Nicaragua vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Nicaragua has a population of 6.92M (ranked 108/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Nicaragua's land area is 46,464 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 98th vs. 54th).

By GDP, Nicaragua ranks 131/197 ($19.7B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Nicaragua ranks 141/197 ($2,848), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Nicaragua and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Nicaragua and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Nicaragua

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Nicaragua	Papua New Guinea
1960	$227,223,322	$230,496,037
1961	$244,144,237	$244,832,039
1962	$269,283,804	$261,184,042
1963	$297,324,163	$275,968,044
1964	$347,119,918	$305,312,049
1965	$564,290,020	$344,176,055
1966	$607,140,010	$390,992,063
1967	$657,140,011	$441,728,183
1968	$692,859,985	$485,184,190
1969	$750,000,003	$551,263,864
1970	$778,569,939	$645,568,215
1971	$828,569,953	$717,750,278
1972	$878,570,045	$858,761,926
1973	$1,092,900,015	$1,299,079,410
1974	$1,521,400,012	$1,467,417,672
1975	$1,581,599,959	$1,356,603,608
1976	$1,836,899,999	$1,511,843,235
1977	$2,226,999,874	$1,640,746,619
1978	$2,127,699,979	$1,947,878,831
1979	$1,567,599,982	$2,293,760,511
1980	$2,144,300,006	$2,545,808,456
1981	$2,474,700,227	$2,498,190,847
1982	$2,454,499,872	$2,368,719,683
1983	$2,753,100,058	$2,562,351,551
1984	$3,117,599,872	$2,552,662,617
1985	$2,683,699,935	$2,423,339,172
1986	$2,885,799,994	$2,647,995,602
1987	$3,851,200,118	$3,143,851,794
1988	$2,630,900,096	$3,656,177,881
1989	$1,013,184,756	$3,546,472,566
1990	$1,009,455,484	$3,219,729,083
1991	$1,488,804,124	$3,787,394,958
1992	$1,792,800,000	$4,377,980,510
1993	$1,756,454,248	$4,974,550,286
1994	$3,863,185,119	$5,502,786,070
1995	$4,140,470,000	$4,636,057,476
1996	$4,308,351,903	$5,155,311,077
1997	$4,389,973,490	$4,936,615,299
1998	$4,635,347,386	$3,789,443,015
1999	$4,856,026,259	$3,477,038,204
2000	$5,109,587,050	$3,521,339,699
2001	$5,351,752,034	$3,081,024,212
2002	$5,223,727,303	$2,999,511,040
2003	$5,322,228,351	$3,536,411,824
2004	$5,792,932,838	$3,927,157,867
2005	$6,321,324,279	$4,865,892,972
2006	$6,763,672,381	$8,354,911,041
2007	$7,423,375,015	$9,545,028,944
2008	$8,496,967,597	$11,670,892,801
2009	$8,298,702,489	$11,619,456,449
2010	$8,758,602,233	$14,250,786,675
2011	$9,774,329,333	$17,985,138,066
2012	$10,532,017,232	$21,295,168,666
2013	$10,982,988,249	$21,261,338,065
2014	$11,880,438,824	$23,210,823,987
2015	$12,756,696,261	$21,723,437,010
2016	$13,286,093,388	$20,758,876,953
2017	$13,785,893,007	$22,742,699,138
2018	$13,025,221,974	$24,109,780,708
2019	$12,699,023,614	$24,750,626,030
2020	$12,726,422,432	$23,848,447,850
2021	$14,209,020,362	$26,109,413,521
2022	$15,634,572,502	$31,653,185,953
2023	$17,805,842,284	$30,816,367,067
2024	$19,693,982,968	$32,538,480,024

Nicaragua and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Nicaragua

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nicaragua	Papua New Guinea
1960	$127.5	$115.5
1961	$132.9	$119.7
1962	$142.3	$124.7
1963	$152.5	$128.9
1964	$172.7	$139.5
1965	$272.3	$153.9
1966	$284	$171.1
1967	$297.9	$189
1968	$304	$202.9
1969	$319	$225.3
1970	$321	$257.6
1971	$331	$279.7
1972	$341	$327
1973	$413	$483
1974	$557	$533
1975	$561	$482
1976	$633	$525
1977	$744	$558
1978	$691	$648
1979	$495	$748
1980	$659	$813
1981	$740	$781
1982	$714	$726
1983	$780	$769
1984	$861	$750
1985	$724	$697
1986	$761	$745
1987	$992	$865
1988	$662	$985
1989	$249.2	$934
1990	$242.5	$826
1991	$350	$942
1992	$411	$1,051
1993	$394	$1,151
1994	$849	$1,228
1995	$892	$998
1996	$911	$1,071
1997	$913	$990
1998	$949	$733
1999	$980	$650
2000	$1,017	$636
2001	$1,052	$538
2002	$1,014	$506
2003	$1,021	$577
2004	$1,099	$621
2005	$1,183	$744
2006	$1,248	$1,238
2007	$1,350	$1,371
2008	$1,524	$1,625
2009	$1,467	$1,569
2010	$1,527	$1,867
2011	$1,680	$2,288
2012	$1,785	$2,635
2013	$1,835	$2,561
2014	$1,958	$2,723
2015	$2,074	$2,485
2016	$2,132	$2,316
2017	$2,183	$2,478
2018	$2,035	$2,566
2019	$1,959	$2,576
2020	$1,938	$2,430
2021	$2,138	$2,608
2022	$2,323	$3,102
2023	$2,609	$2,966
2024	$2,848	$3,076

Nicaragua vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nicaragua

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nicaragua	Papua New Guinea
1950	40.6	39.4
1951	40.8	35.5
1952	41.9	40.7
1953	42.4	41.3
1954	43.1	42
1955	43.7	42.6
1956	44.3	43.3
1957	44.9	43.9
1958	45.5	44.6
1959	46.1	45.1
1960	46.4	45.8
1961	47.3	46.4
1962	48	46.7
1963	48.8	47.7
1964	49.6	48.3
1965	50.6	48.9
1966	51.6	49.6
1967	52.3	50.2
1968	52.9	50.9
1969	53.4	51.5
1970	53.8	52.1
1971	54.2	52.6
1972	48	53.3
1973	55	53.9
1974	55.4	54.4
1975	55.8	55
1976	56.1	55.5
1977	56.1	56
1978	53.5	56.5
1979	50.8	57
1980	58	57.4
1981	58.3	57.8
1982	58.7	58.1
1983	56.9	58.3
1984	56.1	58.6
1985	56.4	58.8
1986	57.6	59
1987	57.3	59.2
1988	59.8	59.4
1989	61.9	59.6
1990	62.5	59.8
1991	63.3	59.9
1992	63.7	60.3
1993	64.1	60.5
1994	64.5	60.7
1995	64.9	60.9
1996	65.2	61.1
1997	65.5	61.3
1998	64.1	60.4
1999	65.9	61.5
2000	66.4	61.6
2001	67	61.6
2002	68	61.6
2003	68.7	61.7
2004	69.5	61.8
2005	70.4	61.9
2006	71	62
2007	71.2	62.2
2008	71.4	62.5
2009	71.5	62.8
2010	71.8	63.1
2011	72	63.4
2012	72.4	63.6
2013	72.6	63.9
2014	72.8	64.2
2015	72.9	64.5
2016	73.2	64.7
2017	73.4	64.9
2018	73.9	65.1
2019	73.8	65.3
2020	70.8	65.1
2021	70.5	64.4
2022	74.5	65.3
2023	74.9	66.1
2024	75.1	66.3
2025	75.3	66.4

Nicaragua and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Nicaragua

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Nicaragua	Papua New Guinea
1960	1,782,370	1,995,110
1961	1,836,451	2,046,127
1962	1,892,320	2,093,919
1963	1,950,159	2,141,376
1964	2,010,176	2,188,325
1965	2,072,681	2,235,820
1966	2,137,820	2,285,774
1967	2,205,567	2,337,532
1968	2,275,836	2,390,803
1969	2,348,398	2,446,927
1970	2,423,065	2,505,628
1971	2,499,825	2,566,421
1972	2,573,578	2,628,432
1973	2,649,278	2,690,629
1974	2,732,075	2,752,671
1975	2,816,943	2,814,820
1976	2,903,851	2,877,327
1977	2,992,534	2,940,327
1978	3,080,314	3,003,714
1979	3,164,525	3,067,341
1980	3,252,403	3,131,512
1981	3,345,674	3,197,019
1982	3,438,745	3,264,291
1983	3,530,282	3,333,633
1984	3,619,104	3,405,198
1985	3,706,479	3,478,936
1986	3,794,157	3,554,793
1987	3,882,164	3,632,543
1988	3,972,320	3,711,880
1989	4,066,476	3,796,078
1990	4,162,559	3,896,481
1991	4,259,637	4,021,837
1992	4,357,026	4,166,699
1993	4,453,732	4,320,872
1994	4,549,316	4,480,208
1995	4,642,931	4,644,278
1996	4,729,974	4,813,361
1997	4,809,573	4,987,883
1998	4,883,655	5,166,390
1999	4,954,018	5,349,333
2000	5,022,633	5,537,064
2001	5,087,825	5,728,435
2002	5,149,909	5,924,003
2003	5,210,963	6,123,997
2004	5,272,912	6,328,041
2005	5,342,105	6,535,905
2006	5,418,855	6,747,720
2007	5,497,243	6,963,345
2008	5,576,593	7,183,002
2009	5,656,601	7,406,438
2010	5,737,450	7,633,523
2011	5,819,051	7,859,346
2012	5,901,287	8,081,390
2013	5,983,845	8,302,698
2014	6,066,492	8,523,441
2015	6,149,417	8,743,246
2016	6,232,666	8,961,718
2017	6,316,231	9,178,714
2018	6,400,080	9,394,513
2019	6,483,657	9,609,010
2020	6,565,267	9,815,746
2021	6,644,741	10,012,896
2022	6,730,654	10,203,169
2023	6,823,613	10,389,635
2024	6,916,140	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Nicaragua and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Nicaragua

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nicaragua	Papua New Guinea
1960	7.16	6.02
1961	7.11	6.07
1962	7.1	6.14
1963	7.08	6.15
1964	7.06	6.19
1965	7.03	6.2
1966	6.99	6.23
1967	6.94	6.24
1968	6.89	6.25
1969	6.83	6.26
1970	6.77	6.25
1971	6.71	6.23
1972	6.65	6.2
1973	6.59	6.16
1974	6.52	6.11
1975	6.45	6.07
1976	6.37	6.02
1977	6.28	5.96
1978	6.16	5.88
1979	6.07	5.79
1980	5.96	5.71
1981	5.84	5.65
1982	5.74	5.59
1983	5.61	5.56
1984	5.49	5.51
1985	5.36	5.47
1986	5.22	5.42
1987	5.07	5.36
1988	4.93	5.3
1989	4.76	5.24
1990	4.6	5.18
1991	4.43	5.11
1992	4.27	5.03
1993	4.1	4.96
1994	3.94	4.87
1995	3.78	4.78
1996	3.62	4.73
1997	3.47	4.68
1998	3.34	4.63
1999	3.22	4.59
2000	3.12	4.53
2001	3	4.47
2002	2.89	4.42
2003	2.83	4.36
2004	2.78	4.28
2005	2.77	4.22
2006	2.73	4.15
2007	2.7	4.08
2008	2.66	4.01
2009	2.63	3.94
2010	2.6	3.88
2011	2.56	3.82
2012	2.53	3.75
2013	2.49	3.68
2014	2.46	3.63
2015	2.43	3.56
2016	2.41	3.5
2017	2.38	3.43
2018	2.35	3.38
2019	2.32	3.32
2020	2.3	3.27
2021	2.27	3.22
2022	2.24	3.17
2023	2.22	3.1

Nicaragua and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Nicaragua

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nicaragua	Papua New Guinea
1960	16.2	18.5
1961	16.1	18.4
1962	16	18.3
1963	15.9	18.1
1964	15.9	18
1965	15.9	17.9
1966	16	17.8
1967	16	17.6
1968	16	17.5
1969	16.1	17.4
1970	16.1	17.3
1971	16.1	17.2
1972	16.2	17.1
1973	16.2	17.2
1974	16.2	17.2
1975	16.2	17.3
1976	16.2	17.4
1977	16.2	17.5
1978	16.2	17.7
1979	16.2	17.8
1980	16.2	18
1981	16.2	18.1
1982	16.2	18.2
1983	16.3	18.3
1984	16.3	18.3
1985	16.3	18.4
1986	16.3	18.5
1987	16.4	18.5
1988	16.4	18.6
1989	16.5	18.6
1990	16.7	18.7
1991	16.8	18.8
1992	17	18.9
1993	17.2	19
1994	17.4	19.1
1995	17.6	19.2
1996	17.9	19.4
1997	18.1	19.5
1998	18.4	19.6
1999	18.8	19.7
2000	19.1	19.8
2001	19.4	19.9
2002	19.7	19.9
2003	20.1	20
2004	20.4	20.2
2005	20.8	20.3
2006	21.1	20.4
2007	21.4	20.6
2008	21.7	20.7
2009	22	20.9
2010	22.2	21
2011	22.5	21.2
2012	22.8	21.3
2013	23.1	21.5
2014	23.4	21.7
2015	23.7	21.9
2016	24	22
2017	24.3	22.2
2018	24.7	22.4
2019	25	22.6
2020	25.3	22.8
2021	25.6	23
2022	25.9	23.2
2023	26.3	23.4
2024	26.6	23.6

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