Papua New Guinea vs Samoa statistics compared

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 218K in Samoa (ranked 177/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 1,073 sq mi for Samoa (ranked 54th vs. 168th).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and Samoa ranks 187/197 ($1.07B). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while Samoa ranks 120/197 ($4,899).

Papua New Guinea and Samoa: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and Samoa economies compared

GDP

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Table

Year	GDP
	Papua New Guinea	Samoa
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	$45,208,338
1971	$717,750,278	$53,719,569
1972	$858,761,926	$62,566,116
1973	$1,299,079,410	$82,452,985
1974	$1,467,417,672	$93,549,611
1975	$1,356,603,608	$93,489,283
1976	$1,511,843,235	$85,003,078
1977	$1,640,746,619	$98,295,671
1978	$1,947,878,831	$108,223,444
1979	$2,293,760,511	$122,257,393
1980	$2,545,808,456	$125,747,038
1981	$2,498,190,847	$118,190,655
1982	$2,368,719,683	$121,221,652
1983	$2,562,351,551	$111,862,824
1984	$2,552,662,617	$109,200,934
1985	$2,423,339,172	$95,572,173
1986	$2,647,995,602	$100,947,849
1987	$3,143,851,794	$111,713,922
1988	$3,656,177,881	$133,016,065
1989	$3,546,472,566	$122,888,610
1990	$3,219,729,083	$125,766,270
1991	$3,787,394,958	$125,597,205
1992	$4,377,980,510	$132,303,041
1993	$4,974,550,286	$133,122,897
1994	$5,502,786,070	$221,098,107
1995	$4,636,057,476	$224,865,731
1996	$5,155,311,077	$249,907,869
1997	$4,936,615,299	$285,475,592
1998	$3,789,443,015	$269,485,244
1999	$3,477,038,204	$255,408,060
2000	$3,521,339,699	$258,856,140
2001	$3,081,024,212	$266,299,591
2002	$2,999,511,040	$281,790,134
2003	$3,536,411,824	$333,426,188
2004	$3,927,157,867	$407,747,565
2005	$4,865,892,972	$476,801,793
2006	$8,354,911,041	$499,923,758
2007	$9,545,028,944	$573,548,460
2008	$11,670,892,801	$641,346,192
2009	$11,619,456,449	$628,006,115
2010	$14,250,786,675	$680,260,907
2011	$17,985,138,066	$744,097,050
2012	$21,295,168,666	$773,141,661
2013	$21,261,338,065	$797,736,334
2014	$23,210,823,987	$796,683,520
2015	$21,723,437,010	$824,150,499
2016	$20,758,876,953	$843,924,797
2017	$22,742,699,138	$884,844,384
2018	$24,109,780,708	$878,448,433
2019	$24,750,626,030	$912,950,466
2020	$23,848,447,850	$868,898,358
2021	$26,109,413,521	$843,923,639
2022	$31,653,185,953	$832,945,206
2023	$30,816,367,067	$938,189,444
2024	$32,538,480,024	$1,068,025,244

Papua New Guinea and Samoa economies compared

GDP per capita

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Papua New Guinea	Samoa
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	$322
1971	$279.7	$377
1972	$327	$433
1973	$483	$563
1974	$533	$626
1975	$482	$610
1976	$525	$541
1977	$558	$615
1978	$648	$671
1979	$748	$751
1980	$813	$765
1981	$781	$713
1982	$726	$728
1983	$769	$671
1984	$750	$655
1985	$697	$573
1986	$745	$604
1987	$865	$666
1988	$985	$790
1989	$934	$728
1990	$826	$744
1991	$942	$742
1992	$1,051	$777
1993	$1,151	$775
1994	$1,228	$1,277
1995	$998	$1,288
1996	$1,071	$1,419
1997	$990	$1,608
1998	$733	$1,506
1999	$650	$1,417
2000	$636	$1,425
2001	$538	$1,454
2002	$506	$1,528
2003	$577	$1,798
2004	$621	$2,189
2005	$744	$2,550
2006	$1,238	$2,663
2007	$1,371	$3,039
2008	$1,625	$3,374
2009	$1,569	$3,279
2010	$1,867	$3,524
2011	$2,288	$3,822
2012	$2,635	$3,935
2013	$2,561	$4,024
2014	$2,723	$3,983
2015	$2,485	$4,084
2016	$2,316	$4,147
2017	$2,478	$4,308
2018	$2,566	$4,232
2019	$2,576	$4,352
2020	$2,430	$4,100
2021	$2,608	$3,948
2022	$3,102	$3,869
2023	$2,966	$4,330
2024	$3,076	$4,899

Papua New Guinea vs. Samoa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Papua New Guinea	Samoa
1950	39.4	49.2
1951	35.5	49.8
1952	40.7	50.4
1953	41.3	51
1954	42	51.6
1955	42.6	52.2
1956	43.3	52.8
1957	43.9	53.4
1958	44.6	54
1959	45.1	54.6
1960	45.8	55.2
1961	46.4	55.7
1962	46.7	56.3
1963	47.7	56.9
1964	48.3	54
1965	48.9	57.9
1966	49.6	58.2
1967	50.2	58.9
1968	50.9	59.4
1969	51.5	59.9
1970	52.1	60.4
1971	52.6	60.9
1972	53.3	61.4
1973	53.9	61.9
1974	54.4	62.3
1975	55	62.8
1976	55.5	63.3
1977	56	63.7
1978	56.5	64.1
1979	57	64.5
1980	57.4	65
1981	57.8	65.3
1982	58.1	65.6
1983	58.3	66
1984	58.6	66.3
1985	58.8	66.6
1986	59	66.8
1987	59.2	67
1988	59.4	67.3
1989	59.6	67.6
1990	59.8	67.8
1991	59.9	68
1992	60.3	68.5
1993	60.5	68.8
1994	60.7	69.2
1995	60.9	69.5
1996	61.1	69.8
1997	61.3	70
1998	60.4	70.3
1999	61.5	70.6
2000	61.6	70.8
2001	61.6	71
2002	61.6	71.2
2003	61.7	71.4
2004	61.8	71.5
2005	61.9	71.5
2006	62	71.6
2007	62.2	71.6
2008	62.5	71.5
2009	62.8	69.5
2010	63.1	71.5
2011	63.4	71.4
2012	63.6	71.2
2013	63.9	71.2
2014	64.2	71.1
2015	64.5	71.1
2016	64.7	71
2017	64.9	71
2018	65.1	71.1
2019	65.3	70.3
2020	65.1	70.7
2021	64.4	71.1
2022	65.3	71.6
2023	66.1	71.7
2024	66.3	71.8
2025	66.4	71.9

Papua New Guinea and Samoa population clocks and comparison

Population

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Table

Year	Population
	Papua New Guinea	Samoa
1960	1,995,110	112,490
1961	2,046,127	115,496
1962	2,093,919	118,597
1963	2,141,376	121,764
1964	2,188,325	124,894
1965	2,235,820	127,978
1966	2,285,774	131,073
1967	2,337,532	133,764
1968	2,390,803	136,020
1969	2,446,927	138,233
1970	2,505,628	140,400
1971	2,566,421	142,503
1972	2,628,432	144,538
1973	2,690,629	146,516
1974	2,752,671	149,431
1975	2,814,820	153,344
1976	2,877,327	157,113
1977	2,940,327	159,753
1978	3,003,714	161,375
1979	3,067,341	162,882
1980	3,131,512	164,322
1981	3,197,019	165,678
1982	3,264,291	166,484
1983	3,333,633	166,714
1984	3,405,198	166,796
1985	3,478,936	166,849
1986	3,554,793	167,061
1987	3,632,543	167,661
1988	3,711,880	168,346
1989	3,796,078	168,768
1990	3,896,481	169,042
1991	4,021,837	169,368
1992	4,166,699	170,331
1993	4,320,872	171,774
1994	4,480,208	173,159
1995	4,644,278	174,571
1996	4,813,361	176,071
1997	4,987,883	177,547
1998	5,166,390	178,905
1999	5,349,333	180,275
2000	5,537,064	181,685
2001	5,728,435	183,166
2002	5,924,003	184,471
2003	6,123,997	185,430
2004	6,328,041	186,249
2005	6,535,905	186,978
2006	6,747,720	187,709
2007	6,963,345	188,753
2008	7,183,002	190,107
2009	7,406,438	191,513
2010	7,633,523	193,023
2011	7,859,346	194,713
2012	8,081,390	196,498
2013	8,302,698	198,268
2014	8,523,441	200,037
2015	8,743,246	201,782
2016	8,961,718	203,499
2017	9,178,714	205,415
2018	9,394,513	207,582
2019	9,609,010	209,780
2020	9,815,746	211,944
2021	10,012,896	213,779
2022	10,203,169	215,261
2023	10,389,635	216,663
2024	10,576,502	218,019

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and Samoa

Fertility rate

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Papua New Guinea	Samoa
1960	6.02	7.78
1961	6.07	7.77
1962	6.14	7.76
1963	6.15	7.73
1964	6.19	7.7
1965	6.2	7.65
1966	6.23	7.6
1967	6.24	7.55
1968	6.25	7.5
1969	6.26	7.43
1970	6.25	7.34
1971	6.23	7.22
1972	6.2	7.07
1973	6.16	6.91
1974	6.11	6.75
1975	6.07	6.61
1976	6.02	6.47
1977	5.96	6.31
1978	5.88	6.15
1979	5.79	5.99
1980	5.71	5.86
1981	5.65	5.75
1982	5.59	5.68
1983	5.56	5.62
1984	5.51	5.55
1985	5.47	5.49
1986	5.42	5.42
1987	5.36	5.32
1988	5.3	5.21
1989	5.24	5.11
1990	5.18	5.01
1991	5.11	4.91
1992	5.03	4.87
1993	4.96	4.83
1994	4.87	4.79
1995	4.78	4.77
1996	4.73	4.74
1997	4.68	4.7
1998	4.63	4.64
1999	4.59	4.57
2000	4.53	4.52
2001	4.47	4.48
2002	4.42	4.44
2003	4.36	4.39
2004	4.28	4.34
2005	4.22	4.32
2006	4.15	4.32
2007	4.08	4.36
2008	4.01	4.42
2009	3.94	4.47
2010	3.88	4.52
2011	3.82	4.56
2012	3.75	4.55
2013	3.68	4.49
2014	3.63	4.42
2015	3.56	4.34
2016	3.5	4.26
2017	3.43	4.2
2018	3.38	4.14
2019	3.32	4.06
2020	3.27	4
2021	3.22	3.94
2022	3.17	3.88
2023	3.1	3.83

Papua New Guinea and Samoa demographics compared

Median age

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Papua New Guinea	Samoa
1960	18.5	15
1961	18.4	14.9
1962	18.3	14.8
1963	18.1	14.6
1964	18	14.6
1965	17.9	14.5
1966	17.8	14.5
1967	17.6	14.5
1968	17.5	14.5
1969	17.4	14.5
1970	17.3	14.6
1971	17.2	14.7
1972	17.1	14.8
1973	17.2	14.9
1974	17.2	15
1975	17.3	15.3
1976	17.4	15.5
1977	17.5	15.8
1978	17.7	16
1979	17.8	16.2
1980	18	16.4
1981	18.1	16.6
1982	18.2	16.8
1983	18.3	17.1
1984	18.3	17.4
1985	18.4	17.6
1986	18.5	17.8
1987	18.5	18
1988	18.6	18.2
1989	18.6	18.3
1990	18.7	18.4
1991	18.8	18.5
1992	18.9	18.7
1993	19	19
1994	19.1	19.3
1995	19.2	19.6
1996	19.4	19.7
1997	19.5	19.8
1998	19.6	19.9
1999	19.7	19.9
2000	19.8	19.8
2001	19.9	19.7
2002	19.9	19.7
2003	20	19.9
2004	20.2	20.1
2005	20.3	20.3
2006	20.4	20.4
2007	20.6	20.6
2008	20.7	20.7
2009	20.9	20.8
2010	21	20.8
2011	21.2	20.8
2012	21.3	20.8
2013	21.5	21
2014	21.7	21.1
2015	21.9	21.2
2016	22	21.3
2017	22.2	21.4
2018	22.4	21.4
2019	22.6	21.5
2020	22.8	21.4
2021	23	21.4
2022	23.2	21.1
2023	23.4	21
2024	23.6	20.9

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