Norway vs Papua New Guinea statistics compared

Norway has a population of 5.57M (ranked 118/197), compared with 10.6M in Papua New Guinea (ranked 92/197). Norway's land area is 140,645 sq mi versus 174,850 sq mi for Papua New Guinea (ranked 62nd vs. 54th).

By GDP, Norway ranks 32/197 ($484B) and Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B). By GDP per capita, Norway ranks 8/197 ($86,810), while Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076).

Norway and Papua New Guinea: Comparison Charts

Norway and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP

Norway

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP
	Norway	Papua New Guinea
1960	$5,197,398,721	$230,496,037
1961	$5,669,689,210	$244,832,039
1962	$6,107,076,929	$261,184,042
1963	$6,553,269,536	$275,968,044
1964	$7,206,522,122	$305,312,049
1965	$8,111,945,661	$344,176,055
1966	$8,753,940,267	$390,992,063
1967	$9,577,383,653	$441,728,183
1968	$10,227,087,165	$485,184,190
1969	$11,136,187,440	$551,263,864
1970	$12,814,123,115	$645,568,215
1971	$14,583,114,840	$717,750,278
1972	$17,358,610,850	$858,761,926
1973	$22,534,253,703	$1,299,079,410
1974	$27,145,693,810	$1,467,417,672
1975	$32,877,805,200	$1,356,603,608
1976	$35,942,270,686	$1,511,843,235
1977	$41,508,030,431	$1,640,746,619
1978	$46,522,900,254	$1,947,878,831
1979	$53,132,244,624	$2,293,760,511
1980	$64,439,382,896	$2,545,808,456
1981	$63,596,654,761	$2,498,190,847
1982	$62,647,195,538	$2,368,719,683
1983	$61,627,240,831	$2,562,351,551
1984	$62,057,955,033	$2,552,662,617
1985	$65,416,879,914	$2,423,339,172
1986	$78,693,118,044	$2,647,995,602
1987	$94,229,907,236	$3,143,851,794
1988	$101,900,260,856	$3,656,177,881
1989	$102,633,934,391	$3,546,472,566
1990	$119,791,843,060	$3,219,729,083
1991	$121,872,464,483	$3,787,394,958
1992	$130,838,040,068	$4,377,980,510
1993	$120,579,213,713	$4,974,550,286
1994	$127,131,319,429	$5,502,786,070
1995	$152,029,612,325	$4,636,057,476
1996	$163,520,109,151	$5,155,311,077
1997	$161,356,631,888	$4,936,615,299
1998	$154,230,295,158	$3,789,443,015
1999	$162,383,706,021	$3,477,038,204
2000	$171,457,201,936	$3,521,339,699
2001	$174,239,354,071	$3,081,024,212
2002	$195,914,852,576	$2,999,511,040
2003	$229,385,469,337	$3,536,411,824
2004	$265,268,662,473	$3,927,157,867
2005	$309,978,579,744	$4,865,892,972
2006	$346,915,160,682	$8,354,911,041
2007	$402,643,260,488	$9,545,028,944
2008	$464,917,553,191	$11,670,892,801
2009	$387,976,400,617	$11,619,456,449
2010	$431,052,143,940	$14,250,786,675
2011	$501,360,549,669	$17,985,138,066
2012	$512,777,309,841	$21,295,168,666
2013	$526,014,468,085	$21,261,338,065
2014	$501,736,471,833	$23,210,823,987
2015	$388,159,512,246	$21,723,437,010
2016	$370,956,547,619	$20,758,876,953
2017	$401,745,275,035	$22,742,699,138
2018	$439,788,625,884	$24,109,780,708
2019	$408,742,840,909	$24,750,626,030
2020	$367,633,418,887	$23,848,447,850
2021	$503,367,986,030	$26,109,413,521
2022	$596,297,651,036	$31,653,185,953
2023	$482,949,731,777	$30,816,367,067
2024	$483,727,398,216	$32,538,480,024

Norway and Papua New Guinea economies compared

GDP per capita

Norway

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Norway	Papua New Guinea
1960	$1,451	$115.5
1961	$1,571	$119.7
1962	$1,678	$124.7
1963	$1,787	$128.9
1964	$1,951	$139.5
1965	$2,179	$153.9
1966	$2,333	$171.1
1967	$2,531	$189
1968	$2,680	$202.9
1969	$2,894	$225.3
1970	$3,306	$257.6
1971	$3,736	$279.7
1972	$4,414	$327
1973	$5,690	$483
1974	$6,812	$533
1975	$8,204	$482
1976	$8,927	$525
1977	$10,266	$558
1978	$11,463	$648
1979	$13,047	$748
1980	$15,772	$813
1981	$15,513	$781
1982	$15,225	$726
1983	$14,928	$769
1984	$14,989	$750
1985	$15,754	$697
1986	$18,883	$745
1987	$22,506	$865
1988	$24,207	$985
1989	$24,281	$934
1990	$28,243	$826
1991	$28,597	$942
1992	$30,524	$1,051
1993	$27,964	$1,151
1994	$29,316	$1,228
1995	$34,876	$998
1996	$37,322	$1,071
1997	$36,629	$990
1998	$34,803	$733
1999	$36,393	$650
2000	$38,178	$636
2001	$38,602	$538
2002	$43,171	$506
2003	$50,250	$577
2004	$57,769	$621
2005	$67,047	$744
2006	$74,434	$1,238
2007	$85,502	$1,371
2008	$97,504	$1,625
2009	$80,348	$1,569
2010	$88,163	$1,867
2011	$101,222	$2,288
2012	$102,176	$2,635
2013	$103,554	$2,561
2014	$97,667	$2,723
2015	$74,810	$2,485
2016	$70,867	$2,316
2017	$76,132	$2,478
2018	$82,793	$2,566
2019	$76,431	$2,576
2020	$68,340	$2,430
2021	$93,073	$2,608
2022	$109,270	$3,102
2023	$87,497	$2,966
2024	$86,810	$3,076

Norway vs. Papua New Guinea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Norway

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Norway	Papua New Guinea
1950	71.6	39.4
1951	72.5	35.5
1952	72.7	40.7
1953	73.1	41.3
1954	73.2	42
1955	73.4	42.6
1956	73.5	43.3
1957	73.4	43.9
1958	73.4	44.6
1959	73.6	45.1
1960	73.6	45.8
1961	73.6	46.4
1962	73.5	46.7
1963	73.1	47.7
1964	73.6	48.3
1965	73.7	48.9
1966	74	49.6
1967	74.1	50.2
1968	73.9	50.9
1969	73.7	51.5
1970	74.1	52.1
1971	74.2	52.6
1972	74.3	53.3
1973	74.4	53.9
1974	74.8	54.4
1975	74.8	55
1976	75	55.5
1977	75.4	56
1978	75.4	56.5
1979	75.4	57
1980	75.7	57.4
1981	75.9	57.8
1982	76	58.1
1983	76.1	58.3
1984	76.2	58.6
1985	75.9	58.8
1986	76.3	59
1987	76.1	59.2
1988	76.3	59.4
1989	76.5	59.6
1990	76.6	59.8
1991	77	59.9
1992	77.2	60.3
1993	77.2	60.5
1994	77.8	60.7
1995	77.8	60.9
1996	78.2	61.1
1997	78.2	61.3
1998	78.4	60.4
1999	78.4	61.5
2000	78.7	61.6
2001	78.9	61.6
2002	79	61.6
2003	79.5	61.7
2004	80	61.8
2005	80.2	61.9
2006	80.4	62
2007	80.5	62.2
2008	80.7	62.5
2009	80.9	62.8
2010	81	63.1
2011	81.2	63.4
2012	81.4	63.6
2013	81.7	63.9
2014	82.1	64.2
2015	82.3	64.5
2016	82.4	64.7
2017	82.6	64.9
2018	82.8	65.1
2019	83	65.3
2020	83.2	65.1
2021	83.2	64.4
2022	82.6	65.3
2023	83.3	66.1
2024	83.5	66.3
2025	83.6	66.4

Norway and Papua New Guinea population clocks and comparison

Population

Norway

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Population
	Norway	Papua New Guinea
1960	3,581,239	1,995,110
1961	3,609,800	2,046,127
1962	3,638,918	2,093,919
1963	3,666,537	2,141,376
1964	3,694,339	2,188,325
1965	3,723,168	2,235,820
1966	3,753,012	2,285,774
1967	3,784,539	2,337,532
1968	3,816,486	2,390,803
1969	3,847,707	2,446,927
1970	3,875,763	2,505,628
1971	3,903,039	2,566,421
1972	3,933,004	2,628,432
1973	3,960,612	2,690,629
1974	3,985,258	2,752,671
1975	4,007,313	2,814,820
1976	4,026,152	2,877,327
1977	4,043,205	2,940,327
1978	4,058,671	3,003,714
1979	4,072,517	3,067,341
1980	4,085,620	3,131,512
1981	4,099,702	3,197,019
1982	4,114,787	3,264,291
1983	4,128,432	3,333,633
1984	4,140,099	3,405,198
1985	4,152,516	3,478,936
1986	4,167,354	3,554,793
1987	4,186,905	3,632,543
1988	4,209,488	3,711,880
1989	4,226,901	3,796,078
1990	4,241,473	3,896,481
1991	4,261,732	4,021,837
1992	4,286,401	4,166,699
1993	4,311,991	4,320,872
1994	4,336,613	4,480,208
1995	4,359,184	4,644,278
1996	4,381,336	4,813,361
1997	4,405,157	4,987,883
1998	4,431,464	5,166,390
1999	4,461,913	5,349,333
2000	4,490,967	5,537,064
2001	4,513,751	5,728,435
2002	4,538,159	5,924,003
2003	4,564,855	6,123,997
2004	4,591,910	6,328,041
2005	4,623,291	6,535,905
2006	4,660,677	6,747,720
2007	4,709,153	6,963,345
2008	4,768,212	7,183,002
2009	4,828,726	7,406,438
2010	4,889,252	7,633,523
2011	4,953,088	7,859,346
2012	5,018,573	8,081,390
2013	5,079,623	8,302,698
2014	5,137,232	8,523,441
2015	5,188,607	8,743,246
2016	5,234,519	8,961,718
2017	5,276,968	9,178,714
2018	5,311,916	9,394,513
2019	5,347,896	9,609,010
2020	5,379,475	9,815,746
2021	5,408,320	10,012,896
2022	5,457,127	10,203,169
2023	5,519,594	10,389,635
2024	5,572,272	10,576,502

Fertility rates in Norway and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate

Norway

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Norway	Papua New Guinea
1960	2.85	6.02
1961	2.94	6.07
1962	2.91	6.14
1963	2.93	6.15
1964	2.98	6.19
1965	2.94	6.2
1966	2.9	6.23
1967	2.81	6.24
1968	2.75	6.25
1969	2.7	6.26
1970	2.5	6.25
1971	2.49	6.23
1972	2.38	6.2
1973	2.23	6.16
1974	2.13	6.11
1975	1.98	6.07
1976	1.86	6.02
1977	1.75	5.96
1978	1.77	5.88
1979	1.75	5.79
1980	1.72	5.71
1981	1.7	5.65
1982	1.71	5.59
1983	1.66	5.56
1984	1.66	5.51
1985	1.68	5.47
1986	1.71	5.42
1987	1.74	5.36
1988	1.84	5.3
1989	1.89	5.24
1990	1.93	5.18
1991	1.92	5.11
1992	1.88	5.03
1993	1.86	4.96
1994	1.87	4.87
1995	1.87	4.78
1996	1.89	4.73
1997	1.86	4.68
1998	1.81	4.63
1999	1.85	4.59
2000	1.85	4.53
2001	1.78	4.47
2002	1.75	4.42
2003	1.8	4.36
2004	1.83	4.28
2005	1.84	4.22
2006	1.9	4.15
2007	1.9	4.08
2008	1.96	4.01
2009	1.98	3.94
2010	1.95	3.88
2011	1.88	3.82
2012	1.85	3.75
2013	1.78	3.68
2014	1.75	3.63
2015	1.72	3.56
2016	1.71	3.5
2017	1.62	3.43
2018	1.56	3.38
2019	1.53	3.32
2020	1.48	3.27
2021	1.55	3.22
2022	1.41	3.17
2023	1.4	3.1

Norway and Papua New Guinea demographics compared

Median age

Norway

Papua New Guinea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Norway	Papua New Guinea
1960	34.3	18.5
1961	34.4	18.4
1962	34.4	18.3
1963	34.3	18.1
1964	34.2	18
1965	34.1	17.9
1966	33.9	17.8
1967	33.7	17.6
1968	33.5	17.5
1969	33.2	17.4
1970	32.9	17.3
1971	32.7	17.2
1972	32.5	17.1
1973	32.4	17.2
1974	32.4	17.2
1975	32.5	17.3
1976	32.6	17.4
1977	32.7	17.5
1978	32.9	17.7
1979	33.1	17.8
1980	33.3	18
1981	33.6	18.1
1982	33.9	18.2
1983	34.1	18.3
1984	34.4	18.3
1985	34.6	18.4
1986	34.8	18.5
1987	34.9	18.5
1988	35.1	18.6
1989	35.2	18.6
1990	35.4	18.7
1991	35.5	18.8
1992	35.7	18.9
1993	35.8	19
1994	35.9	19.1
1995	36.1	19.2
1996	36.2	19.4
1997	36.4	19.5
1998	36.5	19.6
1999	36.7	19.7
2000	36.9	19.8
2001	37.1	19.9
2002	37.3	19.9
2003	37.5	20
2004	37.7	20.2
2005	37.9	20.3
2006	38.1	20.4
2007	38.3	20.6
2008	38.4	20.7
2009	38.5	20.9
2010	38.6	21
2011	38.7	21.2
2012	38.8	21.3
2013	38.9	21.5
2014	39	21.7
2015	39.2	21.9
2016	39.3	22
2017	39.4	22.2
2018	39.6	22.4
2019	39.8	22.6
2020	40	22.8
2021	40.3	23
2022	40.4	23.2
2023	40.5	23.4
2024	40.7	23.6

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