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Mongolia vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Mongolia has a population of 3.52M (ranked 132/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Mongolia's land area is 601,740 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 18th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Mongolia ranks 121/197 ($23.6B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Mongolia ranks 107/197 ($6,691), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Main facts and rankings

Mongolia Papua New Guinea
Population
3599274
10911445
Population rank 132/197 90/197
GDP
$23.6B
2024
$32.5B
2024
GDP rank 121/197 109/197
GDP per capita
$6,691
2024
$3,076
2024
GDP per capita rank 107/197 140/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$19,098
2024
$4,889
2024
Government debt
$10.5B
2024
$17.5B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
42.6%
2025
52%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,969
2024
$1,652
2024
Government debt per person rank 101/185 123/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,196
2025
$2,561
2025
Land area
601,740 sq mi
2025
174,850 sq mi
2025
Population density
5.86 ppl/mi²
2024
60.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.7
2023
3.1
2023
Median age
27.8 years
2024
23.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
72.2 years
2025
66.4 years
2025

Mongolia and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Mongolia and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP
Mongolia

Papua New Guinea
Year GDP
Mongolia 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 $2,101,394,100 $2,545,808,456
1981 $2,310,099,100 $2,498,190,847
1982 $2,552,401,933 $2,368,719,683
1983 $2,725,736,633 $2,562,351,551
1984 $2,098,734,600 $2,552,662,617
1985 $2,186,505,475 $2,423,339,172
1986 $2,896,178,867 $2,647,995,602
1987 $3,020,611,600 $3,143,851,794
1988 $3,204,461,567 $3,656,177,881
1989 $3,576,966,800 $3,546,472,566
1990 $2,560,785,660 $3,219,729,083
1991 $2,379,018,326 $3,787,394,958
1992 $1,317,611,864 $4,377,980,510
1993 $768,401,634 $4,974,550,286
1994 $925,817,092 $5,502,786,070
1995 $1,452,165,005 $4,636,057,476
1996 $1,345,719,472 $5,155,311,077
1997 $1,180,934,203 $4,936,615,299
1998 $1,124,440,205 $3,789,443,015
1999 $1,057,408,589 $3,477,038,204
2000 $1,136,896,124 $3,521,339,699
2001 $1,267,997,934 $3,081,024,212
2002 $1,396,555,720 $2,999,511,040
2003 $1,595,297,356 $3,536,411,824
2004 $1,992,066,808 $3,927,157,867
2005 $2,523,471,601 $4,865,892,972
2006 $3,414,055,662 $8,354,911,041
2007 $4,234,999,704 $9,545,028,944
2008 $5,623,216,608 $11,670,892,801
2009 $4,583,850,368 $11,619,456,449
2010 $7,189,481,999 $14,250,786,675
2011 $10,409,797,378 $17,985,138,066
2012 $12,292,770,632 $21,295,168,666
2013 $12,582,122,604 $21,261,338,065
2014 $12,226,514,668 $23,210,823,987
2015 $11,619,892,591 $21,723,437,010
2016 $11,181,350,649 $20,758,876,953
2017 $11,480,847,741 $22,742,699,138
2018 $13,178,094,720 $24,109,780,708
2019 $14,206,359,018 $24,750,626,030
2020 $13,312,981,429 $23,848,447,850
2021 $15,286,441,738 $26,109,413,521
2022 $17,146,471,714 $31,653,185,953
2023 $20,325,121,394 $30,816,367,067
2024 $23,586,055,802 $32,538,480,024

Mongolia and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita
Mongolia

Papua New Guinea
Year GDP per capita
Mongolia 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 $1,235 $813
1981 $1,325 $781
1982 $1,430 $726
1983 $1,490 $769
1984 $1,120 $750
1985 $1,138 $697
1986 $1,469 $745
1987 $1,493 $865
1988 $1,543 $985
1989 $1,684 $934
1990 $1,220 $826
1991 $1,099 $942
1992 $608 $1,051
1993 $355 $1,151
1994 $423 $1,228
1995 $653 $998
1996 $596 $1,071
1997 $515 $990
1998 $484 $733
1999 $449 $650
2000 $476 $636
2001 $524 $538
2002 $570 $506
2003 $643 $577
2004 $794 $621
2005 $995 $744
2006 $1,330 $1,238
2007 $1,628 $1,371
2008 $2,127 $1,625
2009 $1,703 $1,569
2010 $2,625 $1,867
2011 $3,736 $2,288
2012 $4,329 $2,635
2013 $4,340 $2,561
2014 $4,126 $2,723
2015 $3,839 $2,485
2016 $3,620 $2,316
2017 $3,646 $2,478
2018 $4,108 $2,566
2019 $4,348 $2,576
2020 $4,001 $2,430
2021 $4,518 $2,608
2022 $4,994 $3,102
2023 $5,839 $2,966
2024 $6,691 $3,076

Mongolia vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Mongolia

Papua New Guinea
Year Life expectancy, years
Mongolia Papua New Guinea
1950 38.6 39.4
1951 39.1 35.5
1952 39.4 40.7
1953 39.8 41.3
1954 40.2 42
1955 40.7 42.6
1956 41.4 43.3
1957 40.4 43.9
1958 42.8 44.6
1959 43.7 45.1
1960 44.5 45.8
1961 45.4 46.4
1962 46.3 46.7
1963 47.1 47.7
1964 47.9 48.3
1965 48.7 48.9
1966 49.4 49.6
1967 50.1 50.2
1968 50.8 50.9
1969 51.4 51.5
1970 52 52.1
1971 52.6 52.6
1972 53.1 53.3
1973 53.6 53.9
1974 54 54.4
1975 54.3 55
1976 54.6 55.5
1977 54.8 56
1978 54.9 56.5
1979 55.1 57
1980 55.2 57.4
1981 55.4 57.8
1982 55.6 58.1
1983 55.9 58.3
1984 56.1 58.6
1985 56.4 58.8
1986 56.8 59
1987 57.1 59.2
1988 57.5 59.4
1989 58.1 59.6
1990 58.8 59.8
1991 59.8 59.9
1992 60.4 60.3
1993 60.8 60.5
1994 60.9 60.7
1995 60.9 60.9
1996 61 61.1
1997 61.4 61.3
1998 62.1 60.4
1999 62.8 61.5
2000 63.5 61.6
2001 63.8 61.6
2002 64 61.6
2003 64.1 61.7
2004 64.3 61.8
2005 64.8 61.9
2006 65.6 62
2007 66.5 62.2
2008 67.1 62.5
2009 67.2 62.8
2010 67.1 63.1
2011 67.2 63.4
2012 67.6 63.6
2013 68.2 63.9
2014 68.7 64.2
2015 69.2 64.5
2016 69.7 64.7
2017 70.2 64.9
2018 70.6 65.1
2019 70.7 65.3
2020 70 65.1
2021 68.6 64.4
2022 71.5 65.3
2023 71.7 66.1
2024 72 66.3
2025 72.2 66.4

Mongolia and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population
Mongolia

Papua New Guinea
Year Population
Mongolia Papua New Guinea
1960 977,595 1,995,110
1961 1,009,284 2,046,127
1962 1,041,444 2,093,919
1963 1,071,362 2,141,376
1964 1,100,234 2,188,325
1965 1,131,177 2,235,820
1966 1,163,754 2,285,774
1967 1,196,996 2,337,532
1968 1,229,930 2,390,803
1969 1,262,284 2,446,927
1970 1,295,272 2,505,628
1971 1,330,071 2,566,421
1972 1,366,821 2,628,432
1973 1,405,502 2,690,629
1974 1,446,050 2,752,671
1975 1,488,296 2,814,820
1976 1,531,945 2,877,327
1977 1,576,245 2,940,327
1978 1,619,468 3,003,714
1979 1,660,659 3,067,341
1980 1,701,335 3,131,512
1981 1,742,857 3,197,019
1982 1,785,364 3,264,291
1983 1,829,092 3,333,633
1984 1,874,349 3,405,198
1985 1,921,514 3,478,936
1986 1,970,965 3,554,793
1987 2,022,800 3,632,543
1988 2,076,322 3,711,880
1989 2,124,185 3,796,078
1990 2,098,710 3,896,481
1991 2,165,342 4,021,837
1992 2,167,790 4,166,699
1993 2,165,130 4,320,872
1994 2,189,395 4,480,208
1995 2,224,945 4,644,278
1996 2,259,507 4,813,361
1997 2,291,750 4,987,883
1998 2,323,809 5,166,390
1999 2,356,813 5,349,333
2000 2,388,299 5,537,064
2001 2,417,751 5,728,435
2002 2,449,027 5,924,003
2003 2,480,374 6,123,997
2004 2,508,412 6,328,041
2005 2,536,407 6,535,905
2006 2,567,168 6,747,720
2007 2,601,850 6,963,345
2008 2,643,201 7,183,002
2009 2,691,115 7,406,438
2010 2,738,622 7,633,523
2011 2,786,317 7,859,346
2012 2,839,705 8,081,390
2013 2,899,011 8,302,698
2014 2,963,113 8,523,441
2015 3,026,864 8,743,246
2016 3,088,856 8,961,718
2017 3,148,917 9,178,714
2018 3,208,189 9,394,513
2019 3,267,673 9,609,010
2020 3,327,204 9,815,746
2021 3,383,741 10,012,896
2022 3,433,748 10,203,169
2023 3,481,145 10,389,635
2024 3,524,788 10,576,502

Fertility rates in Mongolia and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate
Mongolia

Papua New Guinea
Year Fertility rate
Mongolia Papua New Guinea
1960 6.82 6.02
1961 6.96 6.07
1962 7.1 6.14
1963 7.24 6.15
1964 7.33 6.19
1965 7.38 6.2
1966 7.41 6.23
1967 7.39 6.24
1968 7.37 6.25
1969 7.34 6.26
1970 7.31 6.25
1971 7.3 6.23
1972 7.28 6.2
1973 7.24 6.16
1974 7.17 6.11
1975 7.07 6.07
1976 6.93 6.02
1977 6.79 5.96
1978 6.62 5.88
1979 6.42 5.79
1980 6.21 5.71
1981 5.98 5.65
1982 5.8 5.59
1983 5.63 5.56
1984 5.45 5.51
1985 5.26 5.47
1986 5.03 5.42
1987 4.83 5.36
1988 4.65 5.3
1989 4.42 5.24
1990 4.5 5.18
1991 4 5.11
1992 3.5 5.03
1993 2.5 4.96
1994 2.7 4.87
1995 2.77 4.78
1996 2.5 4.73
1997 2.4 4.68
1998 2.3 4.63
1999 2.3 4.59
2000 2.2 4.53
2001 2.2 4.47
2002 2.1 4.42
2003 2 4.36
2004 2 4.28
2005 2 4.22
2006 2.1 4.15
2007 2.3 4.08
2008 2.6 4.01
2009 2.8 3.94
2010 2.4 3.88
2011 2.6 3.82
2012 2.7 3.75
2013 3 3.68
2014 3.1 3.63
2015 3 3.56
2016 3 3.5
2017 2.8 3.43
2018 2.9 3.38
2019 3 3.32
2020 2.9 3.27
2021 2.8 3.22
2022 2.7 3.17
2023 2.7 3.1

Mongolia and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age
Mongolia

Papua New Guinea
Year Median age, years
Mongolia Papua New Guinea
1960 22.8 18.5
1961 22.5 18.4
1962 22.2 18.3
1963 21.7 18.1
1964 21 18
1965 20.3 17.9
1966 19.6 17.8
1967 19 17.6
1968 18.4 17.5
1969 18 17.4
1970 17.7 17.3
1971 17.5 17.2
1972 17.3 17.1
1973 17.2 17.2
1974 17.2 17.2
1975 17.2 17.3
1976 17.2 17.4
1977 17.3 17.5
1978 17.4 17.7
1979 17.5 17.8
1980 17.7 18
1981 17.9 18.1
1982 18 18.2
1983 18.2 18.3
1984 18.4 18.3
1985 18.5 18.4
1986 18.6 18.5
1987 18.7 18.5
1988 18.7 18.6
1989 18.8 18.6
1990 19 18.7
1991 19.1 18.8
1992 19.3 18.9
1993 19.5 19
1994 19.8 19.1
1995 20 19.2
1996 20.4 19.4
1997 20.7 19.5
1998 21 19.6
1999 21.4 19.7
2000 21.8 19.8
2001 22.2 19.9
2002 22.6 19.9
2003 23 20
2004 23.4 20.2
2005 23.8 20.3
2006 24.2 20.4
2007 24.5 20.6
2008 24.8 20.7
2009 25.1 20.9
2010 25.4 21
2011 25.8 21.2
2012 26.1 21.3
2013 26.3 21.5
2014 26.5 21.7
2015 26.7 21.9
2016 26.9 22
2017 27 22.2
2018 27.1 22.4
2019 27.2 22.6
2020 27.3 22.8
2021 27.4 23
2022 27.6 23.2
2023 27.7 23.4
2024 27.8 23.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Mongolia Papua New Guinea
GNI, Atlas method
$18.9B
2024
$31.1B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
36.6%
2025
21.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.66%
2023
0.78%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.6%
2023
0.31%
2023
Armed forces personnel
18,000
2020
4,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.95%
2025
-2.61%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.18%
2023
2.69%
2022
Services, % of GDP
44.2%
2024
41.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
38.1%
2024
37.2%
2024
Economic freedom index
62.6
2025
52.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
24.6%
2022
31%
2009
Income share by poorest 10%
3.4%
2022
1.9%
2009
Listed domestic companies n/a
6
2016
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$1.68B
2017
Total reserves including gold
$5.51B
2024
$3.9B
2023
Personal remittances received
$528M
2024
$3.87M
2024
International tourist arrivals
66,900
2020
39,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
0.64%
2020
0.04%
2018
Banked people share
98.3%
2024
n/a

Energy

Mongolia Papua New Guinea
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,891 kg
2022
n/a
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$8.68
2022
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
28.1 megatons
2023
5.95 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
8.08 tons
2023
0.57 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
94.7%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
3%
2021
54.6%
2022
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
1.01%
2022
n/a
Net energy imports use share
-226.4%
2022
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
2,546 kWh
2022
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
10.9%
2021
40%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0.81%
2022
35.3%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
20.5%
2023

Society

Mongolia Papua New Guinea
% of world population
0.04%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
+83
2024
-707
2024
Urban population
69.3%
2024
13.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.6 ft
2025
5.35 ft
2025
Average female height
5.25 ft
2025
5.15 ft
2025
Quality of life index
47.6
2025
38.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
33
2024
31
2024
Higher education index
42
2025
29
2025
Homicides per 100K people
5.92
2023
9.4
2010
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
21
2019
12.6
2019
Visa free countries
77
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
98.6%
2023
87.1%
2022
English speaking
1%
2025
70.4%
2023
People using the Internet
83%
2023
24.1%
2023

Health

Mongolia Papua New Guinea
Government health expenditure per capita
$448
2022
$81.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$174.6
2022
$7.51
2022
Life expectancy
72.2 years
2025
66.4 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
24.5%
2022
32.2%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.87
2021
0.06
2021
Age at first childbirth
20.5 years
2025
21.9 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
41
2023
189
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
13.6
2023
40.3
2023
Obesity rate
24.8%
2022
21.2%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.3%
2024
14.1%
2024
Air quality index
24
2025
91
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
29.5%
2022
39.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.68 liters
2020
1.13 liters
2020

Territory

Mongolia Papua New Guinea
% of world land
1.05%
2025
0.3%
2025
Land area per capita
170,717 sq mi
2024
16,532 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
414,933 sq mi
2025
5,425 sq mi
2025
Forest area
54,709 sq mi
2025
138,051 sq mi
2025
Roads length
70,339 mi
2017
5,809 mi
2011

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