Papua New Guinea vs Vietnam statistics compared

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 101M in Vietnam (ranked 16/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 121,016 sq mi for Vietnam (ranked 54th vs. 67th).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and Vietnam ranks 34/197 ($476B). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while Vietnam ranks 123/197 ($4,717).

Papua New Guinea and Vietnam: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and Vietnam economies compared

GDP

Papua New Guinea

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP
	Papua New Guinea	Vietnam
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	-
1980	$2,545,808,456	-
1981	$2,498,190,847	-
1982	$2,368,719,683	-
1983	$2,562,351,551	-
1984	$2,552,662,617	-
1985	$2,423,339,172	$14,094,687,821
1986	$2,647,995,602	$26,336,616,250
1987	$3,143,851,794	$36,658,108,850
1988	$3,656,177,881	$25,423,812,649
1989	$3,546,472,566	$6,293,304,975
1990	$3,219,729,083	$6,471,740,806
1991	$3,787,394,958	$9,613,369,520
1992	$4,377,980,510	$9,866,990,236
1993	$4,974,550,286	$13,180,953,598
1994	$5,502,786,070	$16,286,433,533
1995	$4,636,057,476	$20,736,164,459
1996	$5,155,311,077	$24,657,470,575
1997	$4,936,615,299	$26,843,700,442
1998	$3,789,443,015	$27,209,602,050
1999	$3,477,038,204	$28,683,659,007
2000	$3,521,339,699	$31,172,518,403
2001	$3,081,024,212	$32,685,198,809
2002	$2,999,511,040	$35,064,105,501
2003	$3,536,411,824	$39,552,513,232
2004	$3,927,157,867	$45,427,854,693
2005	$4,865,892,972	$57,633,255,738
2006	$8,354,911,041	$66,371,664,817
2007	$9,545,028,944	$77,414,425,532
2008	$11,670,892,801	$99,130,304,099
2009	$11,619,456,449	$106,014,659,565
2010	$14,250,786,675	$147,201,173,197
2011	$17,985,138,066	$172,595,049,184
2012	$21,295,168,666	$195,590,661,129
2013	$21,261,338,065	$213,708,811,665
2014	$23,210,823,987	$233,451,469,643
2015	$21,723,437,010	$239,258,328,382
2016	$20,758,876,953	$257,096,001,178
2017	$22,742,699,138	$281,353,605,987
2018	$24,109,780,708	$310,106,478,395
2019	$24,750,626,030	$334,365,270,497
2020	$23,848,447,850	$346,615,738,538
2021	$26,109,413,521	$366,474,752,771
2022	$31,653,185,953	$413,445,230,669
2023	$30,816,367,067	$433,857,681,378
2024	$32,538,480,024	$476,388,230,307

Papua New Guinea and Vietnam economies compared

GDP per capita

Papua New Guinea

Vietnam

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Papua New Guinea	Vietnam
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	-
1980	$813	-
1981	$781	-
1982	$726	-
1983	$769	-
1984	$750	-
1985	$697	$238.6
1986	$745	$436
1987	$865	$595
1988	$985	$405
1989	$934	$98.1
1990	$826	$98.8
1991	$942	$143.7
1992	$1,051	$144.5
1993	$1,151	$189.4
1994	$1,228	$229.9
1995	$998	$287.8
1996	$1,071	$337
1997	$990	$362
1998	$733	$361
1999	$650	$376
2000	$636	$404
2001	$538	$419
2002	$506	$445
2003	$577	$497
2004	$621	$565
2005	$744	$711
2006	$1,238	$808
2007	$1,371	$926
2008	$1,625	$1,164
2009	$1,569	$1,226
2010	$1,867	$1,683
2011	$2,288	$1,951
2012	$2,635	$2,185
2013	$2,561	$2,360
2014	$2,723	$2,546
2015	$2,485	$2,578
2016	$2,316	$2,735
2017	$2,478	$2,956
2018	$2,566	$3,222
2019	$2,576	$3,441
2020	$2,430	$3,534
2021	$2,608	$3,704
2022	$3,102	$4,148
2023	$2,966	$4,323
2024	$3,076	$4,717

Papua New Guinea vs. Vietnam life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Papua New Guinea

Vietnam

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Papua New Guinea	Vietnam
1950	39.4	48
1951	35.5	48.7
1952	40.7	49.4
1953	41.3	50
1954	42	52
1955	42.6	54.8
1956	43.3	55.5
1957	43.9	56.2
1958	44.6	56.8
1959	45.1	57.4
1960	45.8	58
1961	46.4	58.5
1962	46.7	58.2
1963	47.7	56.9
1964	48.3	57.5
1965	48.9	57
1966	49.6	56.9
1967	50.2	56.7
1968	50.9	52.7
1969	51.5	54.8
1970	52.1	54.9
1971	52.6	55.6
1972	53.3	51.9
1973	53.9	55.7
1974	54.4	54.8
1975	55	61.9
1976	55.5	63.7
1977	56	64.1
1978	56.5	64.5
1979	57	65
1980	57.4	65.3
1981	57.8	65.8
1982	58.1	66.2
1983	58.3	66.5
1984	58.6	66.9
1985	58.8	67.2
1986	59	67.6
1987	59.2	68
1988	59.4	68.6
1989	59.6	68.8
1990	59.8	69
1991	59.9	69.3
1992	60.3	69.6
1993	60.5	70
1994	60.7	70.4
1995	60.9	70.9
1996	61.1	71.3
1997	61.3	71.7
1998	60.4	72.3
1999	61.5	72.6
2000	61.6	72.7
2001	61.6	73
2002	61.6	73.1
2003	61.7	73.2
2004	61.8	73.1
2005	61.9	73.2
2006	62	73.3
2007	62.2	73.4
2008	62.5	73.5
2009	62.8	73.5
2010	63.1	73.6
2011	63.4	73.7
2012	63.6	73.8
2013	63.9	73.8
2014	64.2	73.9
2015	64.5	74
2016	64.7	74
2017	64.9	74
2018	65.1	74.1
2019	65.3	74.2
2020	65.1	75.4
2021	64.4	74.1
2022	65.3	74.5
2023	66.1	74.6
2024	66.3	74.7
2025	66.4	74.9

Papua New Guinea and Vietnam population clocks and comparison

Population

Papua New Guinea

Vietnam

Table

Year	Population
	Papua New Guinea	Vietnam
1960	1,995,110	32,531,933
1961	2,046,127	33,409,059
1962	2,093,919	34,288,560
1963	2,141,376	35,249,101
1964	2,188,325	36,201,563
1965	2,235,820	37,129,656
1966	2,285,774	38,024,836
1967	2,337,532	38,895,080
1968	2,390,803	39,734,609
1969	2,446,927	40,582,096
1970	2,505,628	41,475,230
1971	2,566,421	42,449,276
1972	2,628,432	43,429,168
1973	2,690,629	44,409,861
1974	2,752,671	45,413,537
1975	2,814,820	46,482,903
1976	2,877,327	47,684,931
1977	2,940,327	48,954,872
1978	3,003,714	50,249,552
1979	3,067,341	51,378,211
1980	3,131,512	52,490,101
1981	3,197,019	53,738,141
1982	3,264,291	55,011,289
1983	3,333,633	56,337,921
1984	3,405,198	57,706,067
1985	3,478,936	59,060,622
1986	3,554,793	60,347,048
1987	3,632,543	61,584,651
1988	3,711,880	62,843,228
1989	3,796,078	64,147,348
1990	3,896,481	65,504,552
1991	4,021,837	66,891,775
1992	4,166,699	68,260,337
1993	4,320,872	69,586,384
1994	4,480,208	70,854,391
1995	4,644,278	72,049,940
1996	4,813,361	73,156,447
1997	4,987,883	74,226,889
1998	5,166,390	75,299,660
1999	5,349,333	76,287,452
2000	5,537,064	77,154,011
2001	5,728,435	77,969,361
2002	5,924,003	78,772,224
2003	6,123,997	79,563,777
2004	6,328,041	80,338,971
2005	6,535,905	81,088,313
2006	6,747,720	82,167,897
2007	6,963,345	83,633,375
2008	7,183,002	85,175,788
2009	7,406,438	86,460,018
2010	7,633,523	87,455,152
2011	7,859,346	88,468,314
2012	8,081,390	89,510,356
2013	8,302,698	90,573,104
2014	8,523,441	91,679,578
2015	8,743,246	92,823,254
2016	8,961,718	94,000,117
2017	9,178,714	95,176,977
2018	9,394,513	96,237,319
2019	9,609,010	97,173,776
2020	9,815,746	98,079,191
2021	10,012,896	98,935,098
2022	10,203,169	99,680,655
2023	10,389,635	100,352,192
2024	10,576,502	100,987,686

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and Vietnam

Fertility rate

Papua New Guinea

Vietnam

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Papua New Guinea	Vietnam
1960	6.02	6.27
1961	6.07	5.48
1962	6.14	6.26
1963	6.15	6.39
1964	6.19	6.29
1965	6.2	6.16
1966	6.23	5.97
1967	6.24	5.88
1968	6.25	6.03
1969	6.26	6.01
1970	6.25	6.02
1971	6.23	6.07
1972	6.2	6.1
1973	6.16	6.11
1974	6.11	5.78
1975	6.07	5.62
1976	6.02	5.46
1977	5.96	5.29
1978	5.88	5.1
1979	5.79	4.94
1980	5.71	4.8
1981	5.65	4.67
1982	5.59	4.59
1983	5.56	4.52
1984	5.51	4.41
1985	5.47	4.21
1986	5.42	3.96
1987	5.36	3.72
1988	5.3	3.62
1989	5.24	3.64
1990	5.18	3.6
1991	5.11	3.52
1992	5.03	3.35
1993	4.96	3.17
1994	4.87	2.94
1995	4.78	2.7
1996	4.73	2.47
1997	4.68	2.27
1998	4.63	2.1
1999	4.59	2
2000	4.53	2.03
2001	4.47	2.02
2002	4.42	2.01
2003	4.36	2
2004	4.28	1.97
2005	4.22	1.89
2006	4.15	1.87
2007	4.08	1.91
2008	4.01	1.93
2009	3.94	1.92
2010	3.88	1.91
2011	3.82	1.93
2012	3.75	1.97
2013	3.68	1.98
2014	3.63	2.09
2015	3.56	2.1
2016	3.5	2
2017	3.43	1.99
2018	3.38	1.88
2019	3.32	1.94
2020	3.27	1.96
2021	3.22	1.94
2022	3.17	1.93
2023	3.1	1.91

Papua New Guinea and Vietnam demographics compared

Median age

Papua New Guinea

Vietnam

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Papua New Guinea	Vietnam
1960	18.5	21.2
1961	18.4	20.7
1962	18.3	20.2
1963	18.1	19.7
1964	18	19.2
1965	17.9	18.9
1966	17.8	18.7
1967	17.6	18.5
1968	17.5	18.4
1969	17.4	18.4
1970	17.3	18.4
1971	17.2	18.4
1972	17.1	18.5
1973	17.2	18.5
1974	17.2	18.6
1975	17.3	18.7
1976	17.4	18.8
1977	17.5	19
1978	17.7	19.1
1979	17.8	19.3
1980	18	19.4
1981	18.1	19.5
1982	18.2	19.6
1983	18.3	19.7
1984	18.3	19.8
1985	18.4	19.9
1986	18.5	20
1987	18.5	20.1
1988	18.6	20.2
1989	18.6	20.4
1990	18.7	20.5
1991	18.8	20.7
1992	18.9	20.9
1993	19	21.1
1994	19.1	21.4
1995	19.2	21.7
1996	19.4	22
1997	19.5	22.4
1998	19.6	22.9
1999	19.7	23.3
2000	19.8	23.7
2001	19.9	24.2
2002	19.9	24.6
2003	20	25
2004	20.2	25.4
2005	20.3	25.8
2006	20.4	26.3
2007	20.6	26.9
2008	20.7	27.4
2009	20.9	27.9
2010	21	28.3
2011	21.2	28.7
2012	21.3	29
2013	21.5	29.4
2014	21.7	29.8
2015	21.9	30.2
2016	22	30.5
2017	22.2	30.8
2018	22.4	31.2
2019	22.6	31.6
2020	22.8	32.1
2021	23	32.5
2022	23.2	33
2023	23.4	33.4
2024	23.6	33.9

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