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 110/197 ($31.8B) and South Korea ranks 12/197 ($1.88T). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,007), while South Korea ranks 31/197 ($36,239).

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	$3,973,069,307
1961	$244,832,039	$2,427,244,761
1962	$261,184,042	$2,826,923,077
1963	$275,968,044	$4,007,692,308
1964	$305,312,049	$3,476,789,682
1965	$344,176,055	$3,141,131,708
1966	$390,992,063	$3,957,064,541
1967	$441,728,183	$4,895,076,718
1968	$485,184,190	$6,167,109,472
1969	$551,263,864	$7,743,940,189
1970	$645,568,215	$9,085,001,794
1971	$717,750,278	$10,005,257,131
1972	$858,761,926	$10,990,490,570
1973	$1,299,079,410	$14,067,523,813
1974	$1,467,417,672	$19,860,929,977
1975	$1,356,603,608	$22,126,033,058
1976	$1,511,843,235	$30,371,074,380
1977	$1,640,746,619	$39,064,462,810
1978	$1,947,878,831	$52,824,793,388
1979	$2,293,760,511	$68,083,884,298
1980	$2,545,808,456	$66,547,970,351
1981	$2,498,190,847	$74,287,368,087
1982	$2,368,719,683	$79,921,300,447
1983	$2,562,351,551	$89,621,208,322
1984	$2,552,662,617	$99,749,645,089
1985	$2,423,339,172	$103,764,281,281
1986	$2,647,995,602	$119,965,960,795
1987	$3,143,851,794	$152,240,393,646
1988	$3,656,177,881	$205,477,530,605
1989	$3,546,472,566	$254,236,243,100
1990	$3,219,729,083	$292,064,221,389
1991	$3,787,394,958	$340,851,946,804
1992	$4,377,980,510	$366,921,291,825
1993	$4,974,550,286	$405,705,302,846
1994	$5,502,786,070	$479,181,794,217
1995	$4,636,057,476	$586,286,469,401
1996	$5,155,311,077	$631,196,863,758
1997	$4,936,615,299	$589,202,526,424
1998	$3,789,443,015	$397,297,216,492
1999	$3,477,038,204	$515,697,079,289
2000	$3,521,339,699	$597,487,173,479
2001	$3,081,024,212	$567,564,806,235
2002	$2,999,511,040	$650,014,391,470
2003	$3,536,411,824	$728,516,494,684
2004	$3,927,157,867	$823,251,107,639
2005	$4,865,892,972	$971,740,329,984
2006	$8,354,911,041	$1,095,175,538,508
2007	$9,545,028,944	$1,220,911,904,593
2008	$11,670,892,801	$1,091,580,692,542
2009	$11,619,456,449	$983,065,242,417
2010	$14,250,786,675	$1,192,830,015,738
2011	$17,985,138,066	$1,307,103,477,219
2012	$21,295,168,666	$1,335,343,586,438
2013	$21,261,338,065	$1,434,669,686,502
2014	$23,210,823,987	$1,556,252,422,020
2015	$21,723,437,010	$1,539,212,301,136
2016	$20,758,876,953	$1,579,150,518,945
2017	$22,742,699,138	$1,710,196,756,713
2018	$24,109,780,708	$1,824,251,454,307
2019	$24,750,626,030	$1,751,045,752,055
2020	$23,848,447,850	$1,744,070,276,373
2021	$26,109,413,521	$1,942,313,560,966
2022	$31,653,185,953	$1,799,363,116,867
2023	$30,816,367,067	$1,844,800,934,392
2024	$31,800,428,266	$1,875,388,209,407

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	$158.8
1961	$119.7	$94.2
1962	$124.7	$106.6
1963	$128.9	$147
1964	$139.5	$124.2
1965	$153.9	$109.4
1966	$171.1	$134.4
1967	$189	$162.5
1968	$202.9	$200
1969	$225.3	$245.5
1970	$257.6	$281.8
1971	$279.7	$304
1972	$327	$328
1973	$483	$412
1974	$533	$572
1975	$482	$627
1976	$525	$847
1977	$558	$1,073
1978	$648	$1,429
1979	$748	$1,814
1980	$813	$1,746
1981	$781	$1,918
1982	$726	$2,032
1983	$769	$2,246
1984	$750	$2,469
1985	$697	$2,543
1986	$745	$2,911
1987	$865	$3,658
1988	$985	$4,889
1989	$934	$5,989
1990	$826	$6,813
1991	$942	$7,873
1992	$1,051	$8,387
1993	$1,151	$9,180
1994	$1,228	$10,734
1995	$998	$13,002
1996	$1,071	$13,865
1997	$990	$12,822
1998	$733	$8,583
1999	$650	$11,063
2000	$636	$12,710
2001	$538	$11,981
2002	$506	$13,643
2003	$577	$15,212
2004	$621	$17,122
2005	$744	$20,167
2006	$1,238	$22,610
2007	$1,371	$25,078
2008	$1,625	$22,252
2009	$1,569	$19,937
2010	$1,867	$24,071
2011	$2,288	$26,175
2012	$2,635	$26,601
2013	$2,561	$28,449
2014	$2,723	$30,667
2015	$2,485	$30,172
2016	$2,316	$30,832
2017	$2,478	$33,297
2018	$2,566	$35,364
2019	$2,576	$33,827
2020	$2,430	$33,646
2021	$2,608	$37,518
2022	$3,102	$34,822
2023	$2,966	$35,674
2024	$3,007	$36,239

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
2026	66.5	84.6

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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