Namibia vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Namibia has a population of 3.03M (ranked 136/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Namibia's land area is 317,874 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 33rd vs. 54th).

By GDP, Namibia ranks 147/197 ($13.4B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Namibia ranks 126/197 ($4,413), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Namibia and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Namibia and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Namibia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Namibia	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	$2,421,990,338	$2,545,808,456
1981	$2,249,908,578	$2,498,190,847
1982	$2,118,710,248	$2,368,719,683
1983	$2,297,400,688	$2,562,351,551
1984	$1,951,260,038	$2,552,662,617
1985	$1,608,237,350	$2,423,339,172
1986	$1,809,048,527	$2,647,995,602
1987	$2,300,068,217	$3,143,851,794
1988	$2,495,094,746	$3,656,177,881
1989	$2,535,135,798	$3,546,472,566
1990	$2,789,921,854	$3,219,729,083
1991	$2,996,869,281	$3,787,394,958
1992	$3,429,521,699	$4,377,980,510
1993	$3,251,188,833	$4,974,550,286
1994	$3,666,503,530	$5,502,786,070
1995	$3,978,514,206	$4,636,057,476
1996	$3,989,163,197	$5,155,311,077
1997	$4,154,989,950	$4,936,615,299
1998	$3,873,109,866	$3,789,443,015
1999	$3,868,551,730	$3,477,038,204
2000	$3,922,232,165	$3,521,339,699
2001	$3,557,341,215	$3,081,024,212
2002	$3,349,169,826	$2,999,511,040
2003	$4,926,439,384	$3,536,411,824
2004	$6,609,205,995	$3,927,157,867
2005	$7,248,374,838	$4,865,892,972
2006	$8,001,779,551	$8,354,911,041
2007	$8,839,536,476	$9,545,028,944
2008	$8,607,431,497	$11,670,892,801
2009	$8,938,847,189	$11,619,456,449
2010	$11,431,412,421	$14,250,786,675
2011	$12,523,359,441	$17,985,138,066
2012	$13,042,053,592	$21,295,168,666
2013	$12,043,307,277	$21,261,338,065
2014	$12,435,430,970	$23,210,823,987
2015	$11,335,161,084	$21,723,437,010
2016	$10,722,018,732	$20,758,876,953
2017	$12,895,153,371	$22,742,699,138
2018	$13,682,019,076	$24,109,780,708
2019	$12,541,928,303	$24,750,626,030
2020	$10,583,748,542	$23,848,447,850
2021	$12,402,486,184	$26,109,413,521
2022	$12,569,449,123	$31,653,185,953
2023	$12,408,271,448	$30,816,367,067
2024	$13,372,354,269	$32,538,480,024

Namibia and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Namibia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Namibia	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	$2,468	$813
1981	$2,267	$781
1982	$2,097	$726
1983	$2,214	$769
1984	$1,830	$750
1985	$1,466	$697
1986	$1,599	$745
1987	$1,969	$865
1988	$2,063	$985
1989	$1,967	$934
1990	$2,037	$826
1991	$2,117	$942
1992	$2,347	$1,051
1993	$2,155	$1,151
1994	$2,356	$1,228
1995	$2,483	$998
1996	$2,423	$1,071
1997	$2,460	$990
1998	$2,235	$733
1999	$2,178	$650
2000	$2,157	$636
2001	$1,916	$538
2002	$1,772	$506
2003	$2,569	$577
2004	$3,403	$621
2005	$3,686	$744
2006	$4,017	$1,238
2007	$4,379	$1,371
2008	$4,205	$1,625
2009	$4,303	$1,569
2010	$5,418	$1,867
2011	$5,835	$2,288
2012	$5,943	$2,635
2013	$5,347	$2,561
2014	$5,378	$2,723
2015	$4,774	$2,485
2016	$4,396	$2,316
2017	$5,144	$2,478
2018	$5,309	$2,566
2019	$4,732	$2,576
2020	$3,879	$2,430
2021	$4,413	$2,608
2022	$4,350	$3,102
2023	$4,188	$2,966
2024	$4,413	$3,076

Namibia vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Namibia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Namibia	Papua New Guinea
1950	41.9	39.4
1951	42.5	35.5
1952	43.1	40.7
1953	43.8	41.3
1954	44.4	42
1955	45	42.6
1956	45.7	43.3
1957	46.4	43.9
1958	47.1	44.6
1959	47.8	45.1
1960	48.5	45.8
1961	49.2	46.4
1962	50	46.7
1963	50.6	47.7
1964	51.3	48.3
1965	52	48.9
1966	52.3	49.6
1967	52.9	50.2
1968	53.6	50.9
1969	54.1	51.5
1970	54.7	52.1
1971	55.3	52.6
1972	55.8	53.3
1973	56.4	53.9
1974	56.9	54.4
1975	57.6	55
1976	58	55.5
1977	58.6	56
1978	59.1	56.5
1979	59.5	57
1980	56.6	57.4
1981	56.9	57.8
1982	57.3	58.1
1983	57.6	58.3
1984	58.1	58.6
1985	58.5	58.8
1986	58.7	59
1987	59.1	59.2
1988	59	59.4
1989	60.8	59.6
1990	61.4	59.8
1991	60.8	59.9
1992	60.2	60.3
1993	59.3	60.5
1994	58.4	60.7
1995	57.5	60.9
1996	56.6	61.1
1997	55.8	61.3
1998	54.8	60.4
1999	54	61.5
2000	52.9	61.6
2001	52	61.6
2002	52	61.6
2003	51.9	61.7
2004	52.2	61.8
2005	52.6	61.9
2006	53.2	62
2007	54	62.2
2008	54.7	62.5
2009	55.3	62.8
2010	56.1	63.1
2011	56.6	63.4
2012	57.7	63.6
2013	58.5	63.9
2014	59.3	64.2
2015	60	64.5
2016	60.8	64.7
2017	61.7	64.9
2018	62.6	65.1
2019	63.5	65.3
2020	64.1	65.1
2021	60.8	64.4
2022	64.2	65.3
2023	67.4	66.1
2024	67.5	66.3
2025	67.7	66.4

Namibia and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Namibia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Namibia	Papua New Guinea
1960	591,465	1,995,110
1961	603,067	2,046,127
1962	615,759	2,093,919
1963	629,589	2,141,376
1964	644,530	2,188,325
1965	660,558	2,235,820
1966	677,655	2,285,774
1967	696,045	2,337,532
1968	715,542	2,390,803
1969	736,120	2,446,927
1970	757,868	2,505,628
1971	780,584	2,566,421
1972	804,399	2,628,432
1973	828,928	2,690,629
1974	854,320	2,752,671
1975	881,032	2,814,820
1976	906,566	2,877,327
1977	931,104	2,940,327
1978	947,269	3,003,714
1979	962,825	3,067,341
1980	981,434	3,131,512
1981	992,500	3,197,019
1982	1,010,308	3,264,291
1983	1,037,511	3,333,633
1984	1,065,989	3,405,198
1985	1,096,890	3,478,936
1986	1,131,081	3,554,793
1987	1,167,889	3,632,543
1988	1,209,696	3,711,880
1989	1,288,947	3,796,078
1990	1,369,303	3,896,481
1991	1,415,684	4,021,837
1992	1,461,322	4,166,699
1993	1,508,697	4,320,872
1994	1,556,304	4,480,208
1995	1,602,170	4,644,278
1996	1,646,103	4,813,361
1997	1,689,264	4,987,883
1998	1,732,745	5,166,390
1999	1,776,368	5,349,333
2000	1,818,647	5,537,064
2001	1,857,048	5,728,435
2002	1,889,970	5,924,003
2003	1,917,464	6,123,997
2004	1,942,082	6,328,041
2005	1,966,582	6,535,905
2006	1,991,888	6,747,720
2007	2,018,600	6,963,345
2008	2,047,056	7,183,002
2009	2,077,394	7,406,438
2010	2,109,811	7,633,523
2011	2,146,325	7,859,346
2012	2,194,654	8,081,390
2013	2,252,508	8,302,698
2014	2,312,139	8,523,441
2015	2,374,300	8,743,246
2016	2,439,213	8,961,718
2017	2,506,853	9,178,714
2018	2,577,327	9,394,513
2019	2,650,494	9,609,010
2020	2,728,762	9,815,746
2021	2,810,548	10,012,896
2022	2,889,662	10,203,169
2023	2,963,095	10,389,635
2024	3,030,131	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Namibia and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Namibia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Namibia	Papua New Guinea
1960	6.24	6.02
1961	6.29	6.07
1962	6.35	6.14
1963	6.41	6.15
1964	6.43	6.19
1965	6.45	6.2
1966	6.47	6.23
1967	6.49	6.24
1968	6.5	6.25
1969	6.51	6.26
1970	6.52	6.25
1971	6.52	6.23
1972	6.53	6.2
1973	6.54	6.16
1974	6.55	6.11
1975	6.53	6.07
1976	6.49	6.02
1977	6.44	5.96
1978	6.38	5.88
1979	6.31	5.79
1980	6.24	5.71
1981	6.16	5.65
1982	6.08	5.59
1983	6	5.56
1984	5.94	5.51
1985	5.88	5.47
1986	5.79	5.42
1987	5.7	5.36
1988	5.61	5.3
1989	5.52	5.24
1990	5.4	5.18
1991	5.29	5.11
1992	5.11	5.03
1993	4.91	4.96
1994	4.68	4.87
1995	4.42	4.78
1996	4.2	4.73
1997	4.17	4.68
1998	4.18	4.63
1999	4.14	4.59
2000	3.99	4.53
2001	3.83	4.47
2002	3.69	4.42
2003	3.58	4.36
2004	3.55	4.28
2005	3.57	4.22
2006	3.6	4.15
2007	3.61	4.08
2008	3.62	4.01
2009	3.63	3.94
2010	3.66	3.88
2011	3.66	3.82
2012	3.68	3.75
2013	3.65	3.68
2014	3.64	3.63
2015	3.6	3.56
2016	3.57	3.5
2017	3.51	3.43
2018	3.46	3.38
2019	3.4	3.32
2020	3.35	3.27
2021	3.3	3.22
2022	3.25	3.17
2023	3.21	3.1

Namibia and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Namibia

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Namibia	Papua New Guinea
1960	18.9	18.5
1961	18.7	18.4
1962	18.6	18.3
1963	18.5	18.1
1964	18.4	18
1965	18.4	17.9
1966	18.3	17.8
1967	18.3	17.6
1968	18.2	17.5
1969	18.1	17.4
1970	18.1	17.3
1971	18	17.2
1972	17.9	17.1
1973	17.8	17.2
1974	17.7	17.2
1975	17.6	17.3
1976	17.5	17.4
1977	17.3	17.5
1978	17	17.7
1979	16.8	17.8
1980	16.6	18
1981	16.4	18.1
1982	16.3	18.2
1983	16.4	18.3
1984	16.5	18.3
1985	16.7	18.4
1986	16.9	18.5
1987	17	18.5
1988	17.3	18.6
1989	17.8	18.6
1990	18.3	18.7
1991	18.4	18.8
1992	18.4	18.9
1993	18.5	19
1994	18.5	19.1
1995	18.6	19.2
1996	18.7	19.4
1997	18.8	19.5
1998	18.9	19.6
1999	18.9	19.7
2000	19	19.8
2001	19.1	19.9
2002	19.2	19.9
2003	19.3	20
2004	19.4	20.2
2005	19.6	20.3
2006	19.7	20.4
2007	19.9	20.6
2008	20	20.7
2009	20.3	20.9
2010	20.5	21
2011	20.7	21.2
2012	20.9	21.3
2013	21.1	21.5
2014	21.3	21.7
2015	21.4	21.9
2016	21.5	22
2017	21.6	22.2
2018	21.7	22.4
2019	21.8	22.6
2020	21.8	22.8
2021	21.8	23
2022	21.8	23.2
2023	21.9	23.4
2024	22.1	23.6

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