Papua New Guinea vs Sierra Leone statistics compared

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 8.64M in Sierra Leone (ranked 102/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 27,869 sq mi for Sierra Leone (ranked 54th vs. 116th).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and Sierra Leone ranks 157/197 ($7.55B). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while Sierra Leone ranks 183/197 ($873).

Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP

Papua New Guinea

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP
	Papua New Guinea	Sierra Leone
1960	$230,496,037	$322,151,961
1961	$244,832,039	$327,978,758
1962	$261,184,042	$342,872,549
1963	$275,968,044	$348,700,980
1964	$305,312,049	$372,011,438
1965	$344,176,055	$359,523,810
1966	$390,992,063	$375,630,252
1967	$441,728,183	$348,895,028
1968	$485,184,190	$329,991,597
1969	$551,263,864	$408,853,541
1970	$645,568,215	$434,584,634
1971	$717,750,278	$419,495,788
1972	$858,761,926	$465,254,682
1973	$1,299,079,410	$575,471,814
1974	$1,467,417,672	$648,940,351
1975	$1,356,603,608	$679,352,876
1976	$1,511,843,235	$594,810,422
1977	$1,640,746,619	$692,079,407
1978	$1,947,878,831	$960,765,043
1979	$2,293,760,511	$1,109,343,425
1980	$2,545,808,456	$1,100,476,190
1981	$2,498,190,847	$1,114,926,661
1982	$2,368,719,683	$1,294,995,964
1983	$2,562,351,551	$995,278,515
1984	$2,552,662,617	$1,087,450,199
1985	$2,423,339,172	$856,890,459
1986	$2,647,995,602	$490,181,457
1987	$3,143,851,794	$660,106,336
1988	$3,656,177,881	$1,055,083,933
1989	$3,546,472,566	$932,974,420
1990	$3,219,729,083	$649,644,098
1991	$3,787,394,958	$779,981,987
1992	$4,377,980,510	$679,940,814
1993	$4,974,550,286	$768,867,883
1994	$5,502,786,070	$911,853,802
1995	$4,636,057,476	$870,740,292
1996	$5,155,311,077	$941,709,423
1997	$4,936,615,299	$850,232,760
1998	$3,789,443,015	$672,368,187
1999	$3,477,038,204	$669,386,624
2000	$3,521,339,699	$635,866,404
2001	$3,081,024,212	$1,681,473,894
2002	$2,999,511,040	$1,933,863,911
2003	$3,536,411,824	$2,142,618,046
2004	$3,927,157,867	$2,237,350,687
2005	$4,865,892,972	$2,545,275,313
2006	$8,354,911,041	$3,263,697,467
2007	$9,545,028,944	$3,632,957,611
2008	$11,670,892,801	$4,157,895,298
2009	$11,619,456,449	$3,953,403,098
2010	$14,250,786,675	$4,262,805,967
2011	$17,985,138,066	$4,861,632,885
2012	$21,295,168,666	$6,141,666,509
2013	$21,261,338,065	$7,502,762,863
2014	$23,210,823,987	$7,686,138,791
2015	$21,723,437,010	$6,788,352,975
2016	$20,758,876,953	$6,084,297,211
2017	$22,742,699,138	$5,749,846,528
2018	$24,109,780,708	$6,390,514,689
2019	$24,750,626,030	$6,526,183,564
2020	$23,848,447,850	$6,693,888,876
2021	$26,109,413,521	$7,173,379,137
2022	$31,653,185,953	$7,124,465,160
2023	$30,816,367,067	$6,411,787,856
2024	$32,538,480,024	$7,547,843,281

Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone economies compared

GDP per capita

Papua New Guinea

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Papua New Guinea	Sierra Leone
1960	$115.5	$142
1961	$119.7	$142.3
1962	$124.7	$146.4
1963	$128.9	$146.4
1964	$139.5	$153.4
1965	$153.9	$145.6
1966	$171.1	$149.4
1967	$189	$136.2
1968	$202.9	$126.4
1969	$225.3	$153.6
1970	$257.6	$160.2
1971	$279.7	$151.8
1972	$327	$165.3
1973	$483	$200.7
1974	$533	$222.2
1975	$482	$228.4
1976	$525	$196.4
1977	$558	$224.3
1978	$648	$305
1979	$748	$346
1980	$813	$336
1981	$781	$334
1982	$726	$380
1983	$769	$285.9
1984	$750	$306
1985	$697	$235.5
1986	$745	$131.5
1987	$865	$172.4
1988	$985	$268.2
1989	$934	$231.3
1990	$826	$154.8
1991	$942	$183.7
1992	$1,051	$163.2
1993	$1,151	$185
1994	$1,228	$218.5
1995	$998	$208.4
1996	$1,071	$224.3
1997	$990	$199.9
1998	$733	$156.5
1999	$650	$155
2000	$636	$143.7
2001	$538	$358
2002	$506	$389
2003	$577	$414
2004	$621	$418
2005	$744	$463
2006	$1,238	$580
2007	$1,371	$632
2008	$1,625	$705
2009	$1,569	$653
2010	$1,867	$685
2011	$2,288	$761
2012	$2,635	$938
2013	$2,561	$1,117
2014	$2,723	$1,118
2015	$2,485	$965
2016	$2,316	$844
2017	$2,478	$779
2018	$2,566	$846
2019	$2,576	$844
2020	$2,430	$846
2021	$2,608	$886
2022	$3,102	$861
2023	$2,966	$758
2024	$3,076	$873

Papua New Guinea vs. Sierra Leone life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Papua New Guinea

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Papua New Guinea	Sierra Leone
1950	39.4	28.9
1951	35.5	29.3
1952	40.7	29.7
1953	41.3	30.1
1954	42	30.5
1955	42.6	30.9
1956	43.3	31.3
1957	43.9	31.8
1958	44.6	32.1
1959	45.1	32.6
1960	45.8	33.1
1961	46.4	33.6
1962	46.7	34.2
1963	47.7	34.7
1964	48.3	35.3
1965	48.9	35.9
1966	49.6	36.6
1967	50.2	37.3
1968	50.9	37.8
1969	51.5	38.2
1970	52.1	38.6
1971	52.6	39.1
1972	53.3	39.5
1973	53.9	40
1974	54.4	40.4
1975	55	41
1976	55.5	41.4
1977	56	41.8
1978	56.5	42.2
1979	57	42.5
1980	57.4	42.8
1981	57.8	43.1
1982	58.1	43.3
1983	58.3	43.5
1984	58.6	43.6
1985	58.8	43.6
1986	59	43.5
1987	59.2	43.7
1988	59.4	43.8
1989	59.6	43.7
1990	59.8	43.7
1991	59.9	43.3
1992	60.3	43.5
1993	60.5	43.4
1994	60.7	42.8
1995	60.9	42.6
1996	61.1	43.5
1997	61.3	43.6
1998	60.4	42.7
1999	61.5	42
2000	61.6	44.8
2001	61.6	45.4
2002	61.6	46.2
2003	61.7	46.8
2004	61.8	47.5
2005	61.9	48.3
2006	62	49.5
2007	62.2	50
2008	62.5	50.7
2009	62.8	51.3
2010	63.1	51.9
2011	63.4	52.6
2012	63.6	53.2
2013	63.9	54.1
2014	64.2	54.3
2015	64.5	55.5
2016	64.7	56.9
2017	64.9	57.8
2018	65.1	59.1
2019	65.3	59.6
2020	65.1	59.7
2021	64.4	60.3
2022	65.3	61.3
2023	66.1	61.8
2024	66.3	62
2025	66.4	62.2

Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone population clocks and comparison

Population

Papua New Guinea

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Population
	Papua New Guinea	Sierra Leone
1960	1,995,110	2,268,356
1961	2,046,127	2,304,227
1962	2,093,919	2,342,242
1963	2,141,376	2,382,258
1964	2,188,325	2,424,390
1965	2,235,820	2,468,666
1966	2,285,774	2,514,638
1967	2,337,532	2,562,384
1968	2,390,803	2,611,532
1969	2,446,927	2,661,365
1970	2,505,628	2,712,286
1971	2,566,421	2,763,222
1972	2,628,432	2,814,388
1973	2,690,629	2,866,955
1974	2,752,671	2,920,459
1975	2,814,820	2,974,657
1976	2,877,327	3,028,820
1977	2,940,327	3,085,354
1978	3,003,714	3,145,517
1979	3,067,341	3,207,499
1980	3,131,512	3,272,089
1981	3,197,019	3,338,940
1982	3,264,291	3,408,183
1983	3,333,633	3,481,646
1984	3,405,198	3,558,758
1985	3,478,936	3,638,438
1986	3,554,793	3,728,380
1987	3,632,543	3,829,718
1988	3,711,880	3,934,517
1989	3,796,078	4,034,037
1990	3,896,481	4,196,828
1991	4,021,837	4,246,267
1992	4,166,699	4,166,366
1993	4,320,872	4,157,130
1994	4,480,208	4,173,105
1995	4,644,278	4,179,179
1996	4,813,361	4,199,210
1997	4,987,883	4,253,716
1998	5,166,390	4,295,785
1999	5,349,333	4,318,043
2000	5,537,064	4,423,611
2001	5,728,435	4,692,716
2002	5,924,003	4,971,435
2003	6,123,997	5,177,687
2004	6,328,041	5,355,717
2005	6,535,905	5,501,712
2006	6,747,720	5,624,466
2007	6,963,345	5,749,352
2008	7,183,002	5,894,722
2009	7,406,438	6,055,646
2010	7,633,523	6,222,714
2011	7,859,346	6,387,251
2012	8,081,390	6,551,080
2013	8,302,698	6,714,051
2014	8,523,441	6,876,385
2015	8,743,246	7,037,655
2016	8,961,718	7,205,328
2017	9,178,714	7,379,299
2018	9,394,513	7,554,563
2019	9,609,010	7,731,991
2020	9,815,746	7,912,558
2021	10,012,896	8,094,602
2022	10,203,169	8,276,807
2023	10,389,635	8,460,512
2024	10,576,502	8,642,022

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate

Papua New Guinea

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Papua New Guinea	Sierra Leone
1960	6.02	6.18
1961	6.07	6.21
1962	6.14	6.22
1963	6.15	6.26
1964	6.19	6.29
1965	6.2	6.31
1966	6.23	6.35
1967	6.24	6.38
1968	6.25	6.39
1969	6.26	6.39
1970	6.25	6.41
1971	6.23	6.43
1972	6.2	6.45
1973	6.16	6.47
1974	6.11	6.53
1975	6.07	6.55
1976	6.02	6.55
1977	5.96	6.57
1978	5.88	6.59
1979	5.79	6.58
1980	5.71	6.56
1981	5.65	6.55
1982	5.59	6.56
1983	5.56	6.57
1984	5.51	6.59
1985	5.47	6.59
1986	5.42	6.6
1987	5.36	6.61
1988	5.3	6.59
1989	5.24	6.57
1990	5.18	6.57
1991	5.11	6.55
1992	5.03	6.56
1993	4.96	6.57
1994	4.87	6.56
1995	4.78	6.56
1996	4.73	6.55
1997	4.68	6.53
1998	4.63	6.5
1999	4.59	6.42
2000	4.53	6.36
2001	4.47	6.31
2002	4.42	6.23
2003	4.36	6.09
2004	4.28	5.92
2005	4.22	5.81
2006	4.15	5.74
2007	4.08	5.64
2008	4.01	5.56
2009	3.94	5.45
2010	3.88	5.33
2011	3.82	5.21
2012	3.75	5.06
2013	3.68	4.87
2014	3.63	4.7
2015	3.56	4.55
2016	3.5	4.47
2017	3.43	4.39
2018	3.38	4.29
2019	3.32	4.19
2020	3.27	4.08
2021	3.22	3.98
2022	3.17	3.88
2023	3.1	3.79

Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone demographics compared

Median age

Papua New Guinea

Sierra Leone

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Papua New Guinea	Sierra Leone
1960	18.5	21.1
1961	18.4	21.1
1962	18.3	21.1
1963	18.1	21
1964	18	21
1965	17.9	20.9
1966	17.8	20.9
1967	17.6	20.8
1968	17.5	20.7
1969	17.4	20.6
1970	17.3	20.4
1971	17.2	20.2
1972	17.1	20.1
1973	17.2	19.9
1974	17.2	19.8
1975	17.3	19.6
1976	17.4	19.5
1977	17.5	19.4
1978	17.7	19.3
1979	17.8	19.2
1980	18	19.1
1981	18.1	19.1
1982	18.2	19
1983	18.3	18.9
1984	18.3	18.9
1985	18.4	18.8
1986	18.5	18.7
1987	18.5	18.7
1988	18.6	18.6
1989	18.6	18.6
1990	18.7	18.5
1991	18.8	18.5
1992	18.9	18.4
1993	19	18.4
1994	19.1	18.3
1995	19.2	18.2
1996	19.4	18.2
1997	19.5	18.1
1998	19.6	18.1
1999	19.7	18
2000	19.8	18
2001	19.9	18
2002	19.9	17.9
2003	20	17.9
2004	20.2	17.9
2005	20.3	18
2006	20.4	18
2007	20.6	18
2008	20.7	18.1
2009	20.9	18.1
2010	21	18.2
2011	21.2	18.3
2012	21.3	18.4
2013	21.5	18.5
2014	21.7	18.6
2015	21.9	18.7
2016	22	18.9
2017	22.2	19.1
2018	22.4	19.2
2019	22.6	19.4
2020	22.8	19.6
2021	23	19.8
2022	23.2	20
2023	23.4	20.3
2024	23.6	20.5

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