Papua New Guinea vs Thailand statistics compared

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 71.7M in Thailand (ranked 20/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 197,256 sq mi for Thailand (ranked 54th vs. 50th).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and Thailand ranks 30/197 ($526B). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while Thailand ranks 102/197 ($7,345).

Papua New Guinea and Thailand: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and Thailand economies compared

GDP

Papua New Guinea

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP
	Papua New Guinea	Thailand
1960	$230,496,037	$2,760,750,861
1961	$244,832,039	$3,034,037,811
1962	$261,184,042	$3,308,912,797
1963	$275,968,044	$3,540,403,457
1964	$305,312,049	$3,889,129,942
1965	$344,176,055	$4,388,937,649
1966	$390,992,063	$5,279,230,817
1967	$441,728,183	$5,638,461,442
1968	$485,184,190	$6,081,009,428
1969	$551,263,864	$6,695,336,567
1970	$645,568,215	$7,086,538,438
1971	$717,750,278	$7,375,000,024
1972	$858,761,926	$8,177,873,151
1973	$1,299,079,410	$10,838,587,358
1974	$1,467,417,672	$13,702,998,512
1975	$1,356,603,608	$14,882,770,594
1976	$1,511,843,235	$16,985,208,648
1977	$1,640,746,619	$19,779,312,261
1978	$1,947,878,831	$24,006,566,637
1979	$2,293,760,511	$27,371,650,825
1980	$2,545,808,456	$32,353,514,989
1981	$2,498,190,847	$34,846,039,194
1982	$2,368,719,683	$36,589,772,404
1983	$2,562,351,551	$40,042,798,388
1984	$2,552,662,617	$41,797,647,776
1985	$2,423,339,172	$38,900,711,333
1986	$2,647,995,602	$43,096,773,981
1987	$3,143,851,794	$50,535,446,555
1988	$3,656,177,881	$61,667,253,471
1989	$3,546,472,566	$72,250,748,100
1990	$3,219,729,083	$85,343,190,719
1991	$3,787,394,958	$98,234,714,971
1992	$4,377,980,510	$111,452,746,518
1993	$4,974,550,286	$128,889,262,951
1994	$5,502,786,070	$146,683,778,959
1995	$4,636,057,476	$169,278,916,593
1996	$5,155,311,077	$183,035,237,429
1997	$4,936,615,299	$150,180,456,566
1998	$3,789,443,015	$113,675,596,788
1999	$3,477,038,204	$126,669,211,779
2000	$3,521,339,699	$126,392,224,254
2001	$3,081,024,212	$120,296,476,180
2002	$2,999,511,040	$134,300,904,400
2003	$3,536,411,824	$152,280,615,246
2004	$3,927,157,867	$172,895,685,155
2005	$4,865,892,972	$189,318,408,469
2006	$8,354,911,041	$221,758,296,022
2007	$9,545,028,944	$262,942,621,455
2008	$11,670,892,801	$291,382,982,431
2009	$11,619,456,449	$281,710,630,187
2010	$14,250,786,675	$341,104,766,329
2011	$17,985,138,066	$370,818,739,624
2012	$21,295,168,666	$397,558,325,279
2013	$21,261,338,065	$420,333,654,593
2014	$23,210,823,987	$407,339,040,198
2015	$21,723,437,010	$401,296,238,228
2016	$20,758,876,953	$413,366,349,748
2017	$22,742,699,138	$456,356,813,537
2018	$24,109,780,708	$506,754,208,404
2019	$24,750,626,030	$543,976,691,794
2020	$23,848,447,850	$500,461,898,480
2021	$26,109,413,521	$506,194,668,790
2022	$31,653,185,953	$495,644,697,588
2023	$30,816,367,067	$515,906,283,941
2024	$32,538,480,024	$526,411,265,428

Papua New Guinea and Thailand economies compared

GDP per capita

Papua New Guinea

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Papua New Guinea	Thailand
1960	$115.5	$102.8
1961	$119.7	$109.7
1962	$124.7	$116.2
1963	$128.9	$120.7
1964	$139.5	$128.6
1965	$153.9	$140.9
1966	$171.1	$164.5
1967	$189	$170.7
1968	$202.9	$178.8
1969	$225.3	$191.4
1970	$257.6	$197.1
1971	$279.7	$199.7
1972	$327	$215.6
1973	$483	$278.3
1974	$533	$343
1975	$482	$364
1976	$525	$405
1977	$558	$462
1978	$648	$548
1979	$748	$612
1980	$813	$709
1981	$781	$748
1982	$726	$770
1983	$769	$827
1984	$750	$847
1985	$697	$774
1986	$745	$842
1987	$865	$970
1988	$985	$1,164
1989	$934	$1,342
1990	$826	$1,559
1991	$942	$1,766
1992	$1,051	$1,972
1993	$1,151	$2,245
1994	$1,228	$2,518
1995	$998	$2,864
1996	$1,071	$3,055
1997	$990	$2,473
1998	$733	$1,848
1999	$650	$2,033
2000	$636	$2,006
2001	$538	$1,890
2002	$506	$2,090
2003	$577	$2,348
2004	$621	$2,642
2005	$744	$2,868
2006	$1,238	$3,331
2007	$1,371	$3,919
2008	$1,625	$4,309
2009	$1,569	$4,135
2010	$1,867	$4,974
2011	$2,288	$5,374
2012	$2,635	$5,726
2013	$2,561	$6,018
2014	$2,723	$5,801
2015	$2,485	$5,689
2016	$2,316	$5,834
2017	$2,478	$6,413
2018	$2,566	$7,100
2019	$2,576	$7,606
2020	$2,430	$6,986
2021	$2,608	$7,057
2022	$3,102	$6,909
2023	$2,966	$7,195
2024	$3,076	$7,345

Papua New Guinea vs. Thailand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Papua New Guinea

Thailand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Papua New Guinea	Thailand
1950	39.4	45.2
1951	35.5	45.9
1952	40.7	46.5
1953	41.3	47.1
1954	42	47.6
1955	42.6	48.1
1956	43.3	48.6
1957	43.9	49.1
1958	44.6	49.5
1959	45.1	50.1
1960	45.8	50.6
1961	46.4	51.1
1962	46.7	51.4
1963	47.7	52
1964	48.3	52.5
1965	48.9	53.1
1966	49.6	53.7
1967	50.2	54.3
1968	50.9	55
1969	51.5	55.7
1970	52.1	56.5
1971	52.6	57.1
1972	53.3	57.7
1973	53.9	58.3
1974	54.4	59
1975	55	59.7
1976	55.5	60.4
1977	56	60.9
1978	56.5	61.3
1979	57	61.7
1980	57.4	62.2
1981	57.8	62.9
1982	58.1	63.6
1983	58.3	64.5
1984	58.6	65.5
1985	58.8	66.5
1986	59	67.3
1987	59.2	67.8
1988	59.4	68.2
1989	59.6	68.6
1990	59.8	68.9
1991	59.9	69.1
1992	60.3	69.4
1993	60.5	69.6
1994	60.7	69.7
1995	60.9	69.8
1996	61.1	69.9
1997	61.3	70.4
1998	60.4	70.7
1999	61.5	71
2000	61.6	71.2
2001	61.6	71.5
2002	61.6	71.8
2003	61.7	72.1
2004	61.8	72.1
2005	61.9	72.9
2006	62	73.3
2007	62.2	73.8
2008	62.5	74.2
2009	62.8	74.7
2010	63.1	75
2011	63.4	75.3
2012	63.6	75.6
2013	63.9	76
2014	64.2	76.3
2015	64.5	76.6
2016	64.7	76.8
2017	64.9	77
2018	65.1	77.2
2019	65.3	77.2
2020	65.1	77.3
2021	64.4	77.6
2022	65.3	75.3
2023	66.1	76.4
2024	66.3	76.6
2025	66.4	76.8

Papua New Guinea and Thailand population clocks and comparison

Population

Papua New Guinea

Thailand

Table

Year	Population
	Papua New Guinea	Thailand
1960	1,995,110	26,851,747
1961	2,046,127	27,650,334
1962	2,093,919	28,481,040
1963	2,141,376	29,342,322
1964	2,188,325	30,232,141
1965	2,235,820	31,149,337
1966	2,285,774	32,086,071
1967	2,337,532	33,037,801
1968	2,390,803	34,002,560
1969	2,446,927	34,973,782
1970	2,505,628	35,954,408
1971	2,566,421	36,937,387
1972	2,628,432	37,933,929
1973	2,690,629	38,947,787
1974	2,752,671	39,952,891
1975	2,814,820	40,940,005
1976	2,877,327	41,896,504
1977	2,940,327	42,843,974
1978	3,003,714	43,788,976
1979	3,067,341	44,718,434
1980	3,131,512	45,650,022
1981	3,197,019	46,575,855
1982	3,264,291	47,494,577
1983	3,333,633	48,423,309
1984	3,405,198	49,351,708
1985	3,478,936	50,270,753
1986	3,554,793	51,177,834
1987	3,632,543	52,074,105
1988	3,711,880	52,969,595
1989	3,796,078	53,848,956
1990	3,896,481	54,738,329
1991	4,021,837	55,637,434
1992	4,166,699	56,528,834
1993	4,320,872	57,408,198
1994	4,480,208	58,260,854
1995	4,644,278	59,098,232
1996	4,813,361	59,920,064
1997	4,987,883	60,724,584
1998	5,166,390	61,522,630
1999	5,349,333	62,299,043
2000	5,537,064	63,007,815
2001	5,728,435	63,651,141
2002	5,924,003	64,266,437
2003	6,123,997	64,868,166
2004	6,328,041	65,452,047
2005	6,535,905	66,017,420
2006	6,747,720	66,567,687
2007	6,963,345	67,102,394
2008	7,183,002	67,619,830
2009	7,406,438	68,121,080
2010	7,633,523	68,579,447
2011	7,859,346	69,007,208
2012	8,081,390	69,436,098
2013	8,302,698	69,845,114
2014	8,523,441	70,216,367
2015	8,743,246	70,540,795
2016	8,961,718	70,859,841
2017	9,178,714	71,160,187
2018	9,394,513	71,376,079
2019	9,609,010	71,522,271
2020	9,815,746	71,641,484
2021	10,012,896	71,727,332
2022	10,203,169	71,735,329
2023	10,389,635	71,702,435
2024	10,576,502	71,668,011

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and Thailand

Fertility rate

Papua New Guinea

Thailand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Papua New Guinea	Thailand
1960	6.02	6.33
1961	6.07	6.32
1962	6.14	6.33
1963	6.15	6.34
1964	6.19	6.31
1965	6.2	6.26
1966	6.23	6.18
1967	6.24	6.08
1968	6.25	5.93
1969	6.26	5.7
1970	6.25	5.45
1971	6.23	5.25
1972	6.2	5.08
1973	6.16	4.85
1974	6.11	4.6
1975	6.07	4.36
1976	6.02	4.12
1977	5.96	3.87
1978	5.88	3.62
1979	5.79	3.45
1980	5.71	3.29
1981	5.65	3.13
1982	5.59	2.94
1983	5.56	2.76
1984	5.51	2.58
1985	5.47	2.45
1986	5.42	2.36
1987	5.36	2.26
1988	5.3	2.17
1989	5.24	2.14
1990	5.18	2.07
1991	5.11	2.04
1992	5.03	2.01
1993	4.96	1.97
1994	4.87	1.93
1995	4.78	1.89
1996	4.73	1.87
1997	4.68	1.85
1998	4.63	1.82
1999	4.59	1.77
2000	4.53	1.73
2001	4.47	1.71
2002	4.42	1.69
2003	4.36	1.67
2004	4.28	1.67
2005	4.22	1.64
2006	4.15	1.63
2007	4.08	1.62
2008	4.01	1.59
2009	3.94	1.57
2010	3.88	1.56
2011	3.82	1.57
2012	3.75	1.56
2013	3.68	1.53
2014	3.63	1.48
2015	3.56	1.45
2016	3.5	1.4
2017	3.43	1.36
2018	3.38	1.32
2019	3.32	1.29
2020	3.27	1.26
2021	3.22	1.23
2022	3.17	1.22
2023	3.1	1.21

Papua New Guinea and Thailand demographics compared

Median age

Papua New Guinea

Thailand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Papua New Guinea	Thailand
1960	18.5	18
1961	18.4	17.9
1962	18.3	17.7
1963	18.1	17.6
1964	18	17.5
1965	17.9	17.4
1966	17.8	17.3
1967	17.6	17.3
1968	17.5	17.3
1969	17.4	17.4
1970	17.3	17.5
1971	17.2	17.6
1972	17.1	17.8
1973	17.2	18
1974	17.2	18.2
1975	17.3	18.4
1976	17.4	18.7
1977	17.5	18.9
1978	17.7	19.2
1979	17.8	19.5
1980	18	19.9
1981	18.1	20.2
1982	18.2	20.6
1983	18.3	21
1984	18.3	21.5
1985	18.4	21.9
1986	18.5	22.4
1987	18.5	22.8
1988	18.6	23.3
1989	18.6	23.7
1990	18.7	24.3
1991	18.8	24.8
1992	18.9	25.4
1993	19	26
1994	19.1	26.6
1995	19.2	27.2
1996	19.4	27.7
1997	19.5	28.3
1998	19.6	28.9
1999	19.7	29.5
2000	19.8	30
2001	19.9	30.5
2002	19.9	30.9
2003	20	31.3
2004	20.2	31.7
2005	20.3	32.2
2006	20.4	32.6
2007	20.6	33.1
2008	20.7	33.6
2009	20.9	34
2010	21	34.5
2011	21.2	35
2012	21.3	35.4
2013	21.5	35.9
2014	21.7	36.3
2015	21.9	36.8
2016	22	37.3
2017	22.2	37.7
2018	22.4	38.2
2019	22.6	38.7
2020	22.8	39.2
2021	23	39.7
2022	23.2	40.2
2023	23.4	40.7
2024	23.6	41.1

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