Papua New Guinea vs Singapore statistics compared

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 6.04M in Singapore (ranked 113/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 277.2 sq mi for Singapore (ranked 54th vs. 177th).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and Singapore ranks 27/197 ($547B). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while Singapore ranks 7/197 ($90,674).

Papua New Guinea and Singapore: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and Singapore economies compared

GDP

Papua New Guinea

Singapore

Table

Year	GDP
	Papua New Guinea	Singapore
1960	$230,496,037	$704,751,700
1961	$244,832,039	$764,629,788
1962	$261,184,042	$826,239,212
1963	$275,968,044	$917,608,012
1964	$305,312,049	$894,153,311
1965	$344,176,055	$974,644,096
1966	$390,992,063	$1,096,425,608
1967	$441,728,183	$1,238,035,816
1968	$485,184,190	$1,425,706,091
1969	$551,263,864	$1,659,893,768
1970	$645,568,215	$1,920,574,150
1971	$717,750,278	$2,263,785,444
1972	$858,761,926	$2,721,440,981
1973	$1,299,079,410	$3,696,213,333
1974	$1,467,417,672	$5,221,534,956
1975	$1,356,603,608	$5,633,673,930
1976	$1,511,843,235	$6,327,077,974
1977	$1,640,746,619	$6,618,585,074
1978	$1,947,878,831	$7,517,176,355
1979	$2,293,760,511	$9,296,921,724
1980	$2,545,808,456	$11,896,256,783
1981	$2,498,190,847	$14,175,228,844
1982	$2,368,719,683	$16,084,252,378
1983	$2,562,351,551	$17,784,112,150
1984	$2,552,662,617	$19,749,361,098
1985	$2,423,339,172	$19,156,532,746
1986	$2,647,995,602	$18,586,746,057
1987	$3,143,851,794	$20,919,215,578
1988	$3,656,177,881	$25,371,462,488
1989	$3,546,472,566	$30,465,364,739
1990	$3,219,729,083	$36,144,336,769
1991	$3,787,394,958	$45,466,164,978
1992	$4,377,980,510	$52,131,320,033
1993	$4,974,550,286	$60,603,815,716
1994	$5,502,786,070	$73,688,724,431
1995	$4,636,057,476	$87,812,540,788
1996	$5,155,311,077	$96,293,086,513
1997	$4,936,615,299	$100,123,787,215
1998	$3,789,443,015	$85,728,207,782
1999	$3,477,038,204	$86,286,849,755
2000	$3,521,339,699	$96,076,539,926
2001	$3,081,024,212	$89,793,790,670
2002	$2,999,511,040	$92,538,372,870
2003	$3,536,411,824	$97,646,401,096
2004	$3,927,157,867	$115,033,593,101
2005	$4,865,892,972	$127,807,848,728
2006	$8,354,911,041	$148,627,286,361
2007	$9,545,028,944	$180,941,701,358
2008	$11,670,892,801	$193,617,323,539
2009	$11,619,456,449	$194,150,283,772
2010	$14,250,786,675	$239,807,980,591
2011	$17,985,138,066	$279,356,499,090
2012	$21,295,168,666	$295,092,888,077
2013	$21,261,338,065	$307,576,360,585
2014	$23,210,823,987	$314,863,580,758
2015	$21,723,437,010	$307,998,545,269
2016	$20,758,876,953	$319,646,468,521
2017	$22,742,699,138	$343,673,334,902
2018	$24,109,780,708	$377,123,710,561
2019	$24,750,626,030	$376,161,998,830
2020	$23,848,447,850	$349,165,858,545
2021	$26,109,413,521	$436,591,382,250
2022	$31,653,185,953	$509,017,841,147
2023	$30,816,367,067	$505,439,514,078
2024	$32,538,480,024	$547,386,645,892

Papua New Guinea and Singapore economies compared

GDP per capita

Papua New Guinea

Singapore

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Papua New Guinea	Singapore
1960	$115.5	$428
1961	$119.7	$449
1962	$124.7	$472
1963	$128.9	$511
1964	$139.5	$486
1965	$153.9	$517
1966	$171.1	$567
1967	$189	$626
1968	$202.9	$709
1969	$225.3	$813
1970	$257.6	$926
1971	$279.7	$1,071
1972	$327	$1,264
1973	$483	$1,685
1974	$533	$2,342
1975	$482	$2,490
1976	$525	$2,759
1977	$558	$2,846
1978	$648	$3,194
1979	$748	$3,901
1980	$813	$4,928
1981	$781	$5,597
1982	$726	$6,078
1983	$769	$6,633
1984	$750	$7,228
1985	$697	$7,002
1986	$745	$6,800
1987	$865	$7,539
1988	$985	$8,914
1989	$934	$10,395
1990	$826	$11,862
1991	$942	$14,502
1992	$1,051	$16,136
1993	$1,151	$18,290
1994	$1,228	$21,552
1995	$998	$24,915
1996	$1,071	$26,233
1997	$990	$26,376
1998	$733	$21,829
1999	$650	$21,797
2000	$636	$23,853
2001	$538	$21,700
2002	$506	$22,160
2003	$577	$23,730
2004	$621	$27,608
2005	$744	$29,961
2006	$1,238	$33,768
2007	$1,371	$39,433
2008	$1,625	$40,009
2009	$1,569	$38,927
2010	$1,867	$47,237
2011	$2,288	$53,891
2012	$2,635	$55,548
2013	$2,561	$56,967
2014	$2,723	$57,565
2015	$2,485	$55,646
2016	$2,316	$57,006
2017	$2,478	$61,236
2018	$2,566	$66,882
2019	$2,576	$65,952
2020	$2,430	$61,410
2021	$2,608	$80,056
2022	$3,102	$90,299
2023	$2,966	$85,412
2024	$3,076	$90,674

Papua New Guinea vs. Singapore life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Papua New Guinea

Singapore

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Papua New Guinea	Singapore
1950	39.4	54.1
1951	35.5	55.3
1952	40.7	56.4
1953	41.3	57.5
1954	42	59.4
1955	42.6	61.2
1956	43.3	62.6
1957	43.9	63.4
1958	44.6	64
1959	45.1	64.8
1960	45.8	65.3
1961	46.4	65.7
1962	46.7	66.1
1963	47.7	66.5
1964	48.3	66.7
1965	48.9	66.9
1966	49.6	67.2
1967	50.2	67.3
1968	50.9	67.7
1969	51.5	68.1
1970	52.1	68.5
1971	52.6	68.8
1972	53.3	69
1973	53.9	69.4
1974	54.4	69.7
1975	55	70.2
1976	55.5	70.6
1977	56	70.9
1978	56.5	71.2
1979	57	71.4
1980	57.4	71.5
1981	57.8	71.7
1982	58.1	72
1983	58.3	72.4
1984	58.6	72.6
1985	58.8	73.1
1986	59	73.6
1987	59.2	74
1988	59.4	74
1989	59.6	74.3
1990	59.8	74.6
1991	59.9	75.1
1992	60.3	75.3
1993	60.5	75.5
1994	60.7	75.6
1995	60.9	75.7
1996	61.1	76.1
1997	61.3	76.4
1998	60.4	76.9
1999	61.5	77.3
2000	61.6	77.8
2001	61.6	78.3
2002	61.6	78.7
2003	61.7	79.2
2004	61.8	79.7
2005	61.9	80.3
2006	62	80.6
2007	62.2	80.9
2008	62.5	81.1
2009	62.8	81.4
2010	63.1	81.6
2011	63.4	81.9
2012	63.6	82.2
2013	63.9	82.5
2014	64.2	82.6
2015	64.5	82.7
2016	64.7	82.9
2017	64.9	83.1
2018	65.1	83.4
2019	65.3	83.7
2020	65.1	83.7
2021	64.4	83.5
2022	65.3	82.9
2023	66.1	83.7
2024	66.3	83.9
2025	66.4	84

Papua New Guinea and Singapore population clocks and comparison

Population

Papua New Guinea

Singapore

Table

Year	Population
	Papua New Guinea	Singapore
1960	1,995,110	1,646,400
1961	2,046,127	1,702,400
1962	2,093,919	1,750,200
1963	2,141,376	1,795,000
1964	2,188,325	1,841,600
1965	2,235,820	1,886,900
1966	2,285,774	1,934,400
1967	2,337,532	1,977,600
1968	2,390,803	2,012,000
1969	2,446,927	2,042,500
1970	2,505,628	2,074,507
1971	2,566,421	2,112,900
1972	2,628,432	2,152,400
1973	2,690,629	2,193,000
1974	2,752,671	2,229,800
1975	2,814,820	2,262,600
1976	2,877,327	2,293,300
1977	2,940,327	2,325,300
1978	3,003,714	2,353,600
1979	3,067,341	2,383,500
1980	3,131,512	2,413,945
1981	3,197,019	2,532,835
1982	3,264,291	2,646,466
1983	3,333,633	2,681,061
1984	3,405,198	2,732,221
1985	3,478,936	2,735,957
1986	3,554,793	2,733,373
1987	3,632,543	2,774,789
1988	3,711,880	2,846,108
1989	3,796,078	2,930,901
1990	3,896,481	3,047,132
1991	4,021,837	3,135,083
1992	4,166,699	3,230,698
1993	4,320,872	3,313,471
1994	4,480,208	3,419,048
1995	4,644,278	3,524,506
1996	4,813,361	3,670,704
1997	4,987,883	3,796,038
1998	5,166,390	3,927,213
1999	5,349,333	3,958,723
2000	5,537,064	4,027,887
2001	5,728,435	4,138,012
2002	5,924,003	4,175,950
2003	6,123,997	4,114,826
2004	6,328,041	4,166,664
2005	6,535,905	4,265,762
2006	6,747,720	4,401,365
2007	6,963,345	4,588,599
2008	7,183,002	4,839,396
2009	7,406,438	4,987,573
2010	7,633,523	5,076,732
2011	7,859,346	5,183,688
2012	8,081,390	5,312,437
2013	8,302,698	5,399,162
2014	8,523,441	5,469,724
2015	8,743,246	5,535,002
2016	8,961,718	5,607,283
2017	9,178,714	5,612,253
2018	9,394,513	5,638,676
2019	9,609,010	5,703,569
2020	9,815,746	5,685,807
2021	10,012,896	5,453,566
2022	10,203,169	5,637,022
2023	10,389,635	5,917,648
2024	10,576,502	6,036,860

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and Singapore

Fertility rate

Papua New Guinea

Singapore

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Papua New Guinea	Singapore
1960	6.02	5.76
1961	6.07	5.41
1962	6.14	5.21
1963	6.15	5.16
1964	6.19	4.97
1965	6.2	4.66
1966	6.23	4.46
1967	6.24	3.91
1968	6.25	3.53
1969	6.26	3.22
1970	6.25	3.07
1971	6.23	3.02
1972	6.2	3.04
1973	6.16	2.79
1974	6.11	2.35
1975	6.07	2.07
1976	6.02	2.11
1977	5.96	1.82
1978	5.88	1.79
1979	5.79	1.79
1980	5.71	1.82
1981	5.65	1.78
1982	5.59	1.74
1983	5.56	1.61
1984	5.51	1.62
1985	5.47	1.61
1986	5.42	1.43
1987	5.36	1.62
1988	5.3	1.96
1989	5.24	1.75
1990	5.18	1.83
1991	5.11	1.73
1992	5.03	1.72
1993	4.96	1.74
1994	4.87	1.71
1995	4.78	1.67
1996	4.73	1.66
1997	4.68	1.61
1998	4.63	1.48
1999	4.59	1.47
2000	4.53	1.6
2001	4.47	1.41
2002	4.42	1.37
2003	4.36	1.27
2004	4.28	1.26
2005	4.22	1.26
2006	4.15	1.28
2007	4.08	1.29
2008	4.01	1.28
2009	3.94	1.22
2010	3.88	1.15
2011	3.82	1.2
2012	3.75	1.29
2013	3.68	1.19
2014	3.63	1.25
2015	3.56	1.24
2016	3.5	1.2
2017	3.43	1.16
2018	3.38	1.14
2019	3.32	1.14
2020	3.27	1.1
2021	3.22	1.12
2022	3.17	1.04
2023	3.1	0.97

Papua New Guinea and Singapore demographics compared

Median age

Papua New Guinea

Singapore

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Papua New Guinea	Singapore
1960	18.5	18.2
1961	18.4	18.1
1962	18.3	18
1963	18.1	18
1964	18	18.1
1965	17.9	18.2
1966	17.8	18.4
1967	17.6	18.6
1968	17.5	18.9
1969	17.4	19.3
1970	17.3	19.7
1971	17.2	20.1
1972	17.1	20.6
1973	17.2	21
1974	17.2	21.5
1975	17.3	22
1976	17.4	22.6
1977	17.5	23.1
1978	17.7	23.6
1979	17.8	24.2
1980	18	24.7
1981	18.1	25.3
1982	18.2	25.9
1983	18.3	26.4
1984	18.3	26.9
1985	18.4	27.3
1986	18.5	27.8
1987	18.5	28.3
1988	18.6	28.7
1989	18.6	29.1
1990	18.7	29.5
1991	18.8	29.8
1992	18.9	30.1
1993	19	30.4
1994	19.1	30.7
1995	19.2	31
1996	19.4	31.2
1997	19.5	31.4
1998	19.6	31.6
1999	19.7	31.9
2000	19.8	32.2
2001	19.9	32.5
2002	19.9	32.7
2003	20	33
2004	20.2	33.3
2005	20.3	33.5
2006	20.4	33.6
2007	20.6	33.6
2008	20.7	33.5
2009	20.9	33.6
2010	21	33.7
2011	21.2	33.9
2012	21.3	34
2013	21.5	34.1
2014	21.7	34.2
2015	21.9	34.4
2016	22	34.5
2017	22.2	34.8
2018	22.4	35
2019	22.6	35.2
2020	22.8	35.5
2021	23	35.8
2022	23.2	35.9
2023	23.4	36.2
2024	23.6	36.8

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