Papua New Guinea vs Vanuatu statistics compared

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 328K in Vanuatu (ranked 174/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 4,707 sq mi for Vanuatu (ranked 54th vs. 157th).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and Vanuatu ranks 185/197 ($1.16B). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while Vanuatu ranks 133/197 ($3,543).

Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu economies compared

GDP

Papua New Guinea

Vanuatu

Table

Year	GDP
	Papua New Guinea	Vanuatu
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	-
1976	$1,511,843,235	-
1977	$1,640,746,619	-
1978	$1,947,878,831	-
1979	$2,293,760,511	$119,258,835
1980	$2,545,808,456	$121,185,498
1981	$2,498,190,847	$113,781,796
1982	$2,368,719,683	$114,501,913
1983	$2,562,351,551	$117,389,554
1984	$2,552,662,617	$144,482,515
1985	$2,423,339,172	$131,856,421
1986	$2,647,995,602	$126,498,935
1987	$3,143,851,794	$139,464,174
1988	$3,656,177,881	$158,351,368
1989	$3,546,472,566	$154,013,202
1990	$3,219,729,083	$168,879,207
1991	$3,787,394,958	$201,334,169
1992	$4,377,980,510	$209,088,825
1993	$4,974,550,286	$200,491,853
1994	$5,502,786,070	$233,701,301
1995	$4,636,057,476	$249,333,250
1996	$5,155,311,077	$261,370,044
1997	$4,936,615,299	$272,771,209
1998	$3,789,443,015	$262,293,411
1999	$3,477,038,204	$268,006,973
2000	$3,521,339,699	$272,014,628
2001	$3,081,024,212	$257,926,882
2002	$2,999,511,040	$262,596,536
2003	$3,536,411,824	$314,471,413
2004	$3,927,157,867	$364,996,869
2005	$4,865,892,972	$394,962,433
2006	$8,354,911,041	$439,358,587
2007	$9,545,028,944	$516,392,923
2008	$11,670,892,801	$590,748,429
2009	$11,619,456,449	$592,622,319
2010	$14,250,786,675	$670,712,980
2011	$17,985,138,066	$770,153,588
2012	$21,295,168,666	$747,839,698
2013	$21,261,338,065	$758,304,466
2014	$23,210,823,987	$773,717,011
2015	$21,723,437,010	$759,690,181
2016	$20,758,876,953	$804,323,577
2017	$22,742,699,138	$880,043,284
2018	$24,109,780,708	$914,727,908
2019	$24,750,626,030	$936,526,268
2020	$23,848,447,850	$909,421,044
2021	$26,109,413,521	$982,362,212
2022	$31,653,185,953	$1,030,654,208
2023	$30,816,367,067	$1,126,313,359
2024	$32,538,480,024	$1,161,251,868

Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu economies compared

GDP per capita

Papua New Guinea

Vanuatu

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Papua New Guinea	Vanuatu
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	-
1976	$525	-
1977	$558	-
1978	$648	-
1979	$748	$1,055
1980	$813	$1,048
1981	$781	$962
1982	$726	$946
1983	$769	$947
1984	$750	$1,137
1985	$697	$1,012
1986	$745	$946
1987	$865	$1,017
1988	$985	$1,125
1989	$934	$1,067
1990	$826	$1,141
1991	$942	$1,326
1992	$1,051	$1,344
1993	$1,151	$1,257
1994	$1,228	$1,431
1995	$998	$1,492
1996	$1,071	$1,529
1997	$990	$1,562
1998	$733	$1,471
1999	$650	$1,472
2000	$636	$1,460
2001	$538	$1,350
2002	$506	$1,341
2003	$577	$1,567
2004	$621	$1,774
2005	$744	$1,874
2006	$1,238	$2,035
2007	$1,371	$2,334
2008	$1,625	$2,604
2009	$1,569	$2,546
2010	$1,867	$2,815
2011	$2,288	$3,163
2012	$2,635	$3,005
2013	$2,561	$2,980
2014	$2,723	$2,973
2015	$2,485	$2,855
2016	$2,316	$2,956
2017	$2,478	$3,160
2018	$2,566	$3,207
2019	$2,576	$3,207
2020	$2,430	$3,043
2021	$2,608	$3,212
2022	$3,102	$3,292
2023	$2,966	$3,515
2024	$3,076	$3,543

Papua New Guinea vs. Vanuatu life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Papua New Guinea

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Papua New Guinea	Vanuatu
1950	39.4	43.9
1951	35.5	42.2
1952	40.7	45.3
1953	41.3	45.8
1954	42	46.5
1955	42.6	47.1
1956	43.3	47.7
1957	43.9	48.2
1958	44.6	48.7
1959	45.1	49.3
1960	45.8	49.8
1961	46.4	50.4
1962	46.7	50.9
1963	47.7	51.5
1964	48.3	52
1965	48.9	52.5
1966	49.6	53.1
1967	50.2	53.7
1968	50.9	54.2
1969	51.5	54.8
1970	52.1	55.3
1971	52.6	55.9
1972	53.3	56.4
1973	53.9	57
1974	54.4	57.6
1975	55	58.1
1976	55.5	58.7
1977	56	59.2
1978	56.5	59.9
1979	57	60.9
1980	57.4	61.3
1981	57.8	61.9
1982	58.1	62.5
1983	58.3	63.1
1984	58.6	63.5
1985	58.8	63.9
1986	59	64.6
1987	59.2	64.4
1988	59.4	65.7
1989	59.6	66
1990	59.8	66.7
1991	59.9	67.1
1992	60.3	67.4
1993	60.5	67.7
1994	60.7	68
1995	60.9	68.1
1996	61.1	68.2
1997	61.3	68.3
1998	60.4	68.4
1999	61.5	67.9
2000	61.6	68.6
2001	61.6	68.7
2002	61.6	68.8
2003	61.7	68.9
2004	61.8	69
2005	61.9	69.2
2006	62	69.1
2007	62.2	69.1
2008	62.5	69.3
2009	62.8	69.4
2010	63.1	69.6
2011	63.4	69.7
2012	63.6	69.9
2013	63.9	70
2014	64.2	70
2015	64.5	70.2
2016	64.7	70.4
2017	64.9	70.5
2018	65.1	70.6
2019	65.3	70.8
2020	65.1	70.4
2021	64.4	70
2022	65.3	71.3
2023	66.1	71.5
2024	66.3	71.7
2025	66.4	71.8

Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu population clocks and comparison

Population

Papua New Guinea

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Population
	Papua New Guinea	Vanuatu
1960	1,995,110	64,431
1961	2,046,127	66,264
1962	2,093,919	68,174
1963	2,141,376	70,159
1964	2,188,325	72,219
1965	2,235,820	74,358
1966	2,285,774	76,590
1967	2,337,532	78,921
1968	2,390,803	81,314
1969	2,446,927	83,755
1970	2,505,628	86,266
1971	2,566,421	88,862
1972	2,628,432	91,562
1973	2,690,629	94,362
1974	2,752,671	97,260
1975	2,814,820	100,269
1976	2,877,327	103,388
1977	2,940,327	106,618
1978	3,003,714	109,963
1979	3,067,341	113,040
1980	3,131,512	115,660
1981	3,197,019	118,249
1982	3,264,291	121,035
1983	3,333,633	123,998
1984	3,405,198	127,109
1985	3,478,936	130,356
1986	3,554,793	133,720
1987	3,632,543	137,187
1988	3,711,880	140,756
1989	3,796,078	144,393
1990	3,896,481	148,063
1991	4,021,837	151,793
1992	4,166,699	155,608
1993	4,320,872	159,463
1994	4,480,208	163,314
1995	4,644,278	167,137
1996	4,813,361	170,911
1997	4,987,883	174,626
1998	5,166,390	178,313
1999	5,349,333	182,048
2000	5,537,064	186,281
2001	5,728,435	191,031
2002	5,924,003	195,863
2003	6,123,997	200,746
2004	6,328,041	205,711
2005	6,535,905	210,760
2006	6,747,720	215,923
2007	6,963,345	221,276
2008	7,183,002	226,896
2009	7,406,438	232,731
2010	7,633,523	238,248
2011	7,859,346	243,474
2012	8,081,390	248,883
2013	8,302,698	254,482
2014	8,523,441	260,240
2015	8,743,246	266,101
2016	8,961,718	272,087
2017	9,178,714	278,507
2018	9,394,513	285,259
2019	9,609,010	291,985
2020	9,815,746	298,858
2021	10,012,896	305,868
2022	10,203,169	313,046
2023	10,389,635	320,409
2024	10,576,502	327,777

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu

Fertility rate

Papua New Guinea

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Papua New Guinea	Vanuatu
1960	6.02	6.78
1961	6.07	6.73
1962	6.14	6.67
1963	6.15	6.62
1964	6.19	6.57
1965	6.2	6.52
1966	6.23	6.51
1967	6.24	6.51
1968	6.25	6.46
1969	6.26	6.41
1970	6.25	6.35
1971	6.23	6.29
1972	6.2	6.23
1973	6.16	6.15
1974	6.11	6.06
1975	6.07	5.98
1976	6.02	5.89
1977	5.96	5.81
1978	5.88	5.77
1979	5.79	5.73
1980	5.71	5.69
1981	5.65	5.65
1982	5.59	5.6
1983	5.56	5.55
1984	5.51	5.49
1985	5.47	5.43
1986	5.42	5.38
1987	5.36	5.33
1988	5.3	5.27
1989	5.24	5.21
1990	5.18	5.17
1991	5.11	5.13
1992	5.03	5.09
1993	4.96	5.02
1994	4.87	4.94
1995	4.78	4.85
1996	4.73	4.75
1997	4.68	4.66
1998	4.63	4.6
1999	4.59	4.56
2000	4.53	4.54
2001	4.47	4.5
2002	4.42	4.38
2003	4.36	4.29
2004	4.28	4.21
2005	4.22	4.13
2006	4.15	4.1
2007	4.08	4.12
2008	4.01	4.16
2009	3.94	4.16
2010	3.88	4.13
2011	3.82	4.09
2012	3.75	4.06
2013	3.68	4.04
2014	3.63	4
2015	3.56	3.95
2016	3.5	3.92
2017	3.43	3.88
2018	3.38	3.83
2019	3.32	3.79
2020	3.27	3.74
2021	3.22	3.7
2022	3.17	3.65
2023	3.1	3.6

Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu demographics compared

Median age

Papua New Guinea

Vanuatu

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

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