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Papua New Guinea vs Russia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 144M in Russia (ranked 9/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 6,323,145 sq mi for Russia (ranked 54th vs. 1st).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and Russia ranks 11/197 ($2.17T). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while Russia ranks 69/197 ($15,145).

Main facts and rankings

Papua New Guinea Russia
Population
10911445
142718132
Population rank 90/197 9/197
GDP
$32.5B
2024
$2.17T
2024
GDP rank 109/197 11/197
GDP per capita
$3,076
2024
$15,145
2024
GDP per capita rank 140/197 69/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$4,889
2024
$47,405
2024
Government debt
$17.5B
2024
$441B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52%
2025
21.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,652
2024
$3,075
2024
Government debt per person rank 123/185 98/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,561
2025
$9,262
2025
Land area
174,850 sq mi
2025
6,323,145 sq mi
2025
Population density
60.5 ppl/mi²
2024
22.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.1
2023
1.41
2023
Median age
23.6 years
2024
40.9 years
2024
Life expectancy
66.4 years
2025
73.5 years
2025

Papua New Guinea and Russia: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and Russia economies compared

GDP
Papua New Guinea

Russia
Year GDP
Papua New Guinea Russia
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 $2,545,808,456 -
1981 $2,498,190,847 -
1982 $2,368,719,683 -
1983 $2,562,351,551 -
1984 $2,552,662,617 -
1985 $2,423,339,172 -
1986 $2,647,995,602 -
1987 $3,143,851,794 -
1988 $3,656,177,881 $554,828,660,436
1989 $3,546,472,566 $506,631,299,735
1990 $3,219,729,083 $517,014,446,228
1991 $3,787,394,958 $517,962,962,963
1992 $4,377,980,510 $460,290,556,901
1993 $4,974,550,286 $435,083,713,851
1994 $5,502,786,070 $395,077,301,248
1995 $4,636,057,476 $395,537,185,735
1996 $5,155,311,077 $391,724,890,744
1997 $4,936,615,299 $404,928,954,192
1998 $3,789,443,015 $270,955,486,862
1999 $3,477,038,204 $195,907,128,351
2000 $3,521,339,699 $259,710,142,197
2001 $3,081,024,212 $306,602,070,621
2002 $2,999,511,040 $345,470,494,418
2003 $3,536,411,824 $430,347,420,185
2004 $3,927,157,867 $591,016,690,732
2005 $4,865,892,972 $764,015,973,481
2006 $8,354,911,041 $989,932,071,353
2007 $9,545,028,944 $1,299,703,478,482
2008 $11,670,892,801 $1,660,848,058,303
2009 $11,619,456,449 $1,222,645,900,056
2010 $14,250,786,675 $1,524,916,715,224
2011 $17,985,138,066 $2,045,922,753,398
2012 $21,295,168,666 $2,208,293,553,878
2013 $21,261,338,065 $2,292,470,078,346
2014 $23,210,823,987 $2,059,241,589,895
2015 $21,723,437,010 $1,363,482,182,198
2016 $20,758,876,953 $1,276,786,350,881
2017 $22,742,699,138 $1,574,199,360,089
2018 $24,109,780,708 $1,657,328,773,461
2019 $24,750,626,030 $1,693,115,002,708
2020 $23,848,447,850 $1,493,075,894,362
2021 $26,109,413,521 $1,829,186,719,575
2022 $31,653,185,953 $2,291,612,121,335
2023 $30,816,367,067 $2,071,505,725,031
2024 $32,538,480,024 $2,173,835,806,672

Papua New Guinea and Russia economies compared

GDP per capita
Papua New Guinea

Russia
Year GDP per capita
Papua New Guinea Russia
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 $813 -
1981 $781 -
1982 $726 -
1983 $769 -
1984 $750 -
1985 $697 -
1986 $745 -
1987 $865 -
1988 $985 $3,778
1989 $934 $3,430
1990 $826 $3,494
1991 $942 $3,490
1992 $1,051 $3,099
1993 $1,151 $2,931
1994 $1,228 $2,662
1995 $998 $2,666
1996 $1,071 $2,644
1997 $990 $2,738
1998 $733 $1,835
1999 $650 $1,331
2000 $636 $1,772
2001 $538 $2,100
2002 $506 $2,378
2003 $577 $2,975
2004 $621 $4,102
2005 $744 $5,323
2006 $1,238 $6,920
2007 $1,371 $9,101
2008 $1,625 $11,635
2009 $1,569 $8,563
2010 $1,867 $10,675
2011 $2,288 $14,305
2012 $2,635 $15,402
2013 $2,561 $15,941
2014 $2,723 $14,277
2015 $2,485 $9,427
2016 $2,316 $8,804
2017 $2,478 $10,835
2018 $2,566 $11,399
2019 $2,576 $11,640
2020 $2,430 $10,280
2021 $2,608 $12,637
2022 $3,102 $15,888
2023 $2,966 $14,403
2024 $3,076 $15,145

Papua New Guinea vs. Russia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Papua New Guinea

Russia
Year Life expectancy, years
Papua New Guinea Russia
1950 39.4 55.5
1951 35.5 55.3
1952 40.7 57.6
1953 41.3 58.8
1954 42 59.9
1955 42.6 62.1
1956 43.3 66.5
1957 43.9 66
1958 44.6 67.7
1959 45.1 67.4
1960 45.8 68.3
1961 46.4 68.6
1962 46.7 68.5
1963 47.7 69.1
1964 48.3 69.5
1965 48.9 69.3
1966 49.6 69.4
1967 50.2 69.2
1968 50.9 69.1
1969 51.5 68.6
1970 52.1 68.7
1971 52.6 68.9
1972 53.3 68.8
1973 53.9 68.9
1974 54.4 68.7
1975 55 68.3
1976 55.5 68.1
1977 56 67.9
1978 56.5 67.8
1979 57 67.6
1980 57.4 67.5
1981 57.8 67.6
1982 58.1 68.1
1983 58.3 68
1984 58.6 67.6
1985 58.8 68.3
1986 59 70
1987 59.2 70.1
1988 59.4 69.9
1989 59.6 69.7
1990 59.8 69.3
1991 59.9 69
1992 60.3 67.8
1993 60.5 65
1994 60.7 63.8
1995 60.9 64
1996 61.1 65.4
1997 61.3 66.6
1998 60.4 66.9
1999 61.5 65.6
2000 61.6 65
2001 61.6 65
2002 61.6 64.7
2003 61.7 64.7
2004 61.8 65.1
2005 61.9 65.2
2006 62 66.5
2007 62.2 67.5
2008 62.5 67.9
2009 62.8 68.7
2010 63.1 68.2
2011 63.4 69.7
2012 63.6 70.1
2013 63.9 70.6
2014 64.2 70.8
2015 64.5 71.3
2016 64.7 71.9
2017 64.9 72.8
2018 65.1 72.9
2019 65.3 73.1
2020 65.1 71.2
2021 64.4 69.8
2022 65.3 72.5
2023 66.1 73.2
2024 66.3 73.3
2025 66.4 73.5

Papua New Guinea and Russia population clocks and comparison

Population
Papua New Guinea

Russia
Year Population
Papua New Guinea Russia
1960 1,995,110 119,897,000
1961 2,046,127 121,236,000
1962 2,093,919 122,591,000
1963 2,141,376 123,960,000
1964 2,188,325 125,345,000
1965 2,235,820 126,745,000
1966 2,285,774 127,468,000
1967 2,337,532 128,196,000
1968 2,390,803 128,928,000
1969 2,446,927 129,664,000
1970 2,505,628 130,404,000
1971 2,566,421 131,155,000
1972 2,628,432 131,909,000
1973 2,690,629 132,669,000
1974 2,752,671 133,432,000
1975 2,814,820 134,200,000
1976 2,877,327 135,147,000
1977 2,940,327 136,100,000
1978 3,003,714 137,060,000
1979 3,067,341 138,027,000
1980 3,131,512 139,010,000
1981 3,197,019 139,941,000
1982 3,264,291 140,823,000
1983 3,333,633 141,668,000
1984 3,405,198 142,745,000
1985 3,478,936 143,858,000
1986 3,554,793 144,894,000
1987 3,632,543 145,908,000
1988 3,711,880 146,857,000
1989 3,796,078 147,721,000
1990 3,896,481 147,969,406
1991 4,021,837 148,394,216
1992 4,166,699 148,538,197
1993 4,320,872 148,458,777
1994 4,480,208 148,407,912
1995 4,644,278 148,375,787
1996 4,813,361 148,160,129
1997 4,987,883 147,915,361
1998 5,166,390 147,670,784
1999 5,349,333 147,214,776
2000 5,537,064 146,596,869
2001 5,728,435 145,976,482
2002 5,924,003 145,306,497
2003 6,123,997 144,648,618
2004 6,328,041 144,067,316
2005 6,535,905 143,518,814
2006 6,747,720 143,049,637
2007 6,963,345 142,805,114
2008 7,183,002 142,742,366
2009 7,406,438 142,785,348
2010 7,633,523 142,849,468
2011 7,859,346 143,018,195
2012 8,081,390 143,378,447
2013 8,302,698 143,805,638
2014 8,523,441 144,237,223
2015 8,743,246 144,640,716
2016 8,961,718 145,015,460
2017 9,178,714 145,293,260
2018 9,394,513 145,398,106
2019 9,609,010 145,453,291
2020 9,815,746 145,245,148
2021 10,012,896 144,746,762
2022 10,203,169 144,236,933
2023 10,389,635 143,826,130
2024 10,576,502 143,533,851

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and Russia

Fertility rate
Papua New Guinea

Russia
Year Fertility rate
Papua New Guinea Russia
1960 6.02 2.52
1961 6.07 2.45
1962 6.14 2.36
1963 6.15 2.27
1964 6.19 2.18
1965 6.2 2.13
1966 6.23 2.1
1967 6.24 2.04
1968 6.25 1.99
1969 6.26 1.97
1970 6.25 1.99
1971 6.23 2.03
1972 6.2 2.04
1973 6.16 2.01
1974 6.11 2
1975 6.07 1.98
1976 6.02 1.97
1977 5.96 1.95
1978 5.88 1.92
1979 5.79 1.9
1980 5.71 1.89
1981 5.65 1.91
1982 5.59 2.04
1983 5.56 2.11
1984 5.51 2.06
1985 5.47 2.05
1986 5.42 2.15
1987 5.36 2.22
1988 5.3 2.12
1989 5.24 2.01
1990 5.18 1.89
1991 5.11 1.73
1992 5.03 1.55
1993 4.96 1.39
1994 4.87 1.4
1995 4.78 1.34
1996 4.73 1.27
1997 4.68 1.22
1998 4.63 1.23
1999 4.59 1.16
2000 4.53 1.2
2001 4.47 1.22
2002 4.42 1.29
2003 4.36 1.32
2004 4.28 1.34
2005 4.22 1.29
2006 4.15 1.31
2007 4.08 1.42
2008 4.01 1.5
2009 3.94 1.54
2010 3.88 1.57
2011 3.82 1.58
2012 3.75 1.69
2013 3.68 1.71
2014 3.63 1.75
2015 3.56 1.78
2016 3.5 1.76
2017 3.43 1.62
2018 3.38 1.58
2019 3.32 1.5
2020 3.27 1.51
2021 3.22 1.51
2022 3.17 1.42
2023 3.1 1.41

Papua New Guinea and Russia demographics compared

Median age
Papua New Guinea

Russia
Year Median age, years
Papua New Guinea Russia
1960 18.5 27.1
1961 18.4 27.4
1962 18.3 27.7
1963 18.1 28.1
1964 18 28.3
1965 17.9 28.6
1966 17.8 28.9
1967 17.6 29.2
1968 17.5 29.8
1969 17.4 30.3
1970 17.3 30.7
1971 17.2 31
1972 17.1 31.1
1973 17.2 31.1
1974 17.2 30.9
1975 17.3 30.7
1976 17.4 30.6
1977 17.5 30.9
1978 17.7 31
1979 17.8 31.1
1980 18 31.3
1981 18.1 31.4
1982 18.2 31.6
1983 18.3 31.7
1984 18.3 31.8
1985 18.4 32
1986 18.5 32.2
1987 18.5 32.4
1988 18.6 32.6
1989 18.6 32.9
1990 18.7 33.2
1991 18.8 33.6
1992 18.9 33.9
1993 19 34.4
1994 19.1 34.7
1995 19.2 35
1996 19.4 35.3
1997 19.5 35.7
1998 19.6 36
1999 19.7 36.3
2000 19.8 36.6
2001 19.9 36.8
2002 19.9 36.9
2003 20 37
2004 20.2 37.2
2005 20.3 37.4
2006 20.4 37.6
2007 20.6 37.7
2008 20.7 37.8
2009 20.9 37.9
2010 21 38
2011 21.2 38.1
2012 21.3 38.3
2013 21.5 38.4
2014 21.7 38.6
2015 21.9 38.7
2016 22 38.8
2017 22.2 39
2018 22.4 39.2
2019 22.6 39.4
2020 22.8 39.7
2021 23 39.9
2022 23.2 40.1
2023 23.4 40.5
2024 23.6 40.9

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Papua New Guinea Russia
GNI, Atlas method
$31.1B
2024
$2.24T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
21.5%
2025
37.6%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
0.78%
2023
4.16%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.31%
2023
5.86%
2023
Armed forces personnel
4,000
2020
1,454,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.61%
2025
-1.01%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.69%
2022
2.43%
2024
Services, % of GDP
41.5%
2024
57.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
37.2%
2024
30.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
52.5
2025
51.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
31%
2009
25.1%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
1.9%
2009
3.1%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
381,726
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.34%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
140
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0001%
2025
Listed domestic companies
6
2016
194
2023
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$1.68B
2017
$650B
2023
Total reserves including gold
$3.9B
2023
$597B
2023
Personal remittances received
$3.87M
2024
$1.91B
2024
International tourist arrivals
39,000
2020
6,359,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
0.04%
2018
1.3%
2020
Banked people share n/a
79.3%
2024

Energy

Papua New Guinea Russia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
5,601 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$7.43
2022
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
5.95 megatons
2023
2,070 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.57 tons
2023
14.4 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
89.5%
2022
Renewable energy use share
54.6%
2022
3.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
9.45%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-75.1%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
7,184 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
40%
2021
19.2%
2021
Hydroelectric share
35.3%
2021
17.3%
2022
Nuclear share
0%
2021
19.4%
2022
Electricity access
20.5%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Papua New Guinea Russia
% of world population
0.13%
2024
1.76%
2024
Annual migration change
-707
2024
-178,042
2024
Urban population
13.9%
2024
75.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.35 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.15 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
38.9
2025
48.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
31
2024
22
2024
Higher education index
29
2025
84
2025
Homicides per 100K people
9.4
2010
6.8
2021
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
12.6
2019
12
2019
Visa free countries
88
2025
125
2025
Adult literacy rate
87.1%
2022
99.9%
2021
English speaking
70.4%
2023
4.84%
2023
People using the Internet
24.1%
2023
94.4%
2024

Health

Papua New Guinea Russia
Government health expenditure per capita
$81.1
2022
$1,078
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$7.51
2022
$298.7
2022
Life expectancy
66.4 years
2025
73.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32.2%
2022
0.05%
2008
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.06
2021
3.83
2020
Age at first childbirth
21.9 years
2025
25.2 years
2013
Maternal mortality per 100K births
189
2023
9
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
40.3
2023
4.5
2023
Obesity rate
21.2%
2022
24.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
14.1%
2024
5.9%
2024
Air quality index
91
2025
69
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
39.6%
2022
29.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.13 liters
2020
10.5 liters
2020

Territory

Papua New Guinea Russia
% of world land
0.3%
2025
11%
2025
Land area per capita
16,532 sq mi
2024
44,053 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5,425 sq mi
2025
832,826 sq mi
2025
Forest area
138,051 sq mi
2025
3,147,937 sq mi
2025
Roads length
5,809 mi
2011
981,326 mi
2023

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