Papua New Guinea vs South Korea statistics compared

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 54th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Papua New Guinea and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and South Korea economies compared

GDP

Papua New Guinea

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Papua New Guinea	South Korea
1960	$230,496,037	$3,958,811,881
1961	$244,832,039	$2,417,628,737
1962	$261,184,042	$2,814,615,385
1963	$275,968,044	$3,988,461,538
1964	$305,312,049	$3,459,019,943
1965	$344,176,055	$3,120,861,499
1966	$390,992,063	$3,929,055,144
1967	$441,728,183	$4,855,892,446
1968	$485,184,190	$6,119,394,892
1969	$551,263,864	$7,678,698,838
1970	$645,568,215	$9,005,144,969
1971	$717,750,278	$9,903,571,249
1972	$858,761,926	$10,862,211,761
1973	$1,299,079,410	$13,876,472,208
1974	$1,467,417,672	$19,543,973,941
1975	$1,356,603,608	$21,784,297,521
1976	$1,511,843,235	$29,902,479,339
1977	$1,640,746,619	$38,446,487,603
1978	$1,947,878,831	$51,972,107,438
1979	$2,293,760,511	$66,946,900,826
1980	$2,545,808,456	$65,398,377,598
1981	$2,498,190,847	$72,933,533,012
1982	$2,368,719,683	$78,358,416,171
1983	$2,562,351,551	$87,760,553,262
1984	$2,552,662,617	$97,510,744,119
1985	$2,423,339,172	$101,296,177,099
1986	$2,647,995,602	$116,836,246,285
1987	$3,143,851,794	$147,948,709,376
1988	$3,656,177,881	$199,591,287,825
1989	$3,546,472,566	$246,928,837,311
1990	$3,219,729,083	$283,365,844,161
1991	$3,787,394,958	$330,647,042,837
1992	$4,377,980,510	$355,524,903,068
1993	$4,974,550,286	$392,665,710,525
1994	$5,502,786,070	$463,619,823,515
1995	$4,636,057,476	$566,581,003,128
1996	$5,155,311,077	$610,167,053,824
1997	$4,936,615,299	$569,755,022,973
1998	$3,789,443,015	$383,331,833,682
1999	$3,477,038,204	$497,514,040,642
2000	$3,521,339,699	$576,179,387,820
2001	$3,081,024,212	$547,656,279,895
2002	$2,999,511,040	$627,246,933,730
2003	$3,536,411,824	$702,714,855,194
2004	$3,927,157,867	$793,175,561,887
2005	$4,865,892,972	$934,901,071,333
2006	$8,354,911,041	$1,053,216,909,888
2007	$9,545,028,944	$1,172,614,086,540
2008	$11,670,892,801	$1,047,339,010,225
2009	$11,619,456,449	$943,941,876,219
2010	$14,250,786,675	$1,143,672,241,150
2011	$17,985,138,066	$1,253,289,537,501
2012	$21,295,168,666	$1,278,046,536,287
2013	$21,261,338,065	$1,370,632,955,321
2014	$23,210,823,987	$1,484,488,526,272
2015	$21,723,437,010	$1,466,038,936,206
2016	$20,758,876,953	$1,499,679,823,910
2017	$22,742,699,138	$1,623,074,183,502
2018	$24,109,780,708	$1,725,373,496,825
2019	$24,750,626,030	$1,651,422,932,448
2020	$23,848,447,850	$1,644,312,831,906
2021	$26,109,413,521	$1,818,432,106,880
2022	$31,653,185,953	$1,673,916,511,800
2023	$30,816,367,067	$1,712,792,854,202
2024	$32,538,480,024	-

Papua New Guinea and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Papua New Guinea

South Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Papua New Guinea	South Korea
1960	$115.5	$158.3
1961	$119.7	$93.8
1962	$124.7	$106.2
1963	$128.9	$146.3
1964	$139.5	$123.6
1965	$153.9	$108.7
1966	$171.1	$133.5
1967	$189	$161.2
1968	$202.9	$198.4
1969	$225.3	$243.4
1970	$257.6	$279.3
1971	$279.7	$301
1972	$327	$324
1973	$483	$407
1974	$533	$563
1975	$482	$617
1976	$525	$834
1977	$558	$1,056
1978	$648	$1,406
1979	$748	$1,784
1980	$813	$1,715
1981	$781	$1,883
1982	$726	$1,993
1983	$769	$2,199
1984	$750	$2,413
1985	$697	$2,482
1986	$745	$2,835
1987	$865	$3,555
1988	$985	$4,749
1989	$934	$5,817
1990	$826	$6,610
1991	$942	$7,637
1992	$1,051	$8,127
1993	$1,151	$8,885
1994	$1,228	$10,385
1995	$998	$12,565
1996	$1,071	$13,403
1997	$990	$12,398
1998	$733	$8,282
1999	$650	$10,672
2000	$636	$12,257
2001	$538	$11,561
2002	$506	$13,165
2003	$577	$14,673
2004	$621	$16,496
2005	$744	$19,403
2006	$1,238	$21,743
2007	$1,371	$24,086
2008	$1,625	$21,350
2009	$1,569	$19,144
2010	$1,867	$23,079
2011	$2,288	$25,098
2012	$2,635	$25,459
2013	$2,561	$27,180
2014	$2,723	$29,253
2015	$2,485	$28,737
2016	$2,316	$29,280
2017	$2,478	$31,601
2018	$2,566	$33,447
2019	$2,576	$31,902
2020	$2,430	$31,721
2021	$2,608	$35,126
2022	$3,102	$32,395
2023	$2,966	$33,121
2024	$3,076	-

Papua New Guinea vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Papua New Guinea

South Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Papua New Guinea	South Korea
1950	39.4	22.2
1951	35.5	26.6
1952	40.7	36.6
1953	41.3	40.5
1954	42	46.1
1955	42.6	48.4
1956	43.3	50.2
1957	43.9	51.6
1958	44.6	51.8
1959	45.1	52.9
1960	45.8	53.8
1961	46.4	54.4
1962	46.7	55
1963	47.7	55
1964	48.3	55.3
1965	48.9	55.8
1966	49.6	55.4
1967	50.2	60.9
1968	50.9	60.9
1969	51.5	61.4
1970	52.1	62.2
1971	52.6	62.7
1972	53.3	63.2
1973	53.9	63.8
1974	54.4	64.2
1975	55	64.7
1976	55.5	65
1977	56	64.6
1978	56.5	65
1979	57	66.1
1980	57.4	64.8
1981	57.8	67.1
1982	58.1	67.1
1983	58.3	66.7
1984	58.6	68.1
1985	58.8	68.4
1986	59	69
1987	59.2	69.3
1988	59.4	70.2
1989	59.6	70.7
1990	59.8	71
1991	59.9	71.4
1992	60.3	72.2
1993	60.5	72.7
1994	60.7	72.9
1995	60.9	73.4
1996	61.1	74
1997	61.3	74.5
1998	60.4	75
1999	61.5	75.6
2000	61.6	76.2
2001	61.6	76.9
2002	61.6	77.2
2003	61.7	77.5
2004	61.8	78
2005	61.9	78.4
2006	62	79
2007	62.2	79.4
2008	62.5	80
2009	62.8	80.6
2010	63.1	80.7
2011	63.4	81.2
2012	63.6	81.3
2013	63.9	81.8
2014	64.2	82.4
2015	64.5	82.5
2016	64.7	82.9
2017	64.9	83.3
2018	65.1	83.3
2019	65.3	83.7
2020	65.1	83.7
2021	64.4	83.9
2022	65.3	82.7
2023	66.1	84.3
2024	66.3	84.4
2025	66.4	84.5

Papua New Guinea and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Papua New Guinea

South Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Papua New Guinea	South Korea
1960	1,995,110	25,012,374
1961	2,046,127	25,765,673
1962	2,093,919	26,513,030
1963	2,141,376	27,261,747
1964	2,188,325	27,984,155
1965	2,235,820	28,704,674
1966	2,285,774	29,435,571
1967	2,337,532	30,130,983
1968	2,390,803	30,838,302
1969	2,446,927	31,544,266
1970	2,505,628	32,240,827
1971	2,566,421	32,882,704
1972	2,628,432	33,505,406
1973	2,690,629	34,103,149
1974	2,752,671	34,692,266
1975	2,814,820	35,280,725
1976	2,877,327	35,848,523
1977	2,940,327	36,411,795
1978	3,003,714	36,969,185
1979	3,067,341	37,534,236
1980	3,131,512	38,123,775
1981	3,197,019	38,723,248
1982	3,264,291	39,326,352
1983	3,333,633	39,910,403
1984	3,405,198	40,405,956
1985	3,478,936	40,805,744
1986	3,554,793	41,213,674
1987	3,632,543	41,621,690
1988	3,711,880	42,031,247
1989	3,796,078	42,449,038
1990	3,896,481	42,869,283
1991	4,021,837	43,295,704
1992	4,166,699	43,747,962
1993	4,320,872	44,194,628
1994	4,480,208	44,641,540
1995	4,644,278	45,092,991
1996	4,813,361	45,524,681
1997	4,987,883	45,953,580
1998	5,166,390	46,286,503
1999	5,349,333	46,616,677
2000	5,537,064	47,008,111
2001	5,728,435	47,370,164
2002	5,924,003	47,644,736
2003	6,123,997	47,892,330
2004	6,328,041	48,082,519
2005	6,535,905	48,184,561
2006	6,747,720	48,438,292
2007	6,963,345	48,683,638
2008	7,183,002	49,054,708
2009	7,406,438	49,307,835
2010	7,633,523	49,554,112
2011	7,859,346	49,936,638
2012	8,081,390	50,199,853
2013	8,302,698	50,428,893
2014	8,523,441	50,746,659
2015	8,743,246	51,014,947
2016	8,961,718	51,217,803
2017	9,178,714	51,361,911
2018	9,394,513	51,585,058
2019	9,609,010	51,764,822
2020	9,815,746	51,836,239
2021	10,012,896	51,769,539
2022	10,203,169	51,672,569
2023	10,389,635	51,712,619
2024	10,576,502	51,751,065

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and South Korea

Fertility rate

Papua New Guinea

South Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Papua New Guinea	South Korea
1960	6.02	5.99
1961	6.07	5.8
1962	6.14	5.56
1963	6.15	5.33
1964	6.19	5.07
1965	6.2	4.89
1966	6.23	4.78
1967	6.24	4.62
1968	6.25	4.51
1969	6.26	4.45
1970	6.25	4.53
1971	6.23	4.54
1972	6.2	4.12
1973	6.16	4.07
1974	6.11	3.77
1975	6.07	3.43
1976	6.02	3
1977	5.96	2.99
1978	5.88	2.64
1979	5.79	2.9
1980	5.71	2.82
1981	5.65	2.57
1982	5.59	2.39
1983	5.56	2.06
1984	5.51	1.74
1985	5.47	1.66
1986	5.42	1.58
1987	5.36	1.53
1988	5.3	1.55
1989	5.24	1.56
1990	5.18	1.57
1991	5.11	1.71
1992	5.03	1.76
1993	4.96	1.65
1994	4.87	1.66
1995	4.78	1.63
1996	4.73	1.57
1997	4.68	1.54
1998	4.63	1.46
1999	4.59	1.43
2000	4.53	1.48
2001	4.47	1.31
2002	4.42	1.18
2003	4.36	1.19
2004	4.28	1.16
2005	4.22	1.09
2006	4.15	1.13
2007	4.08	1.26
2008	4.01	1.19
2009	3.94	1.15
2010	3.88	1.23
2011	3.82	1.24
2012	3.75	1.3
2013	3.68	1.19
2014	3.63	1.21
2015	3.56	1.24
2016	3.5	1.17
2017	3.43	1.05
2018	3.38	0.98
2019	3.32	0.92
2020	3.27	0.84
2021	3.22	0.81
2022	3.17	0.78
2023	3.1	0.72

Papua New Guinea and South Korea demographics compared

Median age

Papua New Guinea

South Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Papua New Guinea	South Korea
1960	18.5	19.3
1961	18.4	19.2
1962	18.3	19.1
1963	18.1	19
1964	18	18.8
1965	17.9	18.6
1966	17.8	18.5
1967	17.6	18.6
1968	17.5	18.7
1969	17.4	18.8
1970	17.3	18.9
1971	17.2	19
1972	17.1	19.1
1973	17.2	19.3
1974	17.2	19.6
1975	17.3	19.9
1976	17.4	20.2
1977	17.5	20.7
1978	17.7	21.1
1979	17.8	21.6
1980	18	22.1
1981	18.1	22.5
1982	18.2	22.8
1983	18.3	23.3
1984	18.3	23.7
1985	18.4	24.2
1986	18.5	24.8
1987	18.5	25.3
1988	18.6	25.8
1989	18.6	26.3
1990	18.7	26.7
1991	18.8	27.2
1992	18.9	27.8
1993	19	28.3
1994	19.1	28.9
1995	19.2	29.4
1996	19.4	29.8
1997	19.5	30.2
1998	19.6	30.7
1999	19.7	31.2
2000	19.8	31.7
2001	19.9	32.3
2002	19.9	32.8
2003	20	33.4
2004	20.2	33.9
2005	20.3	34.5
2006	20.4	35.2
2007	20.6	35.8
2008	20.7	36.4
2009	20.9	37
2010	21	37.6
2011	21.2	38.2
2012	21.3	38.8
2013	21.5	39.5
2014	21.7	40.2
2015	21.9	40.8
2016	22	41.4
2017	22.2	41.9
2018	22.4	42.5
2019	22.6	43.1
2020	22.8	43.8
2021	23	44.4
2022	23.2	44.9
2023	23.4	45.5
2024	23.6	46.1

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