Papua New Guinea vs South Africa statistics compared

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 54th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Papua New Guinea and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Papua New Guinea

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Papua New Guinea	South Africa
1960	$230,496,037	$8,748,596,501
1961	$244,832,039	$9,225,996,310
1962	$261,184,042	$9,813,996,074
1963	$275,968,044	$10,854,195,658
1964	$305,312,049	$11,955,995,218
1965	$344,176,055	$13,068,994,772
1966	$390,992,063	$14,211,394,315
1967	$441,728,183	$15,821,393,671
1968	$485,184,190	$17,124,793,150
1969	$551,263,864	$19,256,992,297
1970	$645,568,215	$21,218,391,513
1971	$717,750,278	$23,411,076,638
1972	$858,761,926	$24,515,919,217
1973	$1,299,079,410	$33,262,772,008
1974	$1,467,417,672	$41,389,186,095
1975	$1,356,603,608	$42,906,905,672
1976	$1,511,843,235	$41,150,460,288
1977	$1,640,746,619	$45,328,411,332
1978	$1,947,878,831	$51,607,412,902
1979	$2,293,760,511	$63,038,658,089
1980	$2,545,808,456	$89,411,864,402
1981	$2,498,190,847	$93,141,472,164
1982	$2,368,719,683	$85,904,057,409
1983	$2,562,351,551	$96,204,110,942
1984	$2,552,662,617	$84,870,163,366
1985	$2,423,339,172	$64,459,376,087
1986	$2,647,995,602	$73,354,771,399
1987	$3,143,851,794	$96,535,763,418
1988	$3,656,177,881	$103,976,831,871
1989	$3,546,472,566	$108,055,624,082
1990	$3,219,729,083	$126,048,140,142
1991	$3,787,394,958	$135,203,698,238
1992	$4,377,980,510	$146,956,150,987
1993	$4,974,550,286	$147,194,747,566
1994	$5,502,786,070	$153,512,712,382
1995	$4,636,057,476	$171,735,933,897
1996	$5,155,311,077	$163,234,925,381
1997	$4,936,615,299	$168,978,057,328
1998	$3,789,443,015	$152,982,984,557
1999	$3,477,038,204	$151,516,957,079
2000	$3,521,339,699	$151,752,757,215
2001	$3,081,024,212	$135,429,905,923
2002	$2,999,511,040	$129,087,556,612
2003	$3,536,411,824	$197,018,965,309
2004	$3,927,157,867	$255,806,908,595
2005	$4,865,892,972	$288,867,217,197
2006	$8,354,911,041	$303,858,675,364
2007	$9,545,028,944	$333,077,117,254
2008	$11,670,892,801	$316,131,258,616
2009	$11,619,456,449	$329,754,060,647
2010	$14,250,786,675	$417,363,822,802
2011	$17,985,138,066	$458,199,494,831
2012	$21,295,168,666	$434,400,545,086
2013	$21,261,338,065	$400,886,013,596
2014	$23,210,823,987	$381,198,869,776
2015	$21,723,437,010	$346,709,790,459
2016	$20,758,876,953	$323,585,509,674
2017	$22,742,699,138	$381,448,814,653
2018	$24,109,780,708	$405,260,723,893
2019	$24,750,626,030	$389,330,032,224
2020	$23,848,447,850	$337,974,655,408
2021	$26,109,413,521	$420,886,877,629
2022	$31,653,185,953	$406,920,004,594
2023	$30,816,367,067	$380,699,271,816
2024	$32,538,480,024	$400,260,724,226

Papua New Guinea and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Papua New Guinea

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Papua New Guinea	South Africa
1960	$115.5	$532
1961	$119.7	$546
1962	$124.7	$563
1963	$128.9	$605
1964	$139.5	$646
1965	$153.9	$685
1966	$171.1	$722
1967	$189	$779
1968	$202.9	$817
1969	$225.3	$891
1970	$257.6	$952
1971	$279.7	$1,020
1972	$327	$1,038
1973	$483	$1,369
1974	$533	$1,656
1975	$482	$1,670
1976	$525	$1,559
1977	$558	$1,671
1978	$648	$1,852
1979	$748	$2,202
1980	$813	$3,029
1981	$781	$3,050
1982	$726	$2,717
1983	$769	$2,938
1984	$750	$2,504
1985	$697	$1,839
1986	$745	$2,027
1987	$865	$2,586
1988	$985	$2,702
1989	$934	$2,727
1990	$826	$3,093
1991	$942	$3,243
1992	$1,051	$3,462
1993	$1,151	$3,400
1994	$1,228	$3,489
1995	$998	$3,856
1996	$1,071	$3,618
1997	$990	$3,700
1998	$733	$3,310
1999	$650	$3,242
2000	$636	$3,218
2001	$538	$2,847
2002	$506	$2,688
2003	$577	$4,062
2004	$621	$5,221
2005	$744	$5,837
2006	$1,238	$6,077
2007	$1,371	$6,592
2008	$1,625	$6,185
2009	$1,569	$6,375
2010	$1,867	$7,973
2011	$2,288	$8,646
2012	$2,635	$8,077
2013	$2,561	$7,332
2014	$2,723	$6,857
2015	$2,485	$6,112
2016	$2,316	$5,651
2017	$2,478	$6,618
2018	$2,566	$6,914
2019	$2,576	$6,534
2020	$2,430	$5,581
2021	$2,608	$6,843
2022	$3,102	$6,523
2023	$2,966	$6,023
2024	$3,076	$6,253

Papua New Guinea vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Papua New Guinea

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Papua New Guinea	South Africa
1950	39.4	43.1
1951	35.5	44.1
1952	40.7	45
1953	41.3	46.1
1954	42	47.1
1955	42.6	48.2
1956	43.3	49.2
1957	43.9	50.2
1958	44.6	51.1
1959	45.1	51.9
1960	45.8	52.6
1961	46.4	53.1
1962	46.7	53.6
1963	47.7	53.9
1964	48.3	54.2
1965	48.9	54.4
1966	49.6	54.7
1967	50.2	55
1968	50.9	55.2
1969	51.5	55.4
1970	52.1	55.7
1971	52.6	56
1972	53.3	56.4
1973	53.9	56.7
1974	54.4	57.1
1975	55	57.6
1976	55.5	58
1977	56	58.5
1978	56.5	59
1979	57	59.5
1980	57.4	60
1981	57.8	60.4
1982	58.1	60.9
1983	58.3	61.4
1984	58.6	61.8
1985	58.8	62.2
1986	59	62.4
1987	59.2	62.7
1988	59.4	62.9
1989	59.6	63
1990	59.8	62.9
1991	59.9	63
1992	60.3	62.8
1993	60.5	62.6
1994	60.7	62.1
1995	60.9	61.6
1996	61.1	61.1
1997	61.3	60.5
1998	60.4	59.9
1999	61.5	59.2
2000	61.6	58.4
2001	61.6	57.2
2002	61.6	55.6
2003	61.7	54.2
2004	61.8	54
2005	61.9	53.9
2006	62	54.2
2007	62.2	54.9
2008	62.5	56
2009	62.8	57.4
2010	63.1	58.9
2011	63.4	60.6
2012	63.6	61.7
2013	63.9	62.4
2014	64.2	63.2
2015	64.5	64.1
2016	64.7	64.7
2017	64.9	65.4
2018	65.1	65.7
2019	65.3	66.1
2020	65.1	65.2
2021	64.4	62
2022	65.3	65.5
2023	66.1	66.1
2024	66.3	66.3
2025	66.4	66.5

Papua New Guinea and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Papua New Guinea

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Papua New Guinea	South Africa
1960	1,995,110	16,440,172
1961	2,046,127	16,908,035
1962	2,093,919	17,418,522
1963	2,141,376	17,954,564
1964	2,188,325	18,511,361
1965	2,235,820	19,089,380
1966	2,285,774	19,690,087
1967	2,337,532	20,314,066
1968	2,390,803	20,957,287
1969	2,446,927	21,614,676
1970	2,505,628	22,279,984
1971	2,566,421	22,942,143
1972	2,628,432	23,609,456
1973	2,690,629	24,294,263
1974	2,752,671	24,989,108
1975	2,814,820	25,690,940
1976	2,877,327	26,395,450
1977	2,940,327	27,118,952
1978	3,003,714	27,869,507
1979	3,067,341	28,634,162
1980	3,131,512	29,518,857
1981	3,197,019	30,541,044
1982	3,264,291	31,615,339
1983	3,333,633	32,739,304
1984	3,405,198	33,892,788
1985	3,478,936	35,042,093
1986	3,554,793	36,180,515
1987	3,632,543	37,326,190
1988	3,711,880	38,480,649
1989	3,796,078	39,628,575
1990	3,896,481	40,746,268
1991	4,021,837	41,687,898
1992	4,166,699	42,443,509
1993	4,320,872	43,297,156
1994	4,480,208	44,004,139
1995	4,644,278	44,541,554
1996	4,813,361	45,123,018
1997	4,987,883	45,666,838
1998	5,166,390	46,223,880
1999	5,349,333	46,730,335
2000	5,537,064	47,159,719
2001	5,728,435	47,566,800
2002	5,924,003	48,019,415
2003	6,123,997	48,500,348
2004	6,328,041	48,991,421
2005	6,535,905	49,490,033
2006	6,747,720	49,998,277
2007	6,963,345	50,528,584
2008	7,183,002	51,114,599
2009	7,406,438	51,728,516
2010	7,633,523	52,344,051
2011	7,859,346	52,995,205
2012	8,081,390	53,782,567
2013	8,302,698	54,678,791
2014	8,523,441	55,594,838
2015	8,743,246	56,723,537
2016	8,961,718	57,259,551
2017	9,178,714	57,635,162
2018	9,394,513	58,613,001
2019	9,609,010	59,587,885
2020	9,815,746	60,562,381
2021	10,012,896	61,502,603
2022	10,203,169	62,378,410
2023	10,389,635	63,212,384
2024	10,576,502	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and South Africa

Fertility rate

Papua New Guinea

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Papua New Guinea	South Africa
1960	6.02	6.11
1961	6.07	6.08
1962	6.14	6.05
1963	6.15	6.01
1964	6.19	5.96
1965	6.2	5.89
1966	6.23	5.91
1967	6.24	5.85
1968	6.25	5.78
1969	6.26	5.72
1970	6.25	5.63
1971	6.23	5.57
1972	6.2	5.49
1973	6.16	5.41
1974	6.11	5.3
1975	6.07	5.19
1976	6.02	5.07
1977	5.96	4.94
1978	5.88	4.85
1979	5.79	4.82
1980	5.71	4.78
1981	5.65	4.71
1982	5.59	4.7
1983	5.56	4.63
1984	5.51	4.57
1985	5.47	4.5
1986	5.42	4.41
1987	5.36	4.35
1988	5.3	4.18
1989	5.24	3.98
1990	5.18	3.72
1991	5.11	3.62
1992	5.03	3.48
1993	4.96	3.37
1994	4.87	3.26
1995	4.78	3.17
1996	4.73	2.99
1997	4.68	2.73
1998	4.63	2.63
1999	4.59	2.56
2000	4.53	2.41
2001	4.47	2.37
2002	4.42	2.32
2003	4.36	2.36
2004	4.28	2.44
2005	4.22	2.51
2006	4.15	2.55
2007	4.08	2.55
2008	4.01	2.68
2009	3.94	2.5
2010	3.88	2.44
2011	3.82	2.44
2012	3.75	2.45
2013	3.68	2.43
2014	3.63	2.42
2015	3.56	2.36
2016	3.5	2.26
2017	3.43	2.28
2018	3.38	2.27
2019	3.32	2.26
2020	3.27	2.26
2021	3.22	2.25
2022	3.17	2.23
2023	3.1	2.22

Papua New Guinea and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Papua New Guinea

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Papua New Guinea	South Africa
1960	18.5	19
1961	18.4	19
1962	18.3	18.9
1963	18.1	18.9
1964	18	18.9
1965	17.9	18.8
1966	17.8	18.8
1967	17.6	18.8
1968	17.5	18.8
1969	17.4	18.8
1970	17.3	18.8
1971	17.2	18.8
1972	17.1	18.8
1973	17.2	18.8
1974	17.2	18.9
1975	17.3	18.9
1976	17.4	19
1977	17.5	19.1
1978	17.7	19.2
1979	17.8	19.3
1980	18	19.4
1981	18.1	19.6
1982	18.2	19.8
1983	18.3	20
1984	18.3	20.2
1985	18.4	20.4
1986	18.5	20.5
1987	18.5	20.7
1988	18.6	20.9
1989	18.6	21.1
1990	18.7	21.3
1991	18.8	21.5
1992	18.9	21.5
1993	19	21.9
1994	19.1	22
1995	19.2	21.5
1996	19.4	21.2
1997	19.5	21.2
1998	19.6	21.4
1999	19.7	21.6
2000	19.8	21.9
2001	19.9	22.2
2002	19.9	22.4
2003	20	22.8
2004	20.2	23.1
2005	20.3	23.3
2006	20.4	23.5
2007	20.6	23.8
2008	20.7	24
2009	20.9	24.3
2010	21	24.6
2011	21.2	25
2012	21.3	25.3
2013	21.5	25.7
2014	21.7	26
2015	21.9	26.4
2016	22	26.7
2017	22.2	27
2018	22.4	27.5
2019	22.6	27.9
2020	22.8	28.3
2021	23	28.6
2022	23.2	28.9
2023	23.4	29.2
2024	23.6	29.5

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