Papua New Guinea vs Taiwan statistics compared

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 23.4M in Taiwan (ranked 60/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan (ranked 54th vs. 133rd).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and Taiwan ranks 22/197 ($797B). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while Taiwan ranks 34/197 ($34,041).

Papua New Guinea and Taiwan: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and Taiwan economies compared

GDP

Papua New Guinea

Taiwan

Table

Year	GDP
	Papua New Guinea	Taiwan
1960	$230,496,037	-
1961	$244,832,039	$1,778,000,000
1962	$261,184,042	$1,960,000,000
1963	$275,968,044	$2,218,000,000
1964	$305,312,049	$2,592,000,000
1965	$344,176,055	$2,869,000,000
1966	$390,992,063	$3,207,000,000
1967	$441,728,183	$3,709,000,000
1968	$485,184,190	$4,325,000,000
1969	$551,263,864	$5,017,000,000
1970	$645,568,215	$5,785,000,000
1971	$717,750,278	$6,727,000,000
1972	$858,761,926	$8,063,000,000
1973	$1,299,079,410	$10,940,000,000
1974	$1,467,417,672	$14,739,000,000
1975	$1,356,603,608	$15,836,000,000
1976	$1,511,843,235	$18,988,000,000
1977	$1,640,746,619	$22,252,000,000
1978	$1,947,878,831	$27,373,000,000
1979	$2,293,760,511	$33,875,000,000
1980	$2,545,808,456	$42,292,000,000
1981	$2,498,190,847	$49,047,000,000
1982	$2,368,719,683	$49,540,000,000
1983	$2,562,351,551	$54,155,000,000
1984	$2,552,662,617	$61,036,000,000
1985	$2,423,339,172	$63,599,000,000
1986	$2,647,995,602	$78,347,000,000
1987	$3,143,851,794	$104,956,000,000
1988	$3,656,177,881	$126,378,000,000
1989	$3,546,472,566	$152,687,000,000
1990	$3,219,729,083	$166,392,000,000
1991	$3,787,394,958	$187,100,000,000
1992	$4,377,980,510	$222,947,000,000
1993	$4,974,550,286	$234,943,000,000
1994	$5,502,786,070	$256,213,000,000
1995	$4,636,057,476	$279,013,000,000
1996	$5,155,311,077	$292,473,000,000
1997	$4,936,615,299	$303,315,000,000
1998	$3,789,443,015	$279,926,000,000
1999	$3,477,038,204	$303,827,000,000
2000	$3,521,339,699	$330,725,000,000
2001	$3,081,024,212	$299,303,000,000
2002	$2,999,511,040	$307,429,000,000
2003	$3,536,411,824	$317,374,000,000
2004	$3,927,157,867	$346,881,000,000
2005	$4,865,892,972	$374,042,000,000
2006	$8,354,911,041	$386,492,000,000
2007	$9,545,028,944	$406,940,000,000
2008	$11,670,892,801	$415,824,000,000
2009	$11,619,456,449	$390,788,000,000
2010	$14,250,786,675	$444,245,000,000
2011	$17,985,138,066	$483,957,000,000
2012	$21,295,168,666	$495,536,000,000
2013	$21,261,338,065	$512,957,000,000
2014	$23,210,823,987	$535,332,000,000
2015	$21,723,437,010	$534,474,000,000
2016	$20,758,876,953	$543,002,000,000
2017	$22,742,699,138	$591,734,000,000
2018	$24,109,780,708	$610,744,000,000
2019	$24,750,626,030	$613,453,000,000
2020	$23,848,447,850	$676,935,000,000
2021	$26,109,413,521	$777,062,000,000
2022	$31,653,185,953	$765,529,000,000
2023	$30,816,367,067	$757,276,000,000
2024	$32,538,480,024	$796,904,000,000

Papua New Guinea and Taiwan economies compared

GDP per capita

Papua New Guinea

Taiwan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Papua New Guinea	Taiwan
1960	$115.5	-
1961	$119.7	$161.2
1962	$124.7	$172
1963	$128.9	$188.6
1964	$139.5	$213.6
1965	$153.9	$229.3
1966	$171.1	$249.1
1967	$189	$280.8
1968	$202.9	$319
1969	$225.3	$357
1970	$257.6	$397
1971	$279.7	$451
1972	$327	$530
1973	$483	$706
1974	$533	$934
1975	$482	$985
1976	$525	$1,158
1977	$558	$1,330
1978	$648	$1,606
1979	$748	$1,950
1980	$813	$2,389
1981	$781	$2,720
1982	$726	$2,699
1983	$769	$2,903
1984	$750	$3,224
1985	$697	$3,314
1986	$745	$4,036
1987	$865	$5,350
1988	$985	$6,370
1989	$934	$7,613
1990	$826	$8,205
1991	$942	$9,125
1992	$1,051	$10,768
1993	$1,151	$11,242
1994	$1,228	$12,150
1995	$998	$13,119
1996	$1,071	$13,641
1997	$990	$14,020
1998	$733	$12,820
1999	$650	$13,804
2000	$636	$14,908
2001	$538	$13,397
2002	$506	$13,686
2003	$577	$14,066
2004	$621	$15,317
2005	$744	$16,456
2006	$1,238	$16,934
2007	$1,371	$17,757
2008	$1,625	$18,081
2009	$1,569	$16,933
2010	$1,867	$19,197
2011	$2,288	$20,866
2012	$2,635	$21,295
2013	$2,561	$21,973
2014	$2,723	$22,874
2015	$2,485	$22,780
2016	$2,316	$23,091
2017	$2,478	$25,121
2018	$2,566	$25,901
2019	$2,576	$25,998
2020	$2,430	$28,705
2021	$2,608	$33,111
2022	$3,102	$32,827
2023	$2,966	$32,442
2024	$3,076	$34,041

Papua New Guinea vs. Taiwan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Papua New Guinea

Taiwan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Papua New Guinea	Taiwan
1950	39.4	56.6
1951	35.5	57.2
1952	40.7	57.9
1953	41.3	58.6
1954	42	58.9
1955	42.6	59.8
1956	43.3	60.3
1957	43.9	61
1958	44.6	61
1959	45.1	61.6
1960	45.8	62.5
1961	46.4	63
1962	46.7	63.8
1963	47.7	64.5
1964	48.3	64.9
1965	48.9	65.7
1966	49.6	66.1
1967	50.2	66.7
1968	50.9	66.8
1969	51.5	67.7
1970	52.1	69
1971	52.6	69.4
1972	53.3	69.6
1973	53.9	69.8
1974	54.4	70.3
1975	55	70.9
1976	55.5	71.2
1977	56	71.3
1978	56.5	71.7
1979	57	71.7
1980	57.4	72
1981	57.8	72
1982	58.1	72.4
1983	58.3	72.4
1984	58.6	73
1985	58.8	73.3
1986	59	73.3
1987	59.2	73.6
1988	59.4	73.4
1989	59.6	73.7
1990	59.8	73.9
1991	59.9	74.3
1992	60.3	74.3
1993	60.5	74.6
1994	60.7	74.7
1995	60.9	74.6
1996	61.1	74.9
1997	61.3	75.3
1998	60.4	75.5
1999	61.5	75.6
2000	61.6	76.1
2001	61.6	76.5
2002	61.6	76.9
2003	61.7	77
2004	61.8	77.2
2005	61.9	77.1
2006	62	77.8
2007	62.2	78
2008	62.5	78.3
2009	62.8	78.7
2010	63.1	79
2011	63.4	78.9
2012	63.6	79.2
2013	63.9	79.6
2014	64.2	79.5
2015	64.5	79.9
2016	64.7	79.7
2017	64.9	80.1
2018	65.1	80.4
2019	65.3	80.6
2020	65.1	81.1
2021	64.4	80.8
2022	65.3	80.2
2023	66.1	80.6
2024	66.3	80.7
2025	66.4	80.9

Papua New Guinea and Taiwan population clocks and comparison

Population

Papua New Guinea

Taiwan

Table

Year	Population
	Papua New Guinea	Taiwan
1960	1,995,110	-
1961	2,046,127	11,030,385
1962	2,093,919	11,392,513
1963	2,141,376	11,762,101
1964	2,188,325	12,137,143
1965	2,235,820	12,511,863
1966	2,285,774	12,874,153
1967	2,337,532	13,210,344
1968	2,390,803	13,548,537
1969	2,446,927	14,068,984
1970	2,505,628	14,582,944
1971	2,566,421	14,913,564
1972	2,628,432	15,220,495
1973	2,690,629	15,505,121
1974	2,752,671	15,784,817
1975	2,814,820	16,075,128
1976	2,877,327	16,401,413
1977	2,940,327	16,730,895
1978	3,003,714	17,042,272
1979	3,067,341	17,372,779
1980	3,131,512	17,704,538
1981	3,197,019	18,029,982
1982	3,264,291	18,354,855
1983	3,333,633	18,653,146
1984	3,405,198	18,929,866
1985	3,478,936	19,191,510
1986	3,554,793	19,411,454
1987	3,632,543	19,617,046
1988	3,711,880	19,839,704
1989	3,796,078	20,055,492
1990	3,896,481	20,278,946
1991	4,021,837	20,503,568
1992	4,166,699	20,704,227
1993	4,320,872	20,899,019
1994	4,480,208	21,086,645
1995	4,644,278	21,267,653
1996	4,813,361	21,441,432
1997	4,987,883	21,634,124
1998	5,166,390	21,835,703
1999	5,349,333	22,010,489
2000	5,537,064	22,184,530
2001	5,728,435	22,341,120
2002	5,924,003	22,463,172
2003	6,123,997	22,562,663
2004	6,328,041	22,646,836
2005	6,535,905	22,729,753
2006	6,747,720	22,823,455
2007	6,963,345	22,917,444
2008	7,183,002	22,997,696
2009	7,406,438	23,078,402
2010	7,633,523	23,140,948
2011	7,859,346	23,193,518
2012	8,081,390	23,270,367
2013	8,302,698	23,344,670
2014	8,523,441	23,403,635
2015	8,743,246	23,462,914
2016	8,961,718	23,515,945
2017	9,178,714	23,555,522
2018	9,394,513	23,580,080
2019	9,609,010	23,596,027
2020	9,815,746	23,582,179
2021	10,012,896	23,468,275
2022	10,203,169	23,319,977
2023	10,389,635	23,342,541
2024	10,576,502	23,410,331

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and Taiwan

Fertility rate

Papua New Guinea

Taiwan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Papua New Guinea	Taiwan
1951	-	7.04
1952	-	-
1953	-	-
1954	-	-
1955	-	-
1956	-	-
1957	-	-
1958	-	-
1959	-	-
1960	6.02	-
1961	6.07	-
1962	6.14	-
1963	6.15	-
1964	6.19	-
1965	6.2	-
1966	6.23	-
1967	6.24	-
1968	6.25	-
1969	6.26	-
1970	6.25	-
1971	6.23	-
1972	6.2	-
1973	6.16	-
1974	6.11	-
1975	6.07	-
1976	6.02	-
1977	5.96	-
1978	5.88	-
1979	5.79	-
1980	5.71	-
1981	5.65	2.46
1982	5.59	-
1983	5.56	-
1984	5.51	-
1985	5.47	-
1986	5.42	-
1987	5.36	-
1988	5.3	-
1989	5.24	-
1990	5.18	-
1991	5.11	1.72
1992	5.03	-
1993	4.96	-
1994	4.87	-
1995	4.78	-
1996	4.73	-
1997	4.68	-
1998	4.63	-
1999	4.59	-
2000	4.53	-
2001	4.47	1.4
2002	4.42	-
2003	4.36	-
2004	4.28	-
2005	4.22	-
2006	4.15	-
2007	4.08	-
2008	4.01	-
2009	3.94	-
2010	3.88	-
2011	3.82	1.07
2012	3.75	-
2013	3.68	-
2014	3.63	-
2015	3.56	1.18
2016	3.5	1.17
2017	3.43	1.13
2018	3.38	1.06
2019	3.32	1.05
2020	3.27	0.99
2021	3.22	0.98
2022	3.17	0.87
2023	3.1	0.87
2024	-	0.89

Papua New Guinea and Taiwan demographics compared

Median age

Papua New Guinea

Taiwan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Papua New Guinea	Taiwan
1960	18.5	-
1961	18.4	-
1962	18.3	-
1963	18.1	-
1964	18	-
1965	17.9	-
1966	17.8	-
1967	17.6	-
1968	17.5	-
1969	17.4	-
1970	17.3	-
1971	17.2	-
1972	17.1	-
1973	17.2	-
1974	17.2	20.8
1975	17.3	21.2
1976	17.4	21.5
1977	17.5	21.9
1978	17.7	22.3
1979	17.8	22.6
1980	18	23
1981	18.1	23.4
1982	18.2	23.8
1983	18.3	24.1
1984	18.3	24.6
1985	18.4	25.1
1986	18.5	25.6
1987	18.5	26.1
1988	18.6	26.5
1989	18.6	27
1990	18.7	27.5
1991	18.8	28
1992	18.9	28.4
1993	19	28.9
1994	19.1	29.4
1995	19.2	29.8
1996	19.4	30.3
1997	19.5	30.7
1998	19.6	31.2
1999	19.7	31.6
2000	19.8	32.1
2001	19.9	32.6
2002	19.9	33.1
2003	20	33.6
2004	20.2	34.1
2005	20.3	34.7
2006	20.4	35.2
2007	20.6	35.8
2008	20.7	36.3
2009	20.9	36.8
2010	21	37.4
2011	21.2	37.9
2012	21.3	38.3
2013	21.5	38.9
2014	21.7	39.3
2015	21.9	39.9
2016	22	40.4
2017	22.2	41
2018	22.4	41.5
2019	22.6	42.1
2020	22.8	42.7
2021	23	43.3
2022	23.2	43.9
2023	23.4	44.5
2024	23.6	45.1

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