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Papua New Guinea vs Serbia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 6.59M in Serbia (ranked 109/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 32,467 sq mi for Serbia (ranked 54th vs. 111th).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and Serbia ranks 75/197 ($89.1B). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while Serbia ranks 74/197 ($13,524).

Main facts and rankings

Papua New Guinea Serbia
Population
10911445
6541064
Population rank 90/197 110/197
GDP
$32.5B
2024
$89.1B
2024
GDP rank 109/197 75/197
GDP per capita
$3,076
2024
$13,524
2024
GDP per capita rank 140/197 74/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$4,889
2024
$31,867
2024
Government debt
$17.5B
2024
$39.6B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52%
2025
44.4%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,652
2024
$6,015
2024
Government debt per person rank 123/185 74/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,561
2025
$11,469
2025
Land area
174,850 sq mi
2025
32,467 sq mi
2025
Population density
60.5 ppl/mi²
2024
202.9 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.1
2023
1.61
2023
Median age
23.6 years
2024
45.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
66.4 years
2025
77.1 years
2025

Papua New Guinea and Serbia: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and Serbia economies compared

GDP
Papua New Guinea

Serbia
Year GDP
Papua New Guinea Serbia
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 -
1989 $3,546,472,566 -
1990 $3,219,729,083 -
1991 $3,787,394,958 -
1992 $4,377,980,510 -
1993 $4,974,550,286 -
1994 $5,502,786,070 -
1995 $4,636,057,476 $17,921,892,655
1996 $5,155,311,077 $23,277,430,168
1997 $4,936,615,299 $27,153,408,995
1998 $3,789,443,015 $21,004,077,441
1999 $3,477,038,204 $20,878,694,851
2000 $3,521,339,699 $7,326,373,882
2001 $3,081,024,212 $13,599,378,662
2002 $2,999,511,040 $17,930,583,571
2003 $3,536,411,824 $23,593,044,418
2004 $3,927,157,867 $26,845,632,342
2005 $4,865,892,972 $28,334,256,181
2006 $8,354,911,041 $33,298,057,362
2007 $9,545,028,944 $44,888,028,946
2008 $11,670,892,801 $54,220,641,202
2009 $11,619,456,449 $46,955,984,410
2010 $14,250,786,675 $43,536,629,233
2011 $17,985,138,066 $51,251,098,408
2012 $21,295,168,666 $45,103,269,969
2013 $21,261,338,065 $50,455,529,604
2014 $23,210,823,987 $49,114,321,280
2015 $21,723,437,010 $41,297,410,635
2016 $20,758,876,953 $42,225,495,910
2017 $22,742,699,138 $45,972,834,714
2018 $24,109,780,708 $52,787,520,249
2019 $24,750,626,030 $53,864,693,665
2020 $23,848,447,850 $55,874,017,669
2021 $26,109,413,521 $66,159,884,073
2022 $31,653,185,953 $66,797,564,758
2023 $30,816,367,067 $81,342,660,752
2024 $32,538,480,024 $89,083,506,277

Papua New Guinea and Serbia economies compared

GDP per capita
Papua New Guinea

Serbia
Year GDP per capita
Papua New Guinea Serbia
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 -
1989 $934 -
1990 $826 -
1991 $942 -
1992 $1,051 -
1993 $1,151 -
1994 $1,228 -
1995 $998 $2,349
1996 $1,071 $3,054
1997 $990 $3,574
1998 $733 $2,775
1999 $650 $2,769
2000 $636 $975
2001 $538 $1,812
2002 $506 $2,391
2003 $577 $3,154
2004 $621 $3,597
2005 $744 $3,808
2006 $1,238 $4,493
2007 $1,371 $6,081
2008 $1,625 $7,377
2009 $1,569 $6,414
2010 $1,867 $5,971
2011 $2,288 $7,082
2012 $2,635 $6,263
2013 $2,561 $7,040
2014 $2,723 $6,887
2015 $2,485 $5,820
2016 $2,316 $5,982
2017 $2,478 $6,548
2018 $2,566 $7,560
2019 $2,576 $7,756
2020 $2,430 $8,099
2021 $2,608 $9,681
2022 $3,102 $10,023
2023 $2,966 $12,282
2024 $3,076 $13,524

Papua New Guinea vs. Serbia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Papua New Guinea

Serbia
Year Life expectancy, years
Papua New Guinea Serbia
1950 39.4 55.1
1951 35.5 55.6
1952 40.7 57.4
1953 41.3 59.8
1954 42 60.7
1955 42.6 61.3
1956 43.3 61.9
1957 43.9 63.2
1958 44.6 64.3
1959 45.1 65.2
1960 45.8 65.7
1961 46.4 66.3
1962 46.7 67
1963 47.7 67.4
1964 48.3 68
1965 48.9 68.7
1966 49.6 69.4
1967 50.2 70.1
1968 50.9 70.1
1969 51.5 70
1970 52.1 69.7
1971 52.6 69.7
1972 53.3 70
1973 53.9 70.5
1974 54.4 71.1
1975 55 71.6
1976 55.5 71.9
1977 56 71.8
1978 56.5 71.4
1979 57 71.2
1980 57.4 71.1
1981 57.8 71.1
1982 58.1 71
1983 58.3 71.1
1984 58.6 71.2
1985 58.8 71.4
1986 59 71.6
1987 59.2 71.9
1988 59.4 72
1989 59.6 72.3
1990 59.8 72.2
1991 59.9 71.9
1992 60.3 71.6
1993 60.5 71.9
1994 60.7 72.3
1995 60.9 72.7
1996 61.1 72.9
1997 61.3 72.9
1998 60.4 72.3
1999 61.5 70
2000 61.6 72.3
2001 61.6 72.3
2002 61.6 72.6
2003 61.7 72.7
2004 61.8 72.9
2005 61.9 73.1
2006 62 73.4
2007 62.2 73.7
2008 62.5 73.9
2009 62.8 74.1
2010 63.1 74.4
2011 63.4 74.7
2012 63.6 75.1
2013 63.9 75.3
2014 64.2 75.5
2015 64.5 75.7
2016 64.7 75.7
2017 64.9 75.8
2018 65.1 76
2019 65.3 76.1
2020 65.1 74.5
2021 64.4 72.9
2022 65.3 75.5
2023 66.1 76.8
2024 66.3 76.9
2025 66.4 77.1

Papua New Guinea and Serbia population clocks and comparison

Population
Papua New Guinea

Serbia
Year Population
Papua New Guinea Serbia
1960 1,995,110 6,638,992
1961 2,046,127 6,689,077
1962 2,093,919 6,740,264
1963 2,141,376 6,787,950
1964 2,188,325 6,832,855
1965 2,235,820 6,876,624
1966 2,285,774 6,927,969
1967 2,337,532 6,966,522
1968 2,390,803 7,007,586
1969 2,446,927 7,123,249
1970 2,505,628 7,164,993
1971 2,566,421 7,211,716
1972 2,628,432 7,252,012
1973 2,690,629 7,283,902
1974 2,752,671 7,326,043
1975 2,814,820 7,368,717
1976 2,877,327 7,418,973
1977 2,940,327 7,462,783
1978 3,003,714 7,504,017
1979 3,067,341 7,541,997
1980 3,131,512 7,709,544
1981 3,197,019 7,736,787
1982 3,264,291 7,763,335
1983 3,333,633 7,788,100
1984 3,405,198 7,813,549
1985 3,478,936 7,835,902
1986 3,554,793 7,853,824
1987 3,632,543 7,868,027
1988 3,711,880 7,884,218
1989 3,796,078 7,893,787
1990 3,896,481 7,897,937
1991 4,021,837 7,595,636
1992 4,166,699 7,604,063
1993 4,320,872 7,614,328
1994 4,480,208 7,622,711
1995 4,644,278 7,628,264
1996 4,813,361 7,622,185
1997 4,987,883 7,598,538
1998 5,166,390 7,567,745
1999 5,349,333 7,540,401
2000 5,537,064 7,516,346
2001 5,728,435 7,503,433
2002 5,924,003 7,500,031
2003 6,123,997 7,480,591
2004 6,328,041 7,463,157
2005 6,535,905 7,440,769
2006 6,747,720 7,411,569
2007 6,963,345 7,381,579
2008 7,183,002 7,350,222
2009 7,406,438 7,320,807
2010 7,633,523 7,291,436
2011 7,859,346 7,236,519
2012 8,081,390 7,201,497
2013 8,302,698 7,166,553
2014 8,523,441 7,131,787
2015 8,743,246 7,095,383
2016 8,961,718 7,058,322
2017 9,178,714 7,020,858
2018 9,394,513 6,982,604
2019 9,609,010 6,945,235
2020 9,815,746 6,899,126
2021 10,012,896 6,834,326
2022 10,203,169 6,664,449
2023 10,389,635 6,623,183
2024 10,576,502 6,587,202

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and Serbia

Fertility rate
Papua New Guinea

Serbia
Year Fertility rate
Papua New Guinea Serbia
1960 6.02 2.15
1961 6.07 2.13
1962 6.14 2.11
1963 6.15 2.08
1964 6.19 2.07
1965 6.2 2.06
1966 6.23 2.04
1967 6.24 2.02
1968 6.25 2.01
1969 6.26 1.99
1970 6.25 1.97
1971 6.23 1.96
1972 6.2 1.95
1973 6.16 1.94
1974 6.11 1.93
1975 6.07 1.92
1976 6.02 1.91
1977 5.96 1.9
1978 5.88 1.89
1979 5.79 1.88
1980 5.71 1.86
1981 5.65 1.85
1982 5.59 1.84
1983 5.56 1.83
1984 5.51 1.81
1985 5.47 1.8
1986 5.42 1.78
1987 5.36 1.75
1988 5.3 1.72
1989 5.24 1.69
1990 5.18 1.65
1991 5.11 1.61
1992 5.03 1.57
1993 4.96 1.54
1994 4.87 1.51
1995 4.78 1.47
1996 4.73 1.44
1997 4.68 1.4
1998 4.63 1.37
1999 4.59 1.35
2000 4.53 1.48
2001 4.47 1.58
2002 4.42 1.57
2003 4.36 1.59
2004 4.28 1.57
2005 4.22 1.45
2006 4.15 1.43
2007 4.08 1.38
2008 4.01 1.4
2009 3.94 1.44
2010 3.88 1.4
2011 3.82 1.4
2012 3.75 1.45
2013 3.68 1.43
2014 3.63 1.46
2015 3.56 1.46
2016 3.5 1.46
2017 3.43 1.49
2018 3.38 1.49
2019 3.32 1.52
2020 3.27 1.48
2021 3.22 1.52
2022 3.17 1.59
2023 3.1 1.61

Papua New Guinea and Serbia demographics compared

Median age
Papua New Guinea

Serbia
Year Median age, years
Papua New Guinea Serbia
1960 18.5 28.7
1961 18.4 29.1
1962 18.3 29.4
1963 18.1 29.8
1964 18 30.2
1965 17.9 30.5
1966 17.8 30.8
1967 17.6 31.1
1968 17.5 31.4
1969 17.4 31.7
1970 17.3 32
1971 17.2 32.2
1972 17.1 32.5
1973 17.2 32.7
1974 17.2 32.8
1975 17.3 33
1976 17.4 33.2
1977 17.5 33.4
1978 17.7 33.5
1979 17.8 33.7
1980 18 33.8
1981 18.1 33.9
1982 18.2 34.1
1983 18.3 34.4
1984 18.3 34.7
1985 18.4 35
1986 18.5 35.4
1987 18.5 35.7
1988 18.6 36.1
1989 18.6 36.5
1990 18.7 36.8
1991 18.8 37.1
1992 18.9 37.5
1993 19 37.8
1994 19.1 38.2
1995 19.2 38.5
1996 19.4 38.9
1997 19.5 39.2
1998 19.6 39.5
1999 19.7 39.8
2000 19.8 40.1
2001 19.9 40.3
2002 19.9 40.5
2003 20 40.7
2004 20.2 40.9
2005 20.3 41.1
2006 20.4 41.3
2007 20.6 41.5
2008 20.7 41.7
2009 20.9 41.9
2010 21 42.1
2011 21.2 42.4
2012 21.3 42.6
2013 21.5 42.8
2014 21.7 43
2015 21.9 43.3
2016 22 43.5
2017 22.2 43.7
2018 22.4 44
2019 22.6 44.2
2020 22.8 44.4
2021 23 44.5
2022 23.2 44.7
2023 23.4 44.9
2024 23.6 45.1

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Finance

Papua New Guinea Serbia
GNI, Atlas method
$31.1B
2024
$76.2B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
21.5%
2025
43.4%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
0.78%
2023
3.4%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.31%
2023
2.85%
2023
Armed forces personnel
4,000
2020
32,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.61%
2025
-2.77%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.69%
2022
7.24%
2024
Services, % of GDP
41.5%
2024
58.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
37.2%
2024
23.3%
2024
Economic freedom index
52.5
2025
64.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
31%
2009
24.7%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
1.9%
2009
2.4%
2022
Listed domestic companies
6
2016
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$1.68B
2017
$4.06B
2011
Total reserves including gold
$3.9B
2023
$30.5B
2024
Personal remittances received
$3.87M
2024
$5.68B
2024
International tourist arrivals
39,000
2020
446,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
0.04%
2018
5.58%
2020
Banked people share n/a
83.3%
2024

Energy

Papua New Guinea Serbia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
2,378 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$12.1
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
5.95 megatons
2023
n/a
CO2 emissions per capita
0.57 tons
2023
n/a
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
83%
2022
Renewable energy use share
54.6%
2022
27.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
7.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
42.6%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
5,090 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
40%
2021
35%
2021
Hydroelectric share
35.3%
2021
32.7%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
20.5%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Papua New Guinea Serbia
% of world population
0.13%
2024
0.08%
2024
Annual migration change
-707
2024
-8,132
2024
Urban population
13.9%
2024
57.4%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.35 ft
2025
5.93 ft
2025
Average female height
5.15 ft
2025
5.52 ft
2025
Quality of life index
38.9
2025
62.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
31
2024
35
2024
Higher education index
29
2025
82
2025
Homicides per 100K people
9.4
2010
1.31
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
12.6
2019
7.5
2019
Visa free countries
88
2025
134
2025
Adult literacy rate
87.1%
2022
99.3%
2022
English speaking
70.4%
2023
55%
2025
People using the Internet
24.1%
2023
87.7%
2024

Health

Papua New Guinea Serbia
Government health expenditure per capita
$81.1
2022
$903
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$7.51
2022
$330
2022
Life expectancy
66.4 years
2025
77.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32.2%
2022
0.14%
2021
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.06
2021
2.84
2021
Age at first childbirth
21.9 years
2025
28.4 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
189
2023
11
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
40.3
2023
5.2
2023
Obesity rate
21.2%
2022
23.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
14.1%
2024
10.5%
2024
Air quality index
91
2025
39
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
39.6%
2022
39.5%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.13 liters
2020
7.89 liters
2019

Territory

Papua New Guinea Serbia
% of world land
0.3%
2025
0.06%
2025
Land area per capita
16,532 sq mi
2024
4,929 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5,425 sq mi
2025
13,112 sq mi
2025
Forest area
138,051 sq mi
2025
10,516 sq mi
2025
Roads length
5,809 mi
2011
28,222 mi
2024

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