Papua New Guinea vs Somalia statistics compared

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 54th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Papua New Guinea and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Papua New Guinea

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Papua New Guinea	Somalia
1960	$230,496,037	$180,459,937
1961	$244,832,039	$191,659,914
1962	$261,184,042	$203,531,928
1963	$275,968,044	$216,145,936
1964	$305,312,049	$229,529,913
1965	$344,176,055	$243,725,898
1966	$390,992,063	$257,375,897
1967	$441,728,183	$271,781,887
1968	$485,184,190	$286,719,885
1969	$551,263,864	$306,357,285
1970	$645,568,215	$347,985,394
1971	$717,750,278	$347,039,446
1972	$858,761,926	$447,883,941
1973	$1,299,079,410	$483,699,611
1974	$1,467,417,672	$572,504,036
1975	$1,356,603,608	$757,015,879
1976	$1,511,843,235	$871,344,245
1977	$1,640,746,619	$498,550,725
1978	$1,947,878,831	$564,571,823
1979	$2,293,760,511	$589,566,929
1980	$2,545,808,456	$602,515,548
1981	$2,498,190,847	$699,302,473
1982	$2,368,719,683	$774,578,932
1983	$2,562,351,551	$735,408,642
1984	$2,552,662,617	$787,434,542
1985	$2,423,339,172	$875,702,247
1986	$2,647,995,602	$916,590,786
1987	$3,143,851,794	$1,018,972,664
1988	$3,656,177,881	$1,051,596,967
1989	$3,546,472,566	$1,181,360,844
1990	$3,219,729,083	$1,031,282,081
1991	$3,787,394,958	$717,974,930
1992	$4,377,980,510	$709,297,579
1993	$4,974,550,286	$1,260,132,956
1994	$5,502,786,070	$1,481,205,098
1995	$4,636,057,476	$1,534,756,135
1996	$5,155,311,077	$1,792,234,297
1997	$4,936,615,299	$2,191,749,014
1998	$3,789,443,015	$2,962,047,564
1999	$3,477,038,204	$3,045,751,528
2000	$3,521,339,699	$3,412,797,450
2001	$3,081,024,212	$2,252,847,465
2002	$2,999,511,040	$2,192,684,135
2003	$3,536,411,824	$2,836,724,352
2004	$3,927,157,867	$3,859,592,813
2005	$4,865,892,972	$4,683,246,454
2006	$8,354,911,041	$5,026,743,282
2007	$9,545,028,944	$5,430,713,729
2008	$11,670,892,801	$5,913,620,293
2009	$11,619,456,449	$2,948,594,552
2010	$14,250,786,675	$2,687,807,004
2011	$17,985,138,066	$2,906,000,097
2012	$21,295,168,666	$4,364,670,160
2013	$21,261,338,065	$5,062,881,600
2014	$23,210,823,987	$5,728,399,720
2015	$21,723,437,010	$6,152,149,100
2016	$20,758,876,953	$6,613,743,070
2017	$22,742,699,138	$7,621,501,710
2018	$24,109,780,708	$7,873,440,830
2019	$24,750,626,030	$8,655,023,960
2020	$23,848,447,850	$8,628,393,720
2021	$26,109,413,521	$9,483,997,390
2022	$31,653,185,953	$10,202,767,270
2023	$30,816,367,067	$10,968,517,090
2024	$32,538,480,024	$12,108,515,110

Papua New Guinea and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Papua New Guinea

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Papua New Guinea	Somalia
1960	$115.5	$62.7
1961	$119.7	$64.9
1962	$124.7	$67.2
1963	$128.9	$69.5
1964	$139.5	$71.9
1965	$153.9	$74.4
1966	$171.1	$76.5
1967	$189	$78.7
1968	$202.9	$80.8
1969	$225.3	$84.1
1970	$257.6	$93.1
1971	$279.7	$90.4
1972	$327	$113.7
1973	$483	$119.6
1974	$533	$137.9
1975	$482	$177.8
1976	$525	$199.6
1977	$558	$111.2
1978	$648	$117.3
1979	$748	$108.2
1980	$813	$101.5
1981	$781	$116.9
1982	$726	$129
1983	$769	$118.6
1984	$750	$122.5
1985	$697	$130.8
1986	$745	$131.4
1987	$865	$141
1988	$985	$145.3
1989	$934	$166
1990	$826	$145.6
1991	$942	$105.4
1992	$1,051	$109.2
1993	$1,151	$188.6
1994	$1,228	$210.8
1995	$998	$210.7
1996	$1,071	$237.2
1997	$990	$280.1
1998	$733	$363
1999	$650	$359
2000	$636	$386
2001	$538	$244.9
2002	$506	$229.6
2003	$577	$286.3
2004	$621	$375
2005	$744	$440
2006	$1,238	$458
2007	$1,371	$480
2008	$1,625	$507
2009	$1,569	$246.5
2010	$1,867	$219.2
2011	$2,288	$235.3
2012	$2,635	$350
2013	$2,561	$393
2014	$2,723	$429
2015	$2,485	$446
2016	$2,316	$461
2017	$2,478	$511
2018	$2,566	$510
2019	$2,576	$540
2020	$2,430	$518
2021	$2,608	$549
2022	$3,102	$573
2023	$2,966	$597
2024	$3,076	$637

Papua New Guinea vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Papua New Guinea

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Papua New Guinea	Somalia
1950	39.4	41.5
1951	35.5	41.7
1952	40.7	41.9
1953	41.3	42.1
1954	42	42.3
1955	42.6	42.5
1956	43.3	42.7
1957	43.9	42.9
1958	44.6	43.1
1959	45.1	43.3
1960	45.8	43.5
1961	46.4	43.7
1962	46.7	44
1963	47.7	44.2
1964	48.3	44.4
1965	48.9	44.6
1966	49.6	44.8
1967	50.2	45.1
1968	50.9	45.3
1969	51.5	45.5
1970	52.1	45.6
1971	52.6	45.8
1972	53.3	46
1973	53.9	46.2
1974	54.4	44.3
1975	55	44.5
1976	55.5	44.7
1977	56	47
1978	56.5	47
1979	57	47.4
1980	57.4	47.6
1981	57.8	47.8
1982	58.1	48
1983	58.3	48.2
1984	58.6	48.4
1985	58.8	48.3
1986	59	48.4
1987	59.2	49
1988	59.4	43.9
1989	59.6	46.6
1990	59.8	46.9
1991	59.9	25.4
1992	60.3	25
1993	60.5	50.6
1994	60.7	50.3
1995	60.9	50.6
1996	61.1	50.5
1997	61.3	50.3
1998	60.4	50.8
1999	61.5	50.6
2000	61.6	50.7
2001	61.6	50.8
2002	61.6	50.8
2003	61.7	50.7
2004	61.8	50.7
2005	61.9	50.9
2006	62	50.9
2007	62.2	50.9
2008	62.5	51.5
2009	62.8	52.1
2010	63.1	48.9
2011	63.4	32.5
2012	63.6	49.1
2013	63.9	54
2014	64.2	54.4
2015	64.5	55.1
2016	64.7	55.3
2017	64.9	52.2
2018	65.1	54.8
2019	65.3	57.2
2020	65.1	57.1
2021	64.4	55.7
2022	65.3	53.9
2023	66.1	58.8
2024	66.3	59
2025	66.4	59.1

Papua New Guinea and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Papua New Guinea

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Papua New Guinea	Somalia
1960	1,995,110	2,876,331
1961	2,046,127	2,952,054
1962	2,093,919	3,030,091
1963	2,141,376	3,110,361
1964	2,188,325	3,192,796
1965	2,235,820	3,277,874
1966	2,285,774	3,365,106
1967	2,337,532	3,454,537
1968	2,390,803	3,546,590
1969	2,446,927	3,641,015
1970	2,505,628	3,738,448
1971	2,566,421	3,837,691
1972	2,628,432	3,939,436
1973	2,690,629	4,045,592
1974	2,752,671	4,151,842
1975	2,814,820	4,257,535
1976	2,877,327	4,365,812
1977	2,940,327	4,484,050
1978	3,003,714	4,814,892
1979	3,067,341	5,449,117
1980	3,131,512	5,936,154
1981	3,197,019	5,982,849
1982	3,264,291	6,003,840
1983	3,333,633	6,198,430
1984	3,405,198	6,428,389
1985	3,478,936	6,693,289
1986	3,554,793	6,974,788
1987	3,632,543	7,228,302
1988	3,711,880	7,235,360
1989	3,796,078	7,114,817
1990	3,896,481	7,082,811
1991	4,021,837	6,813,760
1992	4,166,699	6,495,107
1993	4,320,872	6,681,399
1994	4,480,208	7,026,797
1995	4,644,278	7,285,007
1996	4,813,361	7,554,474
1997	4,987,883	7,824,525
1998	5,166,390	8,155,417
1999	5,349,333	8,492,059
2000	5,537,064	8,838,713
2001	5,728,435	9,198,493
2002	5,924,003	9,550,063
2003	6,123,997	9,909,157
2004	6,328,041	10,280,998
2005	6,535,905	10,644,228
2006	6,747,720	10,975,502
2007	6,963,345	11,322,582
2008	7,183,002	11,663,084
2009	7,406,438	11,961,201
2010	7,633,523	12,261,756
2011	7,859,346	12,348,830
2012	8,081,390	12,461,160
2013	8,302,698	12,869,594
2014	8,523,441	13,339,491
2015	8,743,246	13,806,963
2016	8,961,718	14,348,740
2017	9,178,714	14,916,629
2018	9,394,513	15,452,487
2019	9,609,010	16,030,971
2020	9,815,746	16,651,191
2021	10,012,896	17,271,431
2022	10,203,169	17,801,897
2023	10,389,635	18,358,615
2024	10,576,502	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and Somalia

Fertility rate

Papua New Guinea

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Papua New Guinea	Somalia
1960	6.02	7.25
1961	6.07	7.25
1962	6.14	7.26
1963	6.15	7.26
1964	6.19	7.26
1965	6.2	7.26
1966	6.23	7.26
1967	6.24	7.25
1968	6.25	7.23
1969	6.26	7.21
1970	6.25	7.18
1971	6.23	7.15
1972	6.2	7.12
1973	6.16	7.09
1974	6.11	7.06
1975	6.07	7.03
1976	6.02	7.02
1977	5.96	7
1978	5.88	7.13
1979	5.79	7.16
1980	5.71	7.18
1981	5.65	7.23
1982	5.59	7.25
1983	5.56	7.28
1984	5.51	7.3
1985	5.47	7.33
1986	5.42	7.35
1987	5.36	7.37
1988	5.3	7.4
1989	5.24	7.42
1990	5.18	7.44
1991	5.11	7.47
1992	5.03	7.5
1993	4.96	7.53
1994	4.87	7.54
1995	4.78	7.58
1996	4.73	7.62
1997	4.68	7.66
1998	4.63	7.66
1999	4.59	7.66
2000	4.53	7.65
2001	4.47	7.64
2002	4.42	7.63
2003	4.36	7.6
2004	4.28	7.57
2005	4.22	7.53
2006	4.15	7.49
2007	4.08	7.46
2008	4.01	7.42
2009	3.94	7.38
2010	3.88	7.32
2011	3.82	7.27
2012	3.75	7.21
2013	3.68	7.14
2014	3.63	7.06
2015	3.56	6.98
2016	3.5	6.88
2017	3.43	6.77
2018	3.38	6.66
2019	3.32	6.56
2020	3.27	6.45
2021	3.22	6.35
2022	3.17	6.26
2023	3.1	6.13

Papua New Guinea and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Papua New Guinea

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Papua New Guinea	Somalia
1960	18.5	18.1
1961	18.4	17.9
1962	18.3	17.8
1963	18.1	17.7
1964	18	17.6
1965	17.9	17.5
1966	17.8	17.5
1967	17.6	17.5
1968	17.5	17.5
1969	17.4	17.5
1970	17.3	17.5
1971	17.2	17.6
1972	17.1	17.6
1973	17.2	17.6
1974	17.2	17.7
1975	17.3	17.7
1976	17.4	17.7
1977	17.5	17.7
1978	17.7	17.7
1979	17.8	17.6
1980	18	17.6
1981	18.1	17.5
1982	18.2	17.4
1983	18.3	17.4
1984	18.3	17.3
1985	18.4	17.2
1986	18.5	17.1
1987	18.5	17
1988	18.6	16.8
1989	18.6	16.7
1990	18.7	16.5
1991	18.8	16.5
1992	18.9	16.7
1993	19	16.8
1994	19.1	16.7
1995	19.2	16.6
1996	19.4	16.5
1997	19.5	16.4
1998	19.6	16.4
1999	19.7	16.3
2000	19.8	16.3
2001	19.9	16.2
2002	19.9	16.2
2003	20	16.1
2004	20.2	16
2005	20.3	15.9
2006	20.4	15.7
2007	20.6	15.6
2008	20.7	15.6
2009	20.9	15.6
2010	21	15.7
2011	21.2	15.8
2012	21.3	16
2013	21.5	16
2014	21.7	16
2015	21.9	16.1
2016	22	16.1
2017	22.2	16.2
2018	22.4	16.2
2019	22.6	16.3
2020	22.8	16.3
2021	23	16.4
2022	23.2	16.5
2023	23.4	16.5
2024	23.6	16.6

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