Papua New Guinea vs Sao Tome and Principe statistics compared

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 236K in Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 176/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 371 sq mi for Sao Tome and Principe (ranked 54th vs. 172nd).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 189/197 ($764M). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while Sao Tome and Principe ranks 138/197 ($3,245).

Papua New Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP

Papua New Guinea

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	GDP
	Papua New Guinea	Sao Tome
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	$37,211,826
1971	$717,750,278	$37,288,845
1972	$858,761,926	$41,430,257
1973	$1,299,079,410	$56,011,245
1974	$1,467,417,672	$57,817,591
1975	$1,356,603,608	$60,101,710
1976	$1,511,843,235	$52,039,421
1977	$1,640,746,619	$49,207,692
1978	$1,947,878,831	$55,044,563
1979	$2,293,760,511	$65,755,928
1980	$2,545,808,456	$81,662,231
1981	$2,498,190,847	$83,499,264
1982	$2,368,719,683	$80,307,763
1983	$2,562,351,551	$75,110,289
1984	$2,552,662,617	$78,213,796
1985	$2,423,339,172	$82,733,069
1986	$2,647,995,602	$115,928,907
1987	$3,143,851,794	$115,952,925
1988	$3,656,177,881	$99,000,764
1989	$3,546,472,566	$98,545,367
1990	$3,219,729,083	$119,297,933
1991	$3,787,394,958	$107,484,143
1992	$4,377,980,510	$94,861,781
1993	$4,974,550,286	$125,742,229
1994	$5,502,786,070	$131,338,415
1995	$4,636,057,476	$103,695,237
1996	$5,155,311,077	$135,188,166
1997	$4,936,615,299	$91,920,274
1998	$3,789,443,015	$72,285,404
1999	$3,477,038,204	$77,302,212
2000	$3,521,339,699	$76,198,395
2001	$3,081,024,212	$75,951,133
2002	$2,999,511,040	$85,171,074
2003	$3,536,411,824	$102,085,769
2004	$3,927,157,867	$114,582,284
2005	$4,865,892,972	$136,450,662
2006	$8,354,911,041	$142,775,104
2007	$9,545,028,944	$149,146,919
2008	$11,670,892,801	$188,021,165
2009	$11,619,456,449	$200,668,065
2010	$14,250,786,675	$190,021,192
2011	$17,985,138,066	$226,455,001
2012	$21,295,168,666	$229,371,348
2013	$21,261,338,065	$267,041,748
2014	$23,210,823,987	$293,119,143
2015	$21,723,437,010	$259,999,643
2016	$20,758,876,953	$292,267,272
2017	$22,742,699,138	$322,002,845
2018	$24,109,780,708	$383,717,328
2019	$24,750,626,030	$412,976,083
2020	$23,848,447,850	$471,229,485
2021	$26,109,413,521	$524,402,456
2022	$31,653,185,953	$540,809,499
2023	$30,816,367,067	$678,976,265
2024	$32,538,480,024	$764,274,043

Papua New Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe economies compared

GDP per capita

Papua New Guinea

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Papua New Guinea	Sao Tome
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	$479
1971	$279.7	$470
1972	$327	$511
1973	$483	$676
1974	$533	$683
1975	$482	$693
1976	$525	$585
1977	$558	$539
1978	$648	$587
1979	$748	$683
1980	$813	$829
1981	$781	$830
1982	$726	$783
1983	$769	$720
1984	$750	$735
1985	$697	$761
1986	$745	$1,043
1987	$865	$1,018
1988	$985	$847
1989	$934	$821
1990	$826	$970
1991	$942	$855
1992	$1,051	$740
1993	$1,151	$964
1994	$1,228	$990
1995	$998	$769
1996	$1,071	$987
1997	$990	$662
1998	$733	$514
1999	$650	$543
2000	$636	$529
2001	$538	$519
2002	$506	$568
2003	$577	$664
2004	$621	$727
2005	$744	$844
2006	$1,238	$862
2007	$1,371	$879
2008	$1,625	$1,082
2009	$1,569	$1,128
2010	$1,867	$1,045
2011	$2,288	$1,220
2012	$2,635	$1,211
2013	$2,561	$1,383
2014	$2,723	$1,490
2015	$2,485	$1,298
2016	$2,316	$1,435
2017	$2,478	$1,556
2018	$2,566	$1,826
2019	$2,576	$1,935
2020	$2,430	$2,167
2021	$2,608	$2,363
2022	$3,102	$2,390
2023	$2,966	$2,941
2024	$3,076	$3,245

Papua New Guinea vs. Sao Tome and Principe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Papua New Guinea

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Papua New Guinea	Sao Tome
1950	39.4	39.1
1951	35.5	39.1
1952	40.7	39.1
1953	41.3	39.1
1954	42	39.2
1955	42.6	39.3
1956	43.3	39.5
1957	43.9	40.1
1958	44.6	41
1959	45.1	42.1
1960	45.8	43.6
1961	46.4	45.2
1962	46.7	46.8
1963	47.7	48.4
1964	48.3	49.7
1965	48.9	51.1
1966	49.6	52.3
1967	50.2	53.4
1968	50.9	54.5
1969	51.5	55.4
1970	52.1	56.3
1971	52.6	57
1972	53.3	57.4
1973	53.9	57.9
1974	54.4	58.3
1975	55	58.6
1976	55.5	58.8
1977	56	59
1978	56.5	59.1
1979	57	59.3
1980	57.4	59.4
1981	57.8	59.4
1982	58.1	59.5
1983	58.3	59.7
1984	58.6	59.9
1985	58.8	60.1
1986	59	57.6
1987	59.2	60.7
1988	59.4	60.8
1989	59.6	59.7
1990	59.8	60.7
1991	59.9	60.8
1992	60.3	60.7
1993	60.5	60.6
1994	60.7	60.6
1995	60.9	60.5
1996	61.1	60.6
1997	61.3	60.6
1998	60.4	60.8
1999	61.5	61
2000	61.6	61.2
2001	61.6	61.5
2002	61.6	61.8
2003	61.7	62.2
2004	61.8	62.6
2005	61.9	62.4
2006	62	63
2007	62.2	63.3
2008	62.5	63.4
2009	62.8	63.7
2010	63.1	63.9
2011	63.4	64.1
2012	63.6	64.5
2013	63.9	64.9
2014	64.2	65.5
2015	64.5	66
2016	64.7	66.6
2017	64.9	67.1
2018	65.1	67.6
2019	65.3	68
2020	65.1	68
2021	64.4	68
2022	65.3	69.2
2023	66.1	69.7
2024	66.3	69.9
2025	66.4	70.1

Papua New Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe population clocks and comparison

Population

Papua New Guinea

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Population
	Papua New Guinea	Sao Tome
1960	1,995,110	68,012
1961	2,046,127	68,707
1962	2,093,919	69,403
1963	2,141,376	70,112
1964	2,188,325	70,865
1965	2,235,820	71,680
1966	2,285,774	72,576
1967	2,337,532	73,596
1968	2,390,803	74,765
1969	2,446,927	76,083
1970	2,505,628	77,626
1971	2,566,421	79,330
1972	2,628,432	81,041
1973	2,690,629	82,798
1974	2,752,671	84,672
1975	2,814,820	86,708
1976	2,877,327	88,922
1977	2,940,327	91,301
1978	3,003,714	93,794
1979	3,067,341	96,252
1980	3,131,512	98,544
1981	3,197,019	100,615
1982	3,264,291	102,508
1983	3,333,633	104,380
1984	3,405,198	106,394
1985	3,478,936	108,658
1986	3,554,793	111,150
1987	3,632,543	113,919
1988	3,711,880	116,939
1989	3,796,078	119,979
1990	3,896,481	122,980
1991	4,021,837	125,697
1992	4,166,699	128,110
1993	4,320,872	130,467
1994	4,480,208	132,732
1995	4,644,278	134,895
1996	4,813,361	136,962
1997	4,987,883	138,922
1998	5,166,390	140,751
1999	5,349,333	142,442
2000	5,537,064	144,018
2001	5,728,435	146,375
2002	5,924,003	149,922
2003	6,123,997	153,814
2004	6,328,041	157,705
2005	6,535,905	161,639
2006	6,747,720	165,638
2007	6,963,345	169,700
2008	7,183,002	173,793
2009	7,406,438	177,853
2010	7,633,523	181,802
2011	7,859,346	185,649
2012	8,081,390	189,439
2013	8,302,698	193,148
2014	8,523,441	196,767
2015	8,743,246	200,291
2016	8,961,718	203,689
2017	9,178,714	206,970
2018	9,394,513	210,187
2019	9,609,010	213,392
2020	9,815,746	217,435
2021	10,012,896	221,961
2022	10,203,169	226,305
2023	10,389,635	230,871
2024	10,576,502	235,536

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe

Fertility rate

Papua New Guinea

Sao Tome and Principe

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Year	Fertility rate
	Papua New Guinea	Sao Tome
1960	6.02	6.24
1961	6.07	6.26
1962	6.14	6.28
1963	6.15	6.31
1964	6.19	6.33
1965	6.2	6.35
1966	6.23	6.37
1967	6.24	6.39
1968	6.25	6.42
1969	6.26	6.44
1970	6.25	6.47
1971	6.23	6.49
1972	6.2	6.51
1973	6.16	6.53
1974	6.11	6.53
1975	6.07	6.53
1976	6.02	6.52
1977	5.96	6.5
1978	5.88	6.47
1979	5.79	6.43
1980	5.71	6.39
1981	5.65	6.33
1982	5.59	6.28
1983	5.56	6.22
1984	5.51	6.16
1985	5.47	6.1
1986	5.42	6.05
1987	5.36	5.99
1988	5.3	5.94
1989	5.24	5.88
1990	5.18	5.83
1991	5.11	5.77
1992	5.03	5.7
1993	4.96	5.64
1994	4.87	5.56
1995	4.78	5.55
1996	4.73	5.47
1997	4.68	5.4
1998	4.63	5.3
1999	4.59	5.23
2000	4.53	5.16
2001	4.47	5.1
2002	4.42	5.06
2003	4.36	5.01
2004	4.28	4.96
2005	4.22	4.94
2006	4.15	4.93
2007	4.08	4.96
2008	4.01	4.91
2009	3.94	4.84
2010	3.88	4.77
2011	3.82	4.72
2012	3.75	4.66
2013	3.68	4.58
2014	3.63	4.49
2015	3.56	4.35
2016	3.5	4.2
2017	3.43	4.07
2018	3.38	3.98
2019	3.32	3.9
2020	3.27	3.83
2021	3.22	3.76
2022	3.17	3.7
2023	3.1	3.64

Papua New Guinea and Sao Tome and Principe demographics compared

Median age

Papua New Guinea

Sao Tome and Principe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Papua New Guinea	Sao Tome
1960	18.5	24.2
1961	18.4	24.3
1962	18.3	24.1
1963	18.1	23.5
1964	18	22.4
1965	17.9	21
1966	17.8	19.5
1967	17.6	18.5
1968	17.5	17.7
1969	17.4	17.2
1970	17.3	16.9
1971	17.2	16.9
1972	17.1	17
1973	17.2	17
1974	17.2	17.1
1975	17.3	17.1
1976	17.4	17.1
1977	17.5	17.2
1978	17.7	17.2
1979	17.8	17.3
1980	18	17.3
1981	18.1	17.4
1982	18.2	17.4
1983	18.3	17.4
1984	18.3	17.4
1985	18.4	17.4
1986	18.5	17.4
1987	18.5	17.4
1988	18.6	17.4
1989	18.6	17.4
1990	18.7	17.4
1991	18.8	17.3
1992	18.9	17.3
1993	19	17.2
1994	19.1	17.2
1995	19.2	17.3
1996	19.4	17.3
1997	19.5	17.4
1998	19.6	17.5
1999	19.7	17.7
2000	19.8	17.9
2001	19.9	18
2002	19.9	18.1
2003	20	18.3
2004	20.2	18.4
2005	20.3	18.5
2006	20.4	18.6
2007	20.6	18.7
2008	20.7	18.7
2009	20.9	18.7
2010	21	18.8
2011	21.2	18.9
2012	21.3	18.9
2013	21.5	18.9
2014	21.7	18.9
2015	21.9	19
2016	22	19
2017	22.2	19.1
2018	22.4	19.3
2019	22.6	19.4
2020	22.8	19.5
2021	23	19.7
2022	23.2	19.9
2023	23.4	20.1
2024	23.6	20.3

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