Liberia vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Liberia has a population of 5.61M (ranked 117/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Liberia's land area is 37,189 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 106th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Liberia ranks 163/197 ($4.75B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Liberia ranks 185/197 ($846), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Liberia and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Liberia and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Liberia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Liberia	Papua New Guinea
1960	$190,495,600	$230,496,037
1961	$183,920,900	$244,832,039
1962	$191,861,800	$261,184,042
1963	$200,229,600	$275,968,044
1964	$218,929,100	$305,312,049
1965	$229,260,800	$344,176,055
1966	$244,459,500	$390,992,063
1967	$261,024,300	$441,728,183
1968	$276,820,700	$485,184,190
1969	$306,961,800	$551,263,864
1970	$323,099,700	$645,568,215
1971	$341,543,100	$717,750,278
1972	$368,098,000	$858,761,926
1973	$386,968,300	$1,299,079,410
1974	$486,955,000	$1,467,417,672
1975	$577,549,300	$1,356,603,608
1976	$596,675,700	$1,511,843,235
1977	$673,010,600	$1,640,746,619
1978	$717,240,400	$1,947,878,831
1979	$814,067,900	$2,293,760,511
1980	$854,711,500	$2,545,808,456
1981	$846,514,500	$2,498,190,847
1982	$863,933,200	$2,368,719,683
1983	$823,374,900	$2,562,351,551
1984	$848,478,300	$2,552,662,617
1985	$851,296,100	$2,423,339,172
1986	$840,964,400	$2,647,995,602
1987	$972,800,000	$3,143,851,794
1988	$1,038,300,000	$3,656,177,881
1989	$786,300,000	$3,546,472,566
1990	$384,400,000	$3,219,729,083
1991	$348,000,000	$3,787,394,958
1992	$223,500,000	$4,377,980,510
1993	$160,400,000	$4,974,550,286
1994	$132,200,000	$5,502,786,070
1995	$134,800,000	$4,636,057,476
1996	$159,400,000	$5,155,311,077
1997	$295,900,000	$4,936,615,299
1998	$359,600,000	$3,789,443,015
1999	$441,800,000	$3,477,038,204
2000	$874,000,000	$3,521,339,699
2001	$906,000,000	$3,081,024,212
2002	$927,000,000	$2,999,511,040
2003	$748,000,000	$3,536,411,824
2004	$897,000,000	$3,927,157,867
2005	$949,000,000	$4,865,892,972
2006	$1,119,000,000	$8,354,911,041
2007	$1,373,000,000	$9,545,028,944
2008	$1,726,000,000	$11,670,892,801
2009	$1,768,000,000	$11,619,456,449
2010	$1,998,000,000	$14,250,786,675
2011	$2,398,000,000	$17,985,138,066
2012	$2,791,614,000	$21,295,168,666
2013	$3,177,198,100	$21,261,338,065
2014	$3,225,652,000	$23,210,823,987
2015	$3,227,075,700	$21,723,437,010
2016	$3,398,419,600	$20,758,876,953
2017	$3,390,703,400	$22,742,699,138
2018	$3,422,754,800	$24,109,780,708
2019	$3,319,596,500	$24,750,626,030
2020	$3,176,126,300	$23,848,447,850
2021	$3,513,049,500	$26,109,413,521
2022	$4,001,047,000	$31,653,185,953
2023	$4,390,000,000	$30,816,367,067
2024	$4,750,000,000	$32,538,480,024

Liberia and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Liberia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Liberia	Papua New Guinea
1960	$167.2	$115.5
1961	$157.5	$119.7
1962	$160.3	$124.7
1963	$163.1	$128.9
1964	$173.9	$139.5
1965	$177.6	$153.9
1966	$184.6	$171.1
1967	$192.2	$189
1968	$198.6	$202.9
1969	$214.7	$225.3
1970	$220.3	$257.6
1971	$227.1	$279.7
1972	$238.6	$327
1973	$244.4	$483
1974	$299.4	$533
1975	$346	$482
1976	$347	$525
1977	$381	$558
1978	$394	$648
1979	$435	$748
1980	$443	$813
1981	$426	$781
1982	$422	$726
1983	$391	$769
1984	$390	$750
1985	$380	$697
1986	$364	$745
1987	$409	$865
1988	$424	$985
1989	$312	$934
1990	$172.9	$826
1991	$177.9	$942
1992	$107.8	$1,051
1993	$74.4	$1,151
1994	$61.5	$1,228
1995	$62.1	$998
1996	$71.4	$1,071
1997	$122.6	$990
1998	$134.7	$733
1999	$156.6	$650
2000	$298.5	$636
2001	$300	$538
2002	$299.5	$506
2003	$239.8	$577
2004	$284.1	$621
2005	$287.5	$744
2006	$321	$1,238
2007	$374	$1,371
2008	$452	$1,625
2009	$448	$1,569
2010	$492	$1,867
2011	$568	$2,288
2012	$638	$2,635
2013	$711	$2,561
2014	$707	$2,723
2015	$693	$2,485
2016	$715	$2,316
2017	$699	$2,478
2018	$692	$2,566
2019	$658	$2,576
2020	$617	$2,430
2021	$668	$2,608
2022	$745	$3,102
2023	$799	$2,966
2024	$846	$3,076

Liberia vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Liberia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Liberia	Papua New Guinea
1950	38	39.4
1951	38	35.5
1952	38.1	40.7
1953	38.1	41.3
1954	38.1	42
1955	38.1	42.6
1956	38.1	43.3
1957	38.1	43.9
1958	38.1	44.6
1959	38.1	45.1
1960	38.1	45.8
1961	38.1	46.4
1962	38.2	46.7
1963	38.3	47.7
1964	38.5	48.3
1965	38.7	48.9
1966	39	49.6
1967	39.3	50.2
1968	39.6	50.9
1969	40	51.5
1970	40.4	52.1
1971	40.7	52.6
1972	41.2	53.3
1973	41.6	53.9
1974	42.1	54.4
1975	42.5	55
1976	42.9	55.5
1977	43.2	56
1978	43.6	56.5
1979	43.9	57
1980	44.1	57.4
1981	44.3	57.8
1982	44.4	58.1
1983	44.6	58.3
1984	44.7	58.6
1985	44	58.8
1986	44.5	59
1987	44.3	59.2
1988	44.1	59.4
1989	43.9	59.6
1990	37.6	59.8
1991	43.6	59.9
1992	43.6	60.3
1993	43	60.5
1994	42.6	60.7
1995	44.6	60.9
1996	44.9	61.1
1997	48.3	61.3
1998	49.4	60.4
1999	50.4	61.5
2000	51.9	61.6
2001	53.1	61.6
2002	54.1	61.6
2003	53	61.7
2004	55.9	61.8
2005	56.8	61.9
2006	57.5	62
2007	58.1	62.2
2008	58.7	62.5
2009	59.1	62.8
2010	59.4	63.1
2011	59.5	63.4
2012	59.8	63.6
2013	60	63.9
2014	59.2	64.2
2015	59.2	64.5
2016	60.5	64.7
2017	60.8	64.9
2018	61	65.1
2019	61.2	65.3
2020	61.3	65.1
2021	61.2	64.4
2022	61.9	65.3
2023	62.2	66.1
2024	62.3	66.3
2025	62.5	66.4

Liberia and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Liberia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Liberia	Papua New Guinea
1960	1,139,522	1,995,110
1961	1,167,717	2,046,127
1962	1,197,039	2,093,919
1963	1,227,414	2,141,376
1964	1,258,745	2,188,325
1965	1,291,156	2,235,820
1966	1,324,383	2,285,774
1967	1,358,435	2,337,532
1968	1,393,530	2,390,803
1969	1,429,605	2,446,927
1970	1,466,676	2,505,628
1971	1,504,077	2,566,421
1972	1,542,670	2,628,432
1973	1,583,588	2,690,629
1974	1,626,362	2,752,671
1975	1,670,913	2,814,820
1976	1,717,060	2,877,327
1977	1,766,019	2,940,327
1978	1,818,247	3,003,714
1979	1,872,713	3,067,341
1980	1,929,253	3,131,512
1981	1,986,867	3,197,019
1982	2,045,073	3,264,291
1983	2,107,113	3,333,633
1984	2,173,312	3,405,198
1985	2,240,539	3,478,936
1986	2,308,511	3,554,793
1987	2,377,229	3,632,543
1988	2,446,941	3,711,880
1989	2,517,858	3,796,078
1990	2,223,667	3,896,481
1991	1,956,518	4,021,837
1992	2,072,461	4,166,699
1993	2,155,126	4,320,872
1994	2,149,928	4,480,208
1995	2,169,162	4,644,278
1996	2,232,289	4,813,361
1997	2,412,989	4,987,883
1998	2,670,124	5,166,390
1999	2,821,684	5,349,333
2000	2,928,117	5,537,064
2001	3,015,338	5,728,435
2002	3,094,782	5,924,003
2003	3,119,532	6,123,997
2004	3,156,892	6,328,041
2005	3,301,015	6,535,905
2006	3,490,787	6,747,720
2007	3,669,050	6,963,345
2008	3,821,003	7,183,002
2009	3,943,028	7,406,438
2010	4,058,890	7,633,523
2011	4,221,178	7,859,346
2012	4,373,043	8,081,390
2013	4,470,239	8,302,698
2014	4,564,293	8,523,441
2015	4,659,431	8,743,246
2016	4,755,608	8,961,718
2017	4,848,925	9,178,714
2018	4,944,726	9,394,513
2019	5,043,721	9,609,010
2020	5,149,463	9,815,746
2021	5,259,323	10,012,896
2022	5,373,294	10,203,169
2023	5,493,031	10,389,635
2024	5,612,817	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Liberia and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Liberia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Liberia	Papua New Guinea
1960	6.39	6.02
1961	6.45	6.07
1962	6.5	6.14
1963	6.56	6.15
1964	6.59	6.19
1965	6.62	6.2
1966	6.63	6.23
1967	6.65	6.24
1968	6.66	6.25
1969	6.64	6.26
1970	6.58	6.25
1971	6.54	6.23
1972	6.6	6.2
1973	6.65	6.16
1974	6.69	6.11
1975	6.74	6.07
1976	6.79	6.02
1977	6.84	5.96
1978	6.88	5.88
1979	6.92	5.79
1980	6.87	5.71
1981	6.83	5.65
1982	6.79	5.59
1983	6.76	5.56
1984	6.73	5.51
1985	6.69	5.47
1986	6.64	5.42
1987	6.57	5.36
1988	6.51	5.3
1989	6.43	5.24
1990	6.37	5.18
1991	6.32	5.11
1992	6.28	5.03
1993	6.25	4.96
1994	6.21	4.87
1995	6.17	4.78
1996	6.13	4.73
1997	6.08	4.68
1998	6.02	4.63
1999	5.95	4.59
2000	5.88	4.53
2001	5.77	4.47
2002	5.65	4.42
2003	5.55	4.36
2004	5.51	4.28
2005	5.52	4.22
2006	5.53	4.15
2007	5.46	4.08
2008	5.33	4.01
2009	5.17	3.94
2010	5.06	3.88
2011	4.97	3.82
2012	4.88	3.75
2013	4.75	3.68
2014	4.62	3.63
2015	4.52	3.56
2016	4.46	3.5
2017	4.4	3.43
2018	4.34	3.38
2019	4.26	3.32
2020	4.17	3.27
2021	4.09	3.22
2022	4.02	3.17
2023	3.95	3.1

Liberia and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Liberia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Liberia	Papua New Guinea
1960	19.3	18.5
1961	19.3	18.4
1962	19.3	18.3
1963	19.3	18.1
1964	19.2	18
1965	19.2	17.9
1966	19.2	17.8
1967	19.1	17.6
1968	19	17.5
1969	18.8	17.4
1970	18.7	17.3
1971	18.6	17.2
1972	18.6	17.1
1973	18.5	17.2
1974	18.4	17.2
1975	18.3	17.3
1976	18.2	17.4
1977	18.2	17.5
1978	18.1	17.7
1979	18	17.8
1980	18	18
1981	17.9	18.1
1982	17.9	18.2
1983	17.9	18.3
1984	17.9	18.3
1985	17.9	18.4
1986	17.9	18.5
1987	17.9	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	18	19.1
1995	18	19.2
1996	18.1	19.4
1997	18.1	19.5
1998	18.2	19.6
1999	18.2	19.7
2000	18.3	19.8
2001	18.3	19.9
2002	18.3	19.9
2003	18.4	20
2004	18.4	20.2
2005	18.4	20.3
2006	18.4	20.4
2007	18.4	20.6
2008	18.4	20.7
2009	18.4	20.9
2010	18.4	21
2011	18.6	21.2
2012	18.8	21.3
2013	18.7	21.5
2014	18.7	21.7
2015	18.7	21.9
2016	18.7	22
2017	18.7	22.2
2018	18.8	22.4
2019	18.8	22.6
2020	19	22.8
2021	19.1	23
2022	19.2	23.2
2023	19.4	23.4
2024	19.6	23.6

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