Papua New Guinea vs Tonga statistics compared

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 104K in Tonga (ranked 183/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 278 sq mi for Tonga (ranked 54th vs. 176th).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and Tonga ranks 191/197 ($509M). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while Tonga ranks 121/197 ($4,864).

Papua New Guinea and Tonga: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and Tonga economies compared

GDP

Papua New Guinea

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP
	Papua New Guinea	Tonga
1960	$230,496,037	-
1961	$244,832,039	-
1962	$261,184,042	-
1963	$275,968,044	-
1964	$305,312,049	-
1965	$344,176,055	-
1966	$390,992,063	-
1967	$441,728,183	-
1968	$485,184,190	-
1969	$551,263,864	-
1970	$645,568,215	-
1971	$717,750,278	-
1972	$858,761,926	-
1973	$1,299,079,410	-
1974	$1,467,417,672	-
1975	$1,356,603,608	$32,506,742
1976	$1,511,843,235	$30,036,417
1977	$1,640,746,619	$34,139,388
1978	$1,947,878,831	$41,567,472
1979	$2,293,760,511	$44,667,002
1980	$2,545,808,456	$53,260,077
1981	$2,498,190,847	$62,242,013
1982	$2,368,719,683	$62,068,161
1983	$2,562,351,551	$60,863,964
1984	$2,552,662,617	$64,248,355
1985	$2,423,339,172	$60,058,663
1986	$2,647,995,602	$68,195,856
1987	$3,143,851,794	$81,667,133
1988	$3,656,177,881	$106,657,267
1989	$3,546,472,566	$106,344,855
1990	$3,219,729,083	$113,563,822
1991	$3,787,394,958	$132,201,141
1992	$4,377,980,510	$137,066,291
1993	$4,974,550,286	$138,489,884
1994	$5,502,786,070	$195,990,986
1995	$4,636,057,476	$208,871,666
1996	$5,155,311,077	$222,100,576
1997	$4,936,615,299	$214,991,452
1998	$3,789,443,015	$191,504,893
1999	$3,477,038,204	$199,208,718
2000	$3,521,339,699	$204,848,488
2001	$3,081,024,212	$181,117,230
2002	$2,999,511,040	$182,764,281
2003	$3,536,411,824	$202,246,591
2004	$3,927,157,867	$230,678,011
2005	$4,865,892,972	$261,823,805
2006	$8,354,911,041	$292,232,703
2007	$9,545,028,944	$298,519,623
2008	$11,670,892,801	$344,438,844
2009	$11,619,456,449	$312,415,028
2010	$14,250,786,675	$366,887,375
2011	$17,985,138,066	$414,143,828
2012	$21,295,168,666	$471,122,971
2013	$21,261,338,065	$451,788,498
2014	$23,210,823,987	$440,997,735
2015	$21,723,437,010	$437,525,539
2016	$20,758,876,953	$420,828,255
2017	$22,742,699,138	$459,976,847
2018	$24,109,780,708	$489,714,530
2019	$24,750,626,030	$494,197,854
2020	$23,848,447,850	$496,856,304
2021	$26,109,413,521	$518,228,029
2022	$31,653,185,953	$518,180,029
2023	$30,816,367,067	$508,735,107
2024	$32,538,480,024	-

Papua New Guinea and Tonga economies compared

GDP per capita

Papua New Guinea

Tonga

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Papua New Guinea	Tonga
1960	$115.5	-
1961	$119.7	-
1962	$124.7	-
1963	$128.9	-
1964	$139.5	-
1965	$153.9	-
1966	$171.1	-
1967	$189	-
1968	$202.9	-
1969	$225.3	-
1970	$257.6	-
1971	$279.7	-
1972	$327	-
1973	$483	-
1974	$533	-
1975	$482	$349
1976	$525	$315
1977	$558	$353
1978	$648	$428
1979	$748	$458
1980	$813	$545
1981	$781	$636
1982	$726	$633
1983	$769	$621
1984	$750	$656
1985	$697	$613
1986	$745	$696
1987	$865	$830
1988	$985	$1,078
1989	$934	$1,070
1990	$826	$1,139
1991	$942	$1,323
1992	$1,051	$1,370
1993	$1,151	$1,383
1994	$1,228	$1,957
1995	$998	$2,084
1996	$1,071	$2,215
1997	$990	$2,136
1998	$733	$1,889
1999	$650	$1,952
2000	$636	$1,995
2001	$538	$1,754
2002	$506	$1,759
2003	$577	$1,936
2004	$621	$2,195
2005	$744	$2,478
2006	$1,238	$2,750
2007	$1,371	$2,797
2008	$1,625	$3,218
2009	$1,569	$2,914
2010	$1,867	$3,416
2011	$2,288	$3,850
2012	$2,635	$4,384
2013	$2,561	$4,219
2014	$2,723	$4,137
2015	$2,485	$4,124
2016	$2,316	$3,988
2017	$2,478	$4,366
2018	$2,566	$4,639
2019	$2,576	$4,677
2020	$2,430	$4,700
2021	$2,608	$4,913
2022	$3,102	$4,933
2023	$2,966	$4,864
2024	$3,076	-

Papua New Guinea vs. Tonga life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Papua New Guinea

Tonga

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Papua New Guinea	Tonga
1950	39.4	48.4
1951	35.5	49.8
1952	40.7	51.2
1953	41.3	52.4
1954	42	53.6
1955	42.6	54.7
1956	43.3	55.7
1957	43.9	56.5
1958	44.6	57.2
1959	45.1	57.8
1960	45.8	58.3
1961	46.4	58.8
1962	46.7	59.3
1963	47.7	59.8
1964	48.3	60.3
1965	48.9	60.7
1966	49.6	61.2
1967	50.2	61.7
1968	50.9	62.2
1969	51.5	62.7
1970	52.1	63.2
1971	52.6	63.6
1972	53.3	64.1
1973	53.9	64.4
1974	54.4	64.8
1975	55	65.1
1976	55.5	65.4
1977	56	65.6
1978	56.5	65.9
1979	57	66
1980	57.4	66.2
1981	57.8	66.4
1982	58.1	66.3
1983	58.3	66.7
1984	58.6	66.8
1985	58.8	66.9
1986	59	67.1
1987	59.2	67.2
1988	59.4	67.3
1989	59.6	67.4
1990	59.8	67.5
1991	59.9	67.7
1992	60.3	67.9
1993	60.5	68.2
1994	60.7	68.4
1995	60.9	68.6
1996	61.1	68.8
1997	61.3	69
1998	60.4	69.2
1999	61.5	69.4
2000	61.6	69.6
2001	61.6	69.8
2002	61.6	70
2003	61.7	70.2
2004	61.8	70.4
2005	61.9	70.6
2006	62	70.7
2007	62.2	70.9
2008	62.5	71
2009	62.8	70.9
2010	63.1	71.3
2011	63.4	71.4
2012	63.6	71.5
2013	63.9	71.6
2014	64.2	71.7
2015	64.5	71.9
2016	64.7	72
2017	64.9	72.1
2018	65.1	72.2
2019	65.3	72.3
2020	65.1	72.4
2021	64.4	72.1
2022	65.3	72.6
2023	66.1	72.9
2024	66.3	73.1
2025	66.4	73.2

Papua New Guinea and Tonga population clocks and comparison

Population

Papua New Guinea

Tonga

Table

Year	Population
	Papua New Guinea	Tonga
1960	1,995,110	66,170
1961	2,046,127	68,037
1962	2,093,919	69,940
1963	2,141,376	71,885
1964	2,188,325	73,879
1965	2,235,820	75,924
1966	2,285,774	78,002
1967	2,337,532	79,814
1968	2,390,803	81,353
1969	2,446,927	82,885
1970	2,505,628	84,401
1971	2,566,421	85,896
1972	2,628,432	87,356
1973	2,690,629	88,805
1974	2,752,671	90,683
1975	2,814,820	93,017
1976	2,877,327	95,325
1977	2,940,327	96,725
1978	3,003,714	97,204
1979	3,067,341	97,544
1980	3,131,512	97,769
1981	3,197,019	97,909
1982	3,264,291	97,980
1983	3,333,633	97,998
1984	3,405,198	97,990
1985	3,478,936	97,984
1986	3,554,793	98,010
1987	3,632,543	98,376
1988	3,711,880	98,969
1989	3,796,078	99,403
1990	3,896,481	99,700
1991	4,021,837	99,895
1992	4,166,699	100,022
1993	4,320,872	100,103
1994	4,480,208	100,166
1995	4,644,278	100,225
1996	4,813,361	100,275
1997	4,987,883	100,674
1998	5,166,390	101,388
1999	5,349,333	102,046
2000	5,537,064	102,677
2001	5,728,435	103,288
2002	5,924,003	103,874
2003	6,123,997	104,464
2004	6,328,041	105,071
2005	6,535,905	105,671
2006	6,747,720	106,253
2007	6,963,345	106,726
2008	7,183,002	107,020
2009	7,406,438	107,203
2010	7,633,523	107,400
2011	7,859,346	107,570
2012	8,081,390	107,460
2013	8,302,698	107,078
2014	8,523,441	106,609
2015	8,743,246	106,095
2016	8,961,718	105,524
2017	9,178,714	105,356
2018	9,394,513	105,567
2019	9,609,010	105,669
2020	9,815,746	105,704
2021	10,012,896	105,490
2022	10,203,169	105,042
2023	10,389,635	104,597
2024	10,576,502	104,175

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and Tonga

Fertility rate

Papua New Guinea

Tonga

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Papua New Guinea	Tonga
1960	6.02	6.65
1961	6.07	6.61
1962	6.14	6.57
1963	6.15	6.52
1964	6.19	6.46
1965	6.2	6.41
1966	6.23	6.35
1967	6.24	6.29
1968	6.25	6.23
1969	6.26	6.17
1970	6.25	6.07
1971	6.23	5.96
1972	6.2	5.86
1973	6.16	5.8
1974	6.11	5.77
1975	6.07	5.75
1976	6.02	5.73
1977	5.96	5.7
1978	5.88	5.68
1979	5.79	5.65
1980	5.71	5.6
1981	5.65	5.55
1982	5.59	5.5
1983	5.56	5.45
1984	5.51	5.41
1985	5.47	5.34
1986	5.42	5.27
1987	5.36	5.19
1988	5.3	5.1
1989	5.24	5.01
1990	5.18	4.93
1991	5.11	4.85
1992	5.03	4.79
1993	4.96	4.73
1994	4.87	4.66
1995	4.78	4.56
1996	4.73	4.46
1997	4.68	4.38
1998	4.63	4.31
1999	4.59	4.23
2000	4.53	4.16
2001	4.47	4.13
2002	4.42	4.14
2003	4.36	4.18
2004	4.28	4.19
2005	4.22	4.2
2006	4.15	4.14
2007	4.08	4.09
2008	4.01	4.01
2009	3.94	3.95
2010	3.88	3.88
2011	3.82	3.83
2012	3.75	3.77
2013	3.68	3.7
2014	3.63	3.62
2015	3.56	3.54
2016	3.5	3.46
2017	3.43	3.39
2018	3.38	3.33
2019	3.32	3.27
2020	3.27	3.23
2021	3.22	3.2
2022	3.17	3.17
2023	3.1	3.13

Papua New Guinea and Tonga demographics compared

Median age

Papua New Guinea

Tonga

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Papua New Guinea	Tonga
1960	18.5	17.1
1961	18.4	17.1
1962	18.3	17.1
1963	18.1	17
1964	18	17
1965	17.9	17
1966	17.8	17
1967	17.6	17
1968	17.5	16.9
1969	17.4	16.8
1970	17.3	16.8
1971	17.2	16.7
1972	17.1	16.7
1973	17.2	16.8
1974	17.2	16.8
1975	17.3	16.7
1976	17.4	16.7
1977	17.5	16.8
1978	17.7	17.1
1979	17.8	17.3
1980	18	17.4
1981	18.1	17.6
1982	18.2	17.8
1983	18.3	17.9
1984	18.3	18
1985	18.4	18.1
1986	18.5	18.2
1987	18.5	18.3
1988	18.6	18.6
1989	18.6	18.9
1990	18.7	19.1
1991	18.8	19.3
1992	18.9	19.5
1993	19	19.6
1994	19.1	19.6
1995	19.2	19.6
1996	19.4	19.6
1997	19.5	19.7
1998	19.6	19.9
1999	19.7	20.1
2000	19.8	20.3
2001	19.9	20.5
2002	19.9	20.7
2003	20	20.8
2004	20.2	20.8
2005	20.3	20.8
2006	20.4	20.8
2007	20.6	20.9
2008	20.7	21
2009	20.9	21.1
2010	21	21.2
2011	21.2	21.2
2012	21.3	21.4
2013	21.5	21.6
2014	21.7	21.7
2015	21.9	21.8
2016	22	21.9
2017	22.2	21.9
2018	22.4	22
2019	22.6	22
2020	22.8	22.1
2021	23	22.1
2022	23.2	22
2023	23.4	21.9
2024	23.6	21.9

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