Papua New Guinea vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 54th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Papua New Guinea and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Papua New Guinea

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Papua New Guinea	United Kingdom
1960	$230,496,037	$73,233,967,692
1961	$244,832,039	$77,741,965,703
1962	$261,184,042	$81,247,564,157
1963	$275,968,044	$86,561,961,812
1964	$305,312,049	$94,407,558,351
1965	$344,176,055	$101,824,755,079
1966	$390,992,063	$108,572,752,102
1967	$441,728,183	$113,116,888,211
1968	$485,184,190	$107,759,910,068
1969	$551,263,864	$116,464,702,803
1970	$645,568,215	$130,671,946,244
1971	$717,750,278	$148,113,896,325
1972	$858,761,926	$169,965,034,965
1973	$1,299,079,410	$192,537,971,583
1974	$1,467,417,672	$206,131,369,799
1975	$1,356,603,608	$241,756,637,168
1976	$1,511,843,235	$232,614,555,256
1977	$1,640,746,619	$263,066,457,352
1978	$1,947,878,831	$335,883,029,722
1979	$2,293,760,511	$438,994,070,309
1980	$2,545,808,456	$564,947,710,899
1981	$2,498,190,847	$540,765,675,241
1982	$2,368,719,683	$515,048,916,841
1983	$2,562,351,551	$489,618,008,186
1984	$2,552,662,617	$461,487,097,632
1985	$2,423,339,172	$489,285,164,271
1986	$2,647,995,602	$601,452,653,181
1987	$3,143,851,794	$745,162,608,269
1988	$3,656,177,881	$910,122,732,124
1989	$3,546,472,566	$926,884,816,754
1990	$3,219,729,083	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$3,787,394,958	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$4,377,980,510	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$4,974,550,286	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$5,502,786,070	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$4,636,057,476	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$5,155,311,077	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$4,936,615,299	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$3,789,443,015	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$3,477,038,204	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$3,521,339,699	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$3,081,024,212	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$2,999,511,040	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$3,536,411,824	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$3,927,157,867	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$4,865,892,972	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$8,354,911,041	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$9,545,028,944	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$11,670,892,801	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$11,619,456,449	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$14,250,786,675	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$17,985,138,066	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$21,295,168,666	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$21,261,338,065	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$23,210,823,987	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$21,723,437,010	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$20,758,876,953	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$22,742,699,138	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$24,109,780,708	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$24,750,626,030	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$23,848,447,850	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$26,109,413,521	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$31,653,185,953	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$30,816,367,067	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$32,538,480,024	$3,643,834,188,783

Papua New Guinea and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Papua New Guinea

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Papua New Guinea	United Kingdom
1960	$115.5	$1,398
1961	$119.7	$1,472
1962	$124.7	$1,526
1963	$128.9	$1,613
1964	$139.5	$1,748
1965	$153.9	$1,874
1966	$171.1	$1,987
1967	$189	$2,059
1968	$202.9	$1,952
1969	$225.3	$2,101
1970	$257.6	$2,348
1971	$279.7	$2,650
1972	$327	$3,030
1973	$483	$3,426
1974	$533	$3,666
1975	$482	$4,300
1976	$525	$4,138
1977	$558	$4,681
1978	$648	$5,977
1979	$748	$7,805
1980	$813	$10,032
1981	$781	$9,599
1982	$726	$9,146
1983	$769	$8,692
1984	$750	$8,179
1985	$697	$8,652
1986	$745	$10,611
1987	$865	$13,119
1988	$985	$15,987
1989	$934	$16,239
1990	$826	$19,095
1991	$942	$19,901
1992	$1,051	$20,487
1993	$1,151	$18,389
1994	$1,228	$19,709
1995	$998	$23,169
1996	$1,071	$24,406
1997	$990	$26,766
1998	$733	$28,275
1999	$650	$28,762
2000	$636	$28,281
2001	$538	$27,907
2002	$506	$30,078
2003	$577	$34,443
2004	$621	$40,367
2005	$744	$42,105
2006	$1,238	$44,512
2007	$1,371	$50,398
2008	$1,625	$47,396
2009	$1,569	$38,744
2010	$1,867	$39,599
2011	$2,288	$42,110
2012	$2,635	$42,490
2013	$2,561	$43,419
2014	$2,723	$47,427
2015	$2,485	$44,984
2016	$2,316	$40,988
2017	$2,478	$40,629
2018	$2,566	$43,315
2019	$2,576	$42,794
2020	$2,430	$40,405
2021	$2,608	$46,926
2022	$3,102	$46,063
2023	$2,966	$49,201
2024	$3,076	$52,637

Papua New Guinea vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Papua New Guinea

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Papua New Guinea	United Kingdom
1950	39.4	68.6
1951	35.5	68.2
1952	40.7	69.5
1953	41.3	69.8
1954	42	70.2
1955	42.6	70.1
1956	43.3	70.4
1957	43.9	70.5
1958	44.6	70.7
1959	45.1	70.8
1960	45.8	71
1961	46.4	70.8
1962	46.7	70.9
1963	47.7	70.8
1964	48.3	71.5
1965	48.9	71.5
1966	49.6	71.4
1967	50.2	72.1
1968	50.9	71.7
1969	51.5	71.7
1970	52.1	71.9
1971	52.6	72.2
1972	53.3	72
1973	53.9	72.2
1974	54.4	72.4
1975	55	72.7
1976	55.5	72.6
1977	56	73.1
1978	56.5	73
1979	57	73.2
1980	57.4	73.6
1981	57.8	73.9
1982	58.1	74
1983	58.3	74.3
1984	58.6	74.7
1985	58.8	74.5
1986	59	74.8
1987	59.2	75.1
1988	59.4	75.3
1989	59.6	75.4
1990	59.8	75.7
1991	59.9	75.9
1992	60.3	76.3
1993	60.5	76.2
1994	60.7	76.7
1995	60.9	76.6
1996	61.1	76.9
1997	61.3	77.1
1998	60.4	77.3
1999	61.5	77.4
2000	61.6	77.8
2001	61.6	78.1
2002	61.6	78.2
2003	61.7	78.3
2004	61.8	78.9
2005	61.9	79.1
2006	62	79.3
2007	62.2	79.5
2008	62.5	79.7
2009	62.8	80.2
2010	63.1	80.4
2011	63.4	80.8
2012	63.6	80.9
2013	63.9	80.9
2014	64.2	81.2
2015	64.5	80.9
2016	64.7	81.1
2017	64.9	81.2
2018	65.1	81.1
2019	65.3	81.4
2020	65.1	80.4
2021	64.4	80.7
2022	65.3	81.1
2023	66.1	81.3
2024	66.3	81.4
2025	66.4	81.6

Papua New Guinea and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Papua New Guinea

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Papua New Guinea	United Kingdom
1960	1,995,110	52,400,000
1961	2,046,127	52,800,000
1962	2,093,919	53,250,000
1963	2,141,376	53,650,000
1964	2,188,325	54,000,000
1965	2,235,820	54,348,050
1966	2,285,774	54,648,500
1967	2,337,532	54,943,600
1968	2,390,803	55,211,700
1969	2,446,927	55,441,750
1970	2,505,628	55,663,250
1971	2,566,421	55,896,223
1972	2,628,432	56,086,065
1973	2,690,629	56,194,527
1974	2,752,671	56,229,974
1975	2,814,820	56,225,800
1976	2,877,327	56,211,968
1977	2,940,327	56,193,492
1978	3,003,714	56,196,504
1979	3,067,341	56,246,951
1980	3,131,512	56,314,216
1981	3,197,019	56,333,829
1982	3,264,291	56,313,641
1983	3,333,633	56,332,848
1984	3,405,198	56,422,072
1985	3,478,936	56,550,268
1986	3,554,793	56,681,396
1987	3,632,543	56,802,050
1988	3,711,880	56,928,327
1989	3,796,078	57,076,711
1990	3,896,481	57,247,586
1991	4,021,837	57,424,897
1992	4,166,699	57,580,402
1993	4,320,872	57,718,614
1994	4,480,208	57,865,745
1995	4,644,278	58,019,030
1996	4,813,361	58,166,950
1997	4,987,883	58,316,954
1998	5,166,390	58,487,141
1999	5,349,333	58,682,466
2000	5,537,064	58,892,514
2001	5,728,435	59,119,673
2002	5,924,003	59,370,479
2003	6,123,997	59,647,577
2004	6,328,041	59,987,905
2005	6,535,905	60,401,206
2006	6,747,720	60,846,820
2007	6,963,345	61,322,463
2008	7,183,002	61,806,995
2009	7,406,438	62,276,270
2010	7,633,523	62,766,365
2011	7,859,346	63,258,810
2012	8,081,390	63,711,000
2013	8,302,698	64,139,000
2014	8,523,441	64,620,000
2015	8,743,246	65,088,000
2016	8,961,718	65,607,000
2017	9,178,714	65,966,000
2018	9,394,513	66,289,000
2019	9,609,010	66,631,000
2020	9,815,746	66,744,000
2021	10,012,896	66,984,000
2022	10,203,169	67,604,000
2023	10,389,635	68,492,000
2024	10,576,502	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Papua New Guinea

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Papua New Guinea	United Kingdom
1960	6.02	2.69
1961	6.07	2.78
1962	6.14	2.86
1963	6.15	2.88
1964	6.19	2.93
1965	6.2	2.86
1966	6.23	2.78
1967	6.24	2.68
1968	6.25	2.6
1969	6.26	2.51
1970	6.25	2.44
1971	6.23	2.41
1972	6.2	2.2
1973	6.16	2.04
1974	6.11	1.92
1975	6.07	1.81
1976	6.02	1.74
1977	5.96	1.69
1978	5.88	1.75
1979	5.79	1.86
1980	5.71	1.9
1981	5.65	1.82
1982	5.59	1.78
1983	5.56	1.77
1984	5.51	1.77
1985	5.47	1.79
1986	5.42	1.78
1987	5.36	1.81
1988	5.3	1.82
1989	5.24	1.79
1990	5.18	1.83
1991	5.11	1.82
1992	5.03	1.79
1993	4.96	1.76
1994	4.87	1.74
1995	4.78	1.71
1996	4.73	1.73
1997	4.68	1.72
1998	4.63	1.71
1999	4.59	1.68
2000	4.53	1.64
2001	4.47	1.63
2002	4.42	1.63
2003	4.36	1.7
2004	4.28	1.75
2005	4.22	1.76
2006	4.15	1.82
2007	4.08	1.86
2008	4.01	1.91
2009	3.94	1.89
2010	3.88	1.92
2011	3.82	1.91
2012	3.75	1.92
2013	3.68	1.83
2014	3.63	1.81
2015	3.56	1.8
2016	3.5	1.79
2017	3.43	1.74
2018	3.38	1.68
2019	3.32	1.63
2020	3.27	1.57
2021	3.22	1.58
2022	3.17	1.56
2023	3.1	1.56

Papua New Guinea and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Papua New Guinea

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Papua New Guinea	United Kingdom
1960	18.5	35.5
1961	18.4	35.4
1962	18.3	35.3
1963	18.1	35.3
1964	18	35.2
1965	17.9	35.1
1966	17.8	34.9
1967	17.6	34.8
1968	17.5	34.6
1969	17.4	34.4
1970	17.3	34.2
1971	17.2	34.1
1972	17.1	34
1973	17.2	34
1974	17.2	34
1975	17.3	34
1976	17.4	34
1977	17.5	34.1
1978	17.7	34.2
1979	17.8	34.3
1980	18	34.4
1981	18.1	34.5
1982	18.2	34.8
1983	18.3	35
1984	18.3	35.2
1985	18.4	35.3
1986	18.5	35.4
1987	18.5	35.4
1988	18.6	35.7
1989	18.6	35.9
1990	18.7	36
1991	18.8	36.1
1992	18.9	36.2
1993	19	36.3
1994	19.1	36.5
1995	19.2	36.6
1996	19.4	36.8
1997	19.5	37
1998	19.6	37.2
1999	19.7	37.4
2000	19.8	37.7
2001	19.9	37.9
2002	19.9	38.1
2003	20	38.2
2004	20.2	38.4
2005	20.3	38.5
2006	20.4	38.6
2007	20.6	38.8
2008	20.7	38.9
2009	20.9	39
2010	21	39.2
2011	21.2	39.3
2012	21.3	39.5
2013	21.5	39.6
2014	21.7	39.7
2015	21.9	39.8
2016	22	39.8
2017	22.2	39.9
2018	22.4	40
2019	22.6	40.1
2020	22.8	40.2
2021	23	40.3
2022	23.2	40.5
2023	23.4	40.8
2024	23.6	41

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