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Papua New Guinea vs Suriname statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 634K in Suriname (ranked 165/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 61,972 sq mi for Suriname (ranked 54th vs. 90th).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and Suriname ranks 164/197 ($4.71B). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while Suriname ranks 101/197 ($7,431).

Main facts and rankings

Papua New Guinea Suriname
Population
10911445
644193
Population rank 90/197 165/197
GDP
$32.5B
2024
$4.71B
2024
GDP rank 109/197 164/197
GDP per capita
$3,076
2024
$7,431
2024
GDP per capita rank 140/197 101/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$4,889
2024
$22,067
2024
Government debt
$17.5B
2024
$4.11B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52%
2025
86.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,652
2024
$6,481
2024
Government debt per person rank 123/185 71/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,561
2025
$3,252
2025
Land area
174,850 sq mi
2025
61,972 sq mi
2025
Population density
60.5 ppl/mi²
2024
10.2 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.1
2023
2.25
2023
Median age
23.6 years
2024
29.4 years
2024
Life expectancy
66.4 years
2025
73.9 years
2025

Papua New Guinea and Suriname: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and Suriname economies compared

GDP
Papua New Guinea

Suriname
Year GDP
Papua New Guinea Suriname
1960 $230,496,037 $99,650,000
1961 $244,832,039 $107,700,000
1962 $261,184,042 $116,150,000
1963 $275,968,044 $125,950,000
1964 $305,312,049 $134,400,000
1965 $344,176,055 $154,150,000
1966 $390,992,063 $190,350,000
1967 $441,728,183 $220,700,000
1968 $485,184,190 $241,350,000
1969 $551,263,864 $259,650,000
1970 $645,568,215 $274,900,000
1971 $717,750,278 $301,000,000
1972 $858,761,926 $311,950,000
1973 $1,299,079,410 $339,450,000
1974 $1,467,417,672 $409,850,000
1975 $1,356,603,608 $465,500,000
1976 $1,511,843,235 $505,500,000
1977 $1,640,746,619 $641,500,000
1978 $1,947,878,831 $735,500,000
1979 $2,293,760,511 $782,500,000
1980 $2,545,808,456 $795,000,000
1981 $2,498,190,847 $889,000,000
1982 $2,368,719,683 $915,000,000
1983 $2,562,351,551 $883,500,000
1984 $2,552,662,617 $864,000,000
1985 $2,423,339,172 $873,000,000
1986 $2,647,995,602 $891,000,000
1987 $3,143,851,794 $980,000,000
1988 $3,656,177,881 $1,161,000,000
1989 $3,546,472,566 $542,600,000
1990 $3,219,729,083 $388,400,000
1991 $3,787,394,958 $448,100,000
1992 $4,377,980,510 $404,600,000
1993 $4,974,550,286 $428,764,706
1994 $5,502,786,070 $605,492,537
1995 $4,636,057,476 $691,590,498
1996 $5,155,311,077 $861,372,806
1997 $4,936,615,299 $926,422,500
1998 $3,789,443,015 $1,110,850,000
1999 $3,477,038,204 $886,290,698
2000 $3,521,339,699 $947,671,970
2001 $3,081,024,212 $834,279,358
2002 $2,999,511,040 $1,093,574,468
2003 $3,536,411,824 $1,274,190,311
2004 $3,927,157,867 $1,484,092,538
2005 $4,865,892,972 $1,793,410,397
2006 $8,354,911,041 $2,626,380,435
2007 $9,545,028,944 $2,936,612,022
2008 $11,670,892,801 $3,532,969,035
2009 $11,619,456,449 $3,875,409,836
2010 $14,250,786,675 $4,368,370,998
2011 $17,985,138,066 $4,422,276,622
2012 $21,295,168,666 $4,980,000,000
2013 $21,261,338,065 $5,145,757,576
2014 $23,210,823,987 $5,240,606,061
2015 $21,723,437,010 $5,126,237,646
2016 $20,758,876,953 $3,317,421,648
2017 $22,742,699,138 $3,591,679,431
2018 $24,109,780,708 $3,996,198,867
2019 $24,750,626,030 $4,016,040,575
2020 $23,848,447,850 $2,911,807,496
2021 $26,109,413,521 $3,107,923,198
2022 $31,653,185,953 $3,791,603,200
2023 $30,816,367,067 $3,455,146,281
2024 $32,538,480,024 $4,714,267,822

Papua New Guinea and Suriname economies compared

GDP per capita
Papua New Guinea

Suriname
Year GDP per capita
Papua New Guinea Suriname
1960 $115.5 $378
1961 $119.7 $395
1962 $124.7 $409
1963 $128.9 $424
1964 $139.5 $435
1965 $153.9 $482
1966 $171.1 $575
1967 $189 $644
1968 $202.9 $681
1969 $225.3 $708
1970 $257.6 $724
1971 $279.7 $768
1972 $327 $785
1973 $483 $858
1974 $533 $1,041
1975 $482 $1,190
1976 $525 $1,302
1977 $558 $1,666
1978 $648 $1,928
1979 $748 $2,072
1980 $813 $2,118
1981 $781 $2,368
1982 $726 $2,430
1983 $769 $2,333
1984 $750 $2,261
1985 $697 $2,256
1986 $745 $2,271
1987 $865 $2,469
1988 $985 $2,886
1989 $934 $1,329
1990 $826 $942
1991 $942 $1,080
1992 $1,051 $969
1993 $1,151 $1,022
1994 $1,228 $1,434
1995 $998 $1,610
1996 $1,071 $1,963
1997 $990 $2,068
1998 $733 $2,429
1999 $650 $1,898
2000 $636 $1,988
2001 $538 $1,715
2002 $506 $2,202
2003 $577 $2,516
2004 $621 $2,888
2005 $744 $3,453
2006 $1,238 $5,003
2007 $1,371 $5,530
2008 $1,625 $6,576
2009 $1,569 $7,130
2010 $1,867 $7,944
2011 $2,288 $7,950
2012 $2,635 $8,851
2013 $2,561 $9,043
2014 $2,723 $9,108
2015 $2,485 $8,814
2016 $2,316 $5,644
2017 $2,478 $6,050
2018 $2,566 $6,666
2019 $2,576 $6,630
2020 $2,430 $4,755
2021 $2,608 $5,030
2022 $3,102 $6,084
2023 $2,966 $5,494
2024 $3,076 $7,431

Papua New Guinea vs. Suriname life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Papua New Guinea

Suriname
Year Life expectancy, years
Papua New Guinea Suriname
1950 39.4 50.7
1951 35.5 51.1
1952 40.7 51.4
1953 41.3 52.1
1954 42 52.8
1955 42.6 53.5
1956 43.3 54.1
1957 43.9 54.7
1958 44.6 55.4
1959 45.1 55.9
1960 45.8 56.6
1961 46.4 57.3
1962 46.7 58
1963 47.7 58.5
1964 48.3 58.9
1965 48.9 59.1
1966 49.6 59.2
1967 50.2 59.2
1968 50.9 59.3
1969 51.5 59.4
1970 52.1 59.5
1971 52.6 59.6
1972 53.3 59.7
1973 53.9 59.8
1974 54.4 59.9
1975 55 60
1976 55.5 60.2
1977 56 60.3
1978 56.5 60.4
1979 57 60.5
1980 57.4 60.7
1981 57.8 60.8
1982 58.1 60.9
1983 58.3 61.1
1984 58.6 61.2
1985 58.8 61.4
1986 59 61.2
1987 59.2 61.3
1988 59.4 61.5
1989 59.6 62
1990 59.8 62.1
1991 59.9 62.2
1992 60.3 62.2
1993 60.5 62.4
1994 60.7 62.5
1995 60.9 62.8
1996 61.1 63.1
1997 61.3 63.4
1998 60.4 63.7
1999 61.5 64
2000 61.6 64.4
2001 61.6 64.8
2002 61.6 65.3
2003 61.7 65.8
2004 61.8 66.4
2005 61.9 67
2006 62 67.6
2007 62.2 68.3
2008 62.5 68.9
2009 62.8 69.3
2010 63.1 69.6
2011 63.4 69.8
2012 63.6 70
2013 63.9 70.1
2014 64.2 70.3
2015 64.5 70.6
2016 64.7 71
2017 64.9 71.2
2018 65.1 71.5
2019 65.3 71.8
2020 65.1 72.3
2021 64.4 68.9
2022 65.3 73.3
2023 66.1 73.6
2024 66.3 73.8
2025 66.4 73.9

Papua New Guinea and Suriname population clocks and comparison

Population
Papua New Guinea

Suriname
Year Population
Papua New Guinea Suriname
1960 1,995,110 263,918
1961 2,046,127 272,791
1962 2,093,919 283,912
1963 2,141,376 297,034
1964 2,188,325 309,041
1965 2,235,820 320,000
1966 2,285,774 331,135
1967 2,337,532 342,679
1968 2,390,803 354,616
1969 2,446,927 366,906
1970 2,505,628 379,442
1971 2,566,421 391,932
1972 2,628,432 397,413
1973 2,690,629 395,772
1974 2,752,671 393,676
1975 2,814,820 391,170
1976 2,877,327 388,289
1977 2,940,327 385,067
1978 3,003,714 381,502
1979 3,067,341 377,602
1980 3,131,512 375,377
1981 3,197,019 375,459
1982 3,264,291 376,555
1983 3,333,633 378,746
1984 3,405,198 382,193
1985 3,478,936 386,972
1986 3,554,793 392,330
1987 3,632,543 396,911
1988 3,711,880 402,227
1989 3,796,078 408,409
1990 3,896,481 412,493
1991 4,021,837 415,013
1992 4,166,699 417,589
1993 4,320,872 419,352
1994 4,480,208 422,375
1995 4,644,278 429,606
1996 4,813,361 438,830
1997 4,987,883 448,067
1998 5,166,390 457,406
1999 5,349,333 466,916
2000 5,537,064 476,643
2001 5,728,435 486,560
2002 5,924,003 496,551
2003 6,123,997 506,414
2004 6,328,041 513,923
2005 6,535,905 519,313
2006 6,747,720 524,997
2007 6,963,345 531,016
2008 7,183,002 537,245
2009 7,406,438 543,568
2010 7,633,523 549,923
2011 7,859,346 556,269
2012 8,081,390 562,633
2013 8,302,698 569,020
2014 8,523,441 575,373
2015 8,743,246 581,627
2016 8,961,718 587,757
2017 9,178,714 593,713
2018 9,394,513 599,513
2019 9,609,010 605,768
2020 9,815,746 612,317
2021 10,012,896 617,896
2022 10,203,169 623,164
2023 10,389,635 628,886
2024 10,576,502 634,431

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and Suriname

Fertility rate
Papua New Guinea

Suriname
Year Fertility rate
Papua New Guinea Suriname
1960 6.02 6.59
1961 6.07 6.58
1962 6.14 6.57
1963 6.15 6.51
1964 6.19 6.43
1965 6.2 6.32
1966 6.23 6.2
1967 6.24 6.04
1968 6.25 5.86
1969 6.26 5.7
1970 6.25 5.53
1971 6.23 5.36
1972 6.2 5.18
1973 6.16 5.01
1974 6.11 4.81
1975 6.07 4.63
1976 6.02 4.45
1977 5.96 4.26
1978 5.88 4.08
1979 5.79 3.93
1980 5.71 3.79
1981 5.65 3.75
1982 5.59 3.82
1983 5.56 3.87
1984 5.51 3.8
1985 5.47 3.71
1986 5.42 3.61
1987 5.36 3.53
1988 5.3 3.46
1989 5.24 3.39
1990 5.18 3.23
1991 5.11 3.09
1992 5.03 3.01
1993 4.96 2.94
1994 4.87 2.9
1995 4.78 2.9
1996 4.73 2.92
1997 4.68 2.95
1998 4.63 2.99
1999 4.59 3.02
2000 4.53 3.05
2001 4.47 3.06
2002 4.42 2.96
2003 4.36 2.84
2004 4.28 2.74
2005 4.22 2.71
2006 4.15 2.73
2007 4.08 2.74
2008 4.01 2.73
2009 3.94 2.71
2010 3.88 2.69
2011 3.82 2.67
2012 3.75 2.67
2013 3.68 2.65
2014 3.63 2.62
2015 3.56 2.57
2016 3.5 2.5
2017 3.43 2.43
2018 3.38 2.38
2019 3.32 2.35
2020 3.27 2.31
2021 3.22 2.3
2022 3.17 2.27
2023 3.1 2.25

Papua New Guinea and Suriname demographics compared

Median age
Papua New Guinea

Suriname
Year Median age, years
Papua New Guinea Suriname
1960 18.5 18.1
1961 18.4 18.2
1962 18.3 17.8
1963 18.1 17.3
1964 18 16.8
1965 17.9 16.4
1966 17.8 16.1
1967 17.6 15.8
1968 17.5 15.6
1969 17.4 15.6
1970 17.3 15.6
1971 17.2 15.7
1972 17.1 16
1973 17.2 16.3
1974 17.2 16.7
1975 17.3 17
1976 17.4 17.4
1977 17.5 17.6
1978 17.7 17.9
1979 17.8 18.1
1980 18 18.4
1981 18.1 18.7
1982 18.2 18.9
1983 18.3 19.2
1984 18.3 19.5
1985 18.4 19.7
1986 18.5 20
1987 18.5 20.2
1988 18.6 20.4
1989 18.6 20.6
1990 18.7 20.8
1991 18.8 21
1992 18.9 21.2
1993 19 21.5
1994 19.1 21.7
1995 19.2 22
1996 19.4 22.4
1997 19.5 22.8
1998 19.6 23.2
1999 19.7 23.6
2000 19.8 24
2001 19.9 24.4
2002 19.9 24.7
2003 20 25
2004 20.2 25.3
2005 20.3 25.5
2006 20.4 25.6
2007 20.6 25.8
2008 20.7 26.1
2009 20.9 26.3
2010 21 26.5
2011 21.2 26.7
2012 21.3 26.9
2013 21.5 27.1
2014 21.7 27.3
2015 21.9 27.5
2016 22 27.7
2017 22.2 27.9
2018 22.4 28.1
2019 22.6 28.3
2020 22.8 28.6
2021 23 28.7
2022 23.2 28.9
2023 23.4 29.2
2024 23.6 29.4

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Finance

Papua New Guinea Suriname
GNI, Atlas method
$31.1B
2024
$3.72B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
21.5%
2025
29.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
0.78%
2023
2.87%
2023
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.31%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
4,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.61%
2025
-1.18%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.69%
2022
7.92%
2016
Services, % of GDP
41.5%
2024
48.3%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
37.2%
2024
39.9%
2023
Economic freedom index
52.5
2025
50.9
2025
Income share by richest 10%
31%
2009
30.1%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
1.9%
2009
2.2%
2022
Listed domestic companies
6
2016
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$1.68B
2017
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$3.9B
2023
$1.63B
2024
Personal remittances received
$3.87M
2024
$160M
2024
International tourist arrivals
39,000
2020
279,000
2017
International tourism as share of exports
0.04%
2018
0.78%
2020

Energy

Papua New Guinea Suriname
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
1,695 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$12.5
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
5.95 megatons
2023
2.63 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.57 tons
2023
4.18 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
90.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
54.6%
2022
14.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
10.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
12.3%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
2,897 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
40%
2021
41.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
35.3%
2021
61%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
20.5%
2023
99.6%
2023

Society

Papua New Guinea Suriname
% of world population
0.13%
2024
0.008%
2024
Annual migration change
-707
2024
-1,166
2024
Urban population
13.9%
2024
66.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.35 ft
2025
5.73 ft
2025
Average female height
5.15 ft
2025
5.32 ft
2025
Quality of life index
38.9
2025
47.3
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
31
2024
40
2024
Higher education index
29
2025
22
2025
Homicides per 100K people
9.4
2010
7.28
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
12.6
2019
15.3
2019
Visa free countries
88
2025
88
2025
Adult literacy rate
87.1%
2022
95%
2021
English speaking
70.4%
2023
87.1%
2023
People using the Internet
24.1%
2023
78.4%
2023

Health

Papua New Guinea Suriname
Government health expenditure per capita
$81.1
2022
$344
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$7.51
2022
$79.4
2022
Life expectancy
66.4 years
2025
73.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32.2%
2022
1.47%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.06
2021
1.48
2021
Age at first childbirth
21.9 years
2025
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
189
2023
84
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
40.3
2023
16.2
2023
Obesity rate
21.2%
2022
29.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
14.1%
2024
13.8%
2024
Air quality index
91
2025
63
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
39.6%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.13 liters
2020
5.93 liters
2020

Territory

Papua New Guinea Suriname
% of world land
0.3%
2025
0.11%
2025
Land area per capita
16,532 sq mi
2024
97,682 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5,425 sq mi
2025
275.8 sq mi
2025
Forest area
138,051 sq mi
2025
58,531 sq mi
2025
Roads length
5,809 mi
2011
2,674 mi
2003

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