,735	$4,865,892,972
2006	$3,455,030,061	$8,354,911,041
2007	$4,223,152,739	$9,545,028,944
2008	$5,446,433,157	$11,670,892,801
2009	$5,836,137,330	$11,619,456,449
2010	$7,131,771,015	$14,250,786,675
2011	$8,750,104,617	$17,985,138,066
2012	$10,192,846,339	$21,295,168,666
2013	$11,983,252,627	$21,261,338,065
2014	$13,279,245,886	$23,210,823,987
2015	$14,426,380,126	$21,723,437,010
2016	$15,912,501,723	$20,758,876,953
2017	$17,071,155,481	$22,742,699,138
2018	$18,141,641,090	$24,109,780,708
2019	$18,740,561,513	$24,750,626,030
2020	$18,981,805,250	$23,848,447,850
2021	$18,827,148,531	$26,109,413,521
2022	$15,468,785,204	$31,653,185,953
2023	$15,843,155,731	$30,816,367,067
2024	$16,502,933,121	$32,538,480,024

Laos and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Laos

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Laos	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	-	$257.6
1971	-	$279.7
1972	-	$327
1973	-	$483
1974	-	$533
1975	-	$482
1976	-	$525
1977	-	$558
1978	-	$648
1979	-	$748
1980	-	$813
1981	-	$781
1982	-	$726
1983	-	$769
1984	$483	$750
1985	$633	$697
1986	$462	$745
1987	$274.7	$865
1988	$147.1	$985
1989	$170.4	$934
1990	$200.7	$826
1991	$231.8	$942
1992	$247.3	$1,051
1993	$283.4	$1,151
1994	$321	$1,228
1995	$358	$998
1996	$371	$1,071
1997	$339	$990
1998	$243.9	$733
1999	$272.3	$650
2000	$319	$636
2001	$320	$538
2002	$313	$506
2003	$355	$577
2004	$409	$621
2005	$466	$744
2006	$579	$1,238
2007	$697	$1,371
2008	$886	$1,625
2009	$935	$1,569
2010	$1,126	$1,867
2011	$1,362	$2,288
2012	$1,564	$2,635
2013	$1,813	$2,561
2014	$1,981	$2,723
2015	$2,121	$2,485
2016	$2,303	$2,316
2017	$2,432	$2,478
2018	$2,545	$2,566
2019	$2,589	$2,576
2020	$2,584	$2,430
2021	$2,526	$2,608
2022	$2,046	$3,102
2023	$2,067	$2,966
2024	$2,124	$3,076

Laos vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Laos

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Laos	Papua New Guinea
1950	38.9	39.4
1951	39.2	35.5
1952	39.4	40.7
1953	39.7	41.3
1954	40	42
1955	40.3	42.6
1956	40.6	43.3
1957	40.9	43.9
1958	41.2	44.6
1959	40.7	45.1
1960	41	45.8
1961	41.3	46.4
1962	42.3	46.7
1963	41.5	47.7
1964	41.9	48.3
1965	42.2	48.9
1966	42.3	49.6
1967	42.9	50.2
1968	43.2	50.9
1969	43.5	51.5
1970	43.8	52.1
1971	44.1	52.6
1972	44.4	53.3
1973	44.7	53.9
1974	45.9	54.4
1975	46.1	55
1976	46	55.5
1977	46.4	56
1978	46.8	56.5
1979	47.5	57
1980	48.6	57.4
1981	49.2	57.8
1982	49.9	58.1
1983	50.5	58.3
1984	51	58.6
1985	51.6	58.8
1986	52.1	59
1987	52.6	59.2
1988	53.1	59.4
1989	53.6	59.6
1990	54	59.8
1991	54.7	59.9
1992	55.1	60.3
1993	55.6	60.5
1994	55.8	60.7
1995	56.3	60.9
1996	56.8	61.1
1997	57.3	61.3
1998	57.5	60.4
1999	57.9	61.5
2000	58.3	61.6
2001	58.9	61.6
2002	59.3	61.6
2003	59.6	61.7
2004	60.1	61.8
2005	60.7	61.9
2006	61.1	62
2007	61.7	62.2
2008	62.2	62.5
2009	63	62.8
2010	63.7	63.1
2011	64.5	63.4
2012	65.1	63.6
2013	65.7	63.9
2014	66.3	64.2
2015	66.7	64.5
2016	67	64.7
2017	67.3	64.9
2018	67.6	65.1
2019	67.9	65.3
2020	68.3	65.1
2021	67.8	64.4
2022	68.7	65.3
2023	69	66.1
2024	69.2	66.3
2025	69.5	66.4

Laos and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Laos

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Laos	Papua New Guinea
1960	2,121,514	1,995,110
1961	2,169,796	2,046,127
1962	2,219,910	2,093,919
1963	2,271,061	2,141,376
1964	2,322,826	2,188,325
1965	2,376,200	2,235,820
1966	2,431,084	2,285,774
1967	2,487,715	2,337,532
1968	2,546,377	2,390,803
1969	2,606,959	2,446,927
1970	2,669,702	2,505,628
1971	2,734,628	2,566,421
1972	2,801,660	2,628,432
1973	2,870,573	2,690,629
1974	2,939,761	2,752,671
1975	3,005,521	2,814,820
1976	3,064,876	2,877,327
1977	3,118,923	2,940,327
1978	3,171,740	3,003,714
1979	3,228,202	3,067,341
1980	3,292,573	3,131,512
1981	3,366,631	3,197,019
1982	3,450,026	3,264,291
1983	3,541,001	3,333,633
1984	3,637,843	3,405,198
1985	3,739,985	3,478,936
1986	3,846,715	3,554,793
1987	3,957,612	3,632,543
1988	4,072,601	3,711,880
1989	4,190,974	3,796,078
1990	4,311,955	3,896,481
1991	4,435,118	4,021,837
1992	4,559,646	4,166,699
1993	4,685,060	4,320,872
1994	4,809,220	4,480,208
1995	4,929,409	4,644,278
1996	5,045,678	4,813,361
1997	5,152,011	4,987,883
1998	5,248,266	5,166,390
1999	5,340,784	5,349,333
2000	5,431,212	5,537,064
2001	5,521,482	5,728,435
2002	5,610,889	5,924,003
2003	5,697,945	6,123,997
2004	5,781,626	6,328,041
2005	5,869,523	6,535,905
2006	5,963,200	6,747,720
2007	6,056,236	6,963,345
2008	6,148,969	7,183,002
2009	6,241,642	7,406,438
2010	6,334,194	7,633,523
2011	6,426,590	7,859,346
2012	6,518,978	8,081,390
2013	6,611,385	8,302,698
2014	6,703,172	8,523,441
2015	6,801,645	8,743,246
2016	6,908,802	8,961,718
2017	7,018,147	9,178,714
2018	7,128,045	9,394,513
2019	7,237,636	9,609,010
2020	7,346,533	9,815,746
2021	7,453,194	10,012,896
2022	7,559,007	10,203,169
2023	7,664,993	10,389,635
2024	7,769,819	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Laos and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Laos

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Laos	Papua New Guinea
1960	6.29	6.02
1961	6.31	6.07
1962	6.31	6.14
1963	6.32	6.15
1964	6.31	6.19
1965	6.32	6.2
1966	6.31	6.23
1967	6.31	6.24
1968	6.3	6.25
1969	6.3	6.26
1970	6.31	6.25
1971	6.3	6.23
1972	6.28	6.2
1973	6.28	6.16
1974	6.29	6.11
1975	6.29	6.07
1976	6.29	6.02
1977	6.29	5.96
1978	6.3	5.88
1979	6.31	5.79
1980	6.33	5.71
1981	6.35	5.65
1982	6.37	5.59
1983	6.38	5.56
1984	6.37	5.51
1985	6.33	5.47
1986	6.26	5.42
1987	6.21	5.36
1988	6.16	5.3
1989	6.1	5.24
1990	6.06	5.18
1991	5.99	5.11
1992	5.9	5.03
1993	5.8	4.96
1994	5.6	4.87
1995	5.36	4.78
1996	5.15	4.73
1997	4.96	4.68
1998	4.79	4.63
1999	4.64	4.59
2000	4.43	4.53
2001	4.29	4.47
2002	4.13	4.42
2003	4.02	4.36
2004	3.9	4.28
2005	3.69	4.22
2006	3.56	4.15
2007	3.44	4.08
2008	3.33	4.01
2009	3.23	3.94
2010	3.14	3.88
2011	3.05	3.82
2012	2.95	3.75
2013	2.87	3.68
2014	2.8	3.63
2015	2.8	3.56
2016	2.74	3.5
2017	2.69	3.43
2018	2.63	3.38
2019	2.59	3.32
2020	2.54	3.27
2021	2.49	3.22
2022	2.46	3.17
2023	2.42	3.1

Laos and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Laos

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Laos	Papua New Guinea
1960	19.2	18.5
1961	19.2	18.4
1962	19.1	18.3
1963	19	18.1
1964	19	18
1965	18.9	17.9
1966	18.9	17.8
1967	18.9	17.6
1968	18.8	17.5
1969	18.8	17.4
1970	18.7	17.3
1971	18.7	17.2
1972	18.7	17.1
1973	18.7	17.2
1974	18.6	17.2
1975	18.5	17.3
1976	18.4	17.4
1977	18.3	17.5
1978	18.1	17.7
1979	18	17.8
1980	17.9	18
1981	17.9	18.1
1982	17.8	18.2
1983	17.8	18.3
1984	17.8	18.3
1985	17.8	18.4
1986	17.8	18.5
1987	17.8	18.5
1988	17.9	18.6
1989	17.9	18.6
1990	17.9	18.7
1991	17.9	18.8
1992	17.9	18.9
1993	17.9	19
1994	17.9	19.1
1995	17.9	19.2
1996	17.9	19.4
1997	18	19.5
1998	18	19.6
1999	18	19.7
2000	18.1	19.8
2001	18.2	19.9
2002	18.4	19.9
2003	18.5	20
2004	18.7	20.2
2005	18.9	20.3
2006	19.2	20.4
2007	19.6	20.6
2008	20	20.7
2009	20.5	20.9
2010	21	21
2011	21.4	21.2
2012	21.9	21.3
2013	22.3	21.5
2014	22.7	21.7
2015	23	21.9
2016	23.3	22
2017	23.6	22.2
2018	23.8	22.4
2019	24.1	22.6
2020	24.4	22.8
2021	24.7	23
2022	25	23.2
2023	25.3	23.4
2024	25.6	23.6

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