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Papua New Guinea vs Yemen statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 40.6M in Yemen (ranked 38/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 203,850 sq mi for Yemen (ranked 54th vs. 49th).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and Yemen ranks 124/197 ($21.6B). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while Yemen ranks 192/197 ($634).

Main facts and rankings

Papua New Guinea Yemen
Population
10911445
42727988
Population rank 90/197 37/197
GDP
$32.5B
2024
$21.6B
2018
GDP rank 109/197 124/197
GDP per capita
$3,076
2024
$634
2018
GDP per capita rank 140/197 192/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$4,889
2024
$3,164
2013
Government debt
$17.5B
2024
$18.8B
2018
Debt-to-GDP ratio
52%
2025
71.2%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,652
2024
$551
2018
Government debt per person rank 123/185 164/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,561
2025
$1,333
2025
Land area
174,850 sq mi
2025
203,850 sq mi
2025
Population density
60.5 ppl/mi²
2024
199.1 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.1
2023
4.59
2023
Median age
23.6 years
2024
19.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
66.4 years
2025
69.6 years
2025

Papua New Guinea and Yemen: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and Yemen economies compared

GDP
Papua New Guinea

Yemen
Year GDP
Papua New Guinea Yemen
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 -
1986 $2,647,995,602 -
1987 $3,143,851,794 -
1988 $3,656,177,881 -
1989 $3,546,472,566 -
1990 $3,219,729,083 $12,643,821,569
1991 $3,787,394,958 $14,665,445,462
1992 $4,377,980,510 $17,959,367,194
1993 $4,974,550,286 $21,736,802,664
1994 $5,502,786,070 $28,019,483,764
1995 $4,636,057,476 $12,796,345,679
1996 $5,155,311,077 $6,496,163,616
1997 $4,936,615,299 $6,838,298,531
1998 $3,789,443,015 $6,322,175,566
1999 $3,477,038,204 $7,639,325,296
2000 $3,521,339,699 $9,679,316,770
2001 $3,081,024,212 $9,852,990,693
2002 $2,999,511,040 $10,693,430,511
2003 $3,536,411,824 $11,777,532,662
2004 $3,927,157,867 $13,867,634,371
2005 $4,865,892,972 $16,731,566,717
2006 $8,354,911,041 $19,063,143,370
2007 $9,545,028,944 $21,650,528,674
2008 $11,670,892,801 $26,910,855,807
2009 $11,619,456,449 $25,130,278,213
2010 $14,250,786,675 $30,906,749,533
2011 $17,985,138,066 $32,726,417,878
2012 $21,295,168,666 $35,401,331,609
2013 $21,261,338,065 $40,415,233,436
2014 $23,210,823,987 $43,228,585,321
2015 $21,723,437,010 $42,444,490,074
2016 $20,758,876,953 $31,317,825,274
2017 $22,742,699,138 $26,842,229,045
2018 $24,109,780,708 $21,606,160,663
2019 $24,750,626,030 -
2020 $23,848,447,850 -
2021 $26,109,413,521 -
2022 $31,653,185,953 -
2023 $30,816,367,067 -
2024 $32,538,480,024 -

Papua New Guinea and Yemen economies compared

GDP per capita
Papua New Guinea

Yemen
Year GDP per capita
Papua New Guinea Yemen
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 -
1986 $745 -
1987 $865 -
1988 $985 -
1989 $934 -
1990 $826 $910
1991 $942 $1,016
1992 $1,051 $1,198
1993 $1,151 $1,397
1994 $1,228 $1,735
1995 $998 $764
1996 $1,071 $375
1997 $990 $383
1998 $733 $343
1999 $650 $401
2000 $636 $493
2001 $538 $487
2002 $506 $513
2003 $577 $549
2004 $621 $628
2005 $744 $734
2006 $1,238 $810
2007 $1,371 $890
2008 $1,625 $1,072
2009 $1,569 $969
2010 $1,867 $1,155
2011 $2,288 $1,186
2012 $2,635 $1,245
2013 $2,561 $1,379
2014 $2,723 $1,430
2015 $2,485 $1,362
2016 $2,316 $975
2017 $2,478 $811
2018 $2,566 $634
2019 $2,576 -
2020 $2,430 -
2021 $2,608 -
2022 $3,102 -
2023 $2,966 -
2024 $3,076 -

Papua New Guinea vs. Yemen life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Papua New Guinea

Yemen
Year Life expectancy, years
Papua New Guinea Yemen
1950 39.4 28.9
1951 35.5 29.3
1952 40.7 29.6
1953 41.3 30
1954 42 30.4
1955 42.6 30.8
1956 43.3 31.3
1957 43.9 31.8
1958 44.6 32.4
1959 45.1 32.9
1960 45.8 33.5
1961 46.4 34.1
1962 46.7 33.7
1963 47.7 33.4
1964 48.3 34.9
1965 48.9 35.6
1966 49.6 36.3
1967 50.2 37.1
1968 50.9 38
1969 51.5 39.6
1970 52.1 40.6
1971 52.6 41.8
1972 53.3 42.7
1973 53.9 43.6
1974 54.4 44.5
1975 55 45.5
1976 55.5 46.4
1977 56 47.4
1978 56.5 48.5
1979 57 49.5
1980 57.4 50.6
1981 57.8 51.7
1982 58.1 52.4
1983 58.3 53.6
1984 58.6 54.6
1985 58.8 55.4
1986 59 54
1987 59.2 56.8
1988 59.4 57.4
1989 59.6 58
1990 59.8 58.5
1991 59.9 58.8
1992 60.3 59.3
1993 60.5 59.7
1994 60.7 59.8
1995 60.9 60.5
1996 61.1 60.9
1997 61.3 61.3
1998 60.4 61.8
1999 61.5 62.3
2000 61.6 62.8
2001 61.6 63.3
2002 61.6 63.8
2003 61.7 64.4
2004 61.8 64.9
2005 61.9 65.4
2006 62 65.8
2007 62.2 66.2
2008 62.5 66.6
2009 62.8 66.9
2010 63.1 67.2
2011 63.4 67.4
2012 63.6 67.6
2013 63.9 68
2014 64.2 68
2015 64.5 66.8
2016 64.7 67.1
2017 64.9 67.1
2018 65.1 65.9
2019 65.3 66.6
2020 65.1 66.4
2021 64.4 66
2022 65.3 68
2023 66.1 69.3
2024 66.3 69.4
2025 66.4 69.6

Papua New Guinea and Yemen population clocks and comparison

Population
Papua New Guinea

Yemen
Year Population
Papua New Guinea Yemen
1960 1,995,110 5,532,301
1961 2,046,127 5,655,232
1962 2,093,919 5,782,221
1963 2,141,376 5,911,135
1964 2,188,325 6,048,006
1965 2,235,820 6,195,593
1966 2,285,774 6,351,494
1967 2,337,532 6,516,444
1968 2,390,803 6,690,524
1969 2,446,927 6,875,859
1970 2,505,628 7,065,279
1971 2,566,421 7,257,462
1972 2,628,432 7,460,068
1973 2,690,629 7,672,796
1974 2,752,671 7,896,783
1975 2,814,820 8,133,598
1976 2,877,327 8,384,113
1977 2,940,327 8,648,222
1978 3,003,714 8,926,586
1979 3,067,341 9,224,194
1980 3,131,512 9,543,358
1981 3,197,019 9,882,362
1982 3,264,291 10,241,006
1983 3,333,633 10,621,499
1984 3,405,198 11,025,597
1985 3,478,936 11,453,825
1986 3,554,793 11,901,040
1987 3,632,543 12,369,912
1988 3,711,880 12,859,708
1989 3,796,078 13,364,174
1990 3,896,481 13,887,862
1991 4,021,837 14,430,201
1992 4,166,699 14,989,494
1993 4,320,872 15,563,914
1994 4,480,208 16,149,147
1995 4,644,278 16,740,058
1996 4,813,361 17,313,177
1997 4,987,883 17,873,936
1998 5,166,390 18,446,013
1999 5,349,333 19,029,420
2000 5,537,064 19,624,141
2001 5,728,435 20,226,147
2002 5,924,003 20,835,086
2003 6,123,997 21,456,379
2004 6,328,041 22,095,167
2005 6,535,905 22,790,085
2006 6,747,720 23,543,083
2007 6,963,345 24,318,082
2008 7,183,002 25,111,941
2009 7,406,438 25,927,724
2010 7,633,523 26,754,387
2011 7,859,346 27,582,897
2012 8,081,390 28,433,647
2013 8,302,698 29,312,952
2014 8,523,441 30,226,309
2015 8,743,246 31,159,379
2016 8,961,718 32,109,010
2017 9,178,714 33,090,921
2018 9,394,513 34,085,182
2019 9,609,010 35,111,408
2020 9,815,746 36,134,863
2021 10,012,896 37,140,230
2022 10,203,169 38,222,876
2023 10,389,635 39,390,799
2024 10,576,502 40,583,164

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and Yemen

Fertility rate
Papua New Guinea

Yemen
Year Fertility rate
Papua New Guinea Yemen
1960 6.02 7.99
1961 6.07 8
1962 6.14 8.01
1963 6.15 8.03
1964 6.19 8.07
1965 6.2 8.1
1966 6.23 8.14
1967 6.24 8.17
1968 6.25 8.19
1969 6.26 8.22
1970 6.25 8.23
1971 6.23 8.26
1972 6.2 8.27
1973 6.16 8.29
1974 6.11 8.33
1975 6.07 8.37
1976 6.02 8.42
1977 5.96 8.47
1978 5.88 8.5
1979 5.79 8.67
1980 5.71 8.71
1981 5.65 8.75
1982 5.59 8.79
1983 5.56 8.83
1984 5.51 8.85
1985 5.47 8.86
1986 5.42 8.86
1987 5.36 8.83
1988 5.3 8.79
1989 5.24 8.71
1990 5.18 8.61
1991 5.11 8.46
1992 5.03 8.27
1993 4.96 8.05
1994 4.87 7.8
1995 4.78 7.53
1996 4.73 7
1997 4.68 6.82
1998 4.63 6.64
1999 4.59 6.49
2000 4.53 6.32
2001 4.47 6.14
2002 4.42 5.97
2003 4.36 5.84
2004 4.28 5.71
2005 4.22 5.56
2006 4.15 5.41
2007 4.08 5.26
2008 4.01 5.11
2009 3.94 5
2010 3.88 4.81
2011 3.82 4.63
2012 3.75 4.63
2013 3.68 4.62
2014 3.63 4.62
2015 3.56 4.62
2016 3.5 4.61
2017 3.43 4.61
2018 3.38 4.61
2019 3.32 4.6
2020 3.27 4.6
2021 3.22 4.6
2022 3.17 4.59
2023 3.1 4.59

Papua New Guinea and Yemen demographics compared

Median age
Papua New Guinea

Yemen
Year Median age, years
Papua New Guinea Yemen
1960 18.5 19.7
1961 18.4 19.6
1962 18.3 19.6
1963 18.1 19.5
1964 18 19.4
1965 17.9 19.3
1966 17.8 19.2
1967 17.6 19.1
1968 17.5 18.9
1969 17.4 18.7
1970 17.3 18.4
1971 17.2 18.1
1972 17.1 17.8
1973 17.2 17.6
1974 17.2 17.3
1975 17.3 17
1976 17.4 16.8
1977 17.5 16.6
1978 17.7 16.3
1979 17.8 16.1
1980 18 15.9
1981 18.1 15.7
1982 18.2 15.5
1983 18.3 15.3
1984 18.3 15.1
1985 18.4 15
1986 18.5 14.9
1987 18.5 14.8
1988 18.6 14.7
1989 18.6 14.6
1990 18.7 14.6
1991 18.8 14.6
1992 18.9 14.6
1993 19 14.6
1994 19.1 14.6
1995 19.2 14.7
1996 19.4 14.8
1997 19.5 14.9
1998 19.6 15
1999 19.7 15.2
2000 19.8 15.4
2001 19.9 15.6
2002 19.9 15.8
2003 20 16
2004 20.2 16.2
2005 20.3 16.4
2006 20.4 16.7
2007 20.6 16.9
2008 20.7 17.2
2009 20.9 17.4
2010 21 17.7
2011 21.2 17.9
2012 21.3 18.1
2013 21.5 18.3
2014 21.7 18.5
2015 21.9 18.7
2016 22 18.8
2017 22.2 18.9
2018 22.4 19
2019 22.6 19.1
2020 22.8 19.1
2021 23 19.1
2022 23.2 19.2
2023 23.4 19.2
2024 23.6 19.3

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Finance

Papua New Guinea Yemen
GNI, Atlas method
$31.1B
2024
$25.3B
2018
Government expenditure, % of GDP
21.5%
2025
9.59%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
0.78%
2023
5.46%
2012
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.31%
2023
3.97%
2014
Armed forces personnel
4,000
2020
40,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.61%
2025
-3.73%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.69%
2022
13.5%
2014
Services, % of GDP
41.5%
2024
41.8%
2018
Industry, % of GDP
37.2%
2024
25.4%
2018
Economic freedom index
52.5
2025
53.7
2015
Income share by richest 10%
31%
2009
29.4%
2014
Income share by poorest 10%
1.9%
2009
3%
2014
Listed domestic companies
6
2016
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$1.68B
2017
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$3.9B
2023
$1.25B
2022
Personal remittances received
$3.87M
2024
$3.43B
2024
International tourist arrivals
39,000
2020
398,000
2015
International tourism as share of exports
0.04%
2018
12.4%
2016
Banked people share n/a
11.9%
2022

Energy

Papua New Guinea Yemen
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita n/a
68.9 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use n/a
$11.2
2013
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
5.95 megatons
2023
10.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.57 tons
2023
0.28 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share n/a
93.1%
2022
Renewable energy use share
54.6%
2022
3.7%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
1.64%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-11%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
54 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
40%
2021
21.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
35.3%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
20.5%
2023
83.6%
2023

Society

Papua New Guinea Yemen
% of world population
0.13%
2024
0.5%
2024
Annual migration change
-707
2024
-10,482
2024
Urban population
13.9%
2024
40.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.35 ft
2025
5.39 ft
2025
Average female height
5.15 ft
2025
5.08 ft
2025
Quality of life index
38.9
2025
16.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
31
2024
13
2024
Higher education index
29
2025
20
2025
Homicides per 100K people
9.4
2010
6.31
2013
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
12.6
2019
29.4
2019
Visa free countries
88
2025
46
2025
Adult literacy rate
87.1%
2022
54.1%
2004
English speaking
70.4%
2023
9%
2023
People using the Internet
24.1%
2023
13.8%
2020

Health

Papua New Guinea Yemen
Government health expenditure per capita
$81.1
2022
$38.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$7.51
2022
$26.8
2022
Life expectancy
66.4 years
2025
69.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32.2%
2022
23.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.06
2021
0.29
2014
Age at first childbirth
21.9 years
2025
20.8 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
189
2023
118
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
40.3
2023
39.3
2023
Obesity rate
21.2%
2022
14.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
14.1%
2024
5.5%
2024
Air quality index
91
2025
31
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
39.6%
2022
21.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
1.13 liters
2020
0.04 liters
2020

Territory

Papua New Guinea Yemen
% of world land
0.3%
2025
0.35%
2025
Land area per capita
16,532 sq mi
2024
5,023 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5,425 sq mi
2025
90,549 sq mi
2025
Forest area
138,051 sq mi
2025
2,120 sq mi
2025
Roads length
5,809 mi
2011
n/a

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