Papua New Guinea vs Zambia statistics compared

Papua New Guinea has a population of 10.6M (ranked 92/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Papua New Guinea's land area is 174,850 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 54th vs. 37th).

By GDP, Papua New Guinea ranks 109/197 ($32.5B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Papua New Guinea ranks 140/197 ($3,076), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Papua New Guinea and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Papua New Guinea and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Papua New Guinea

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Papua New Guinea	Zambia
1960	$230,496,037	$698,739,721
1961	$244,832,039	$682,359,727
1962	$261,184,042	$679,279,729
1963	$275,968,044	$704,339,719
1964	$305,312,049	$822,639,671
1965	$344,176,055	$1,061,199,576
1966	$390,992,063	$1,238,999,505
1967	$441,728,183	$1,340,639,464
1968	$485,184,190	$1,573,739,371
1969	$551,263,864	$1,926,399,230
1970	$645,568,215	$1,788,779,285
1971	$717,750,278	$1,653,259,341
1972	$858,761,926	$1,872,416,680
1973	$1,299,079,410	$2,434,255,237
1974	$1,467,417,672	$2,910,981,262
1975	$1,356,603,608	$2,442,672,141
1976	$1,511,843,235	$2,742,859,263
1977	$1,640,746,619	$2,515,296,940
1978	$1,947,878,831	$2,811,032,473
1979	$2,293,760,511	$3,353,445,378
1980	$2,545,808,456	$3,884,530,854
1981	$2,498,190,847	$4,008,126,497
1982	$2,368,719,683	$3,871,117,093
1983	$2,562,351,551	$3,321,048,451
1984	$2,552,662,617	$2,719,518,933
1985	$2,423,339,172	$2,252,454,500
1986	$2,647,995,602	$1,664,413,508
1987	$3,143,851,794	$2,265,250,972
1988	$3,656,177,881	$3,728,878,149
1989	$3,546,472,566	$3,994,673,161
1990	$3,219,729,083	$3,288,381,797
1991	$3,787,394,958	$3,376,806,697
1992	$4,377,980,510	$3,182,810,841
1993	$4,974,550,286	$3,273,505,344
1994	$5,502,786,070	$3,656,806,166
1995	$4,636,057,476	$3,806,983,413
1996	$5,155,311,077	$3,597,220,962
1997	$4,936,615,299	$4,303,288,480
1998	$3,789,443,015	$3,537,741,942
1999	$3,477,038,204	$3,404,284,891
2000	$3,521,339,699	$3,600,632,111
2001	$3,081,024,212	$4,094,441,301
2002	$2,999,511,040	$4,193,850,445
2003	$3,536,411,824	$4,901,869,764
2004	$3,927,157,867	$6,221,110,219
2005	$4,865,892,972	$8,331,870,169
2006	$8,354,911,041	$12,756,858,899
2007	$9,545,028,944	$14,056,957,976
2008	$11,670,892,801	$17,910,858,638
2009	$11,619,456,449	$15,328,342,304
2010	$14,250,786,675	$20,265,559,484
2011	$17,985,138,066	$23,459,515,276
2012	$21,295,168,666	$25,503,060,420
2013	$21,261,338,065	$28,037,239,463
2014	$23,210,823,987	$27,141,023,558
2015	$21,723,437,010	$21,251,216,799
2016	$20,758,876,953	$20,958,412,538
2017	$22,742,699,138	$25,873,601,261
2018	$24,109,780,708	$26,311,507,274
2019	$24,750,626,030	$23,308,667,781
2020	$23,848,447,850	$18,137,764,931
2021	$26,109,413,521	$22,096,416,932
2022	$31,653,185,953	$29,163,782,140
2023	$30,816,367,067	$27,577,956,471
2024	$32,538,480,024	$26,325,775,287

Papua New Guinea and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Papua New Guinea

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Papua New Guinea	Zambia
1960	$115.5	$221.6
1961	$119.7	$209.7
1962	$124.7	$202.3
1963	$128.9	$203.2
1964	$139.5	$230
1965	$153.9	$287.4
1966	$171.1	$325
1967	$189	$341
1968	$202.9	$387
1969	$225.3	$459
1970	$257.6	$414
1971	$279.7	$372
1972	$327	$410
1973	$483	$518
1974	$533	$601
1975	$482	$490
1976	$525	$533
1977	$558	$474
1978	$648	$514
1979	$748	$595
1980	$813	$669
1981	$781	$670
1982	$726	$627
1983	$769	$520
1984	$750	$413
1985	$697	$332
1986	$745	$238.2
1987	$865	$315
1988	$985	$504
1989	$934	$526
1990	$826	$422
1991	$942	$423
1992	$1,051	$389
1993	$1,151	$391
1994	$1,228	$426
1995	$998	$433
1996	$1,071	$400
1997	$990	$466
1998	$733	$373
1999	$650	$350
2000	$636	$359
2001	$538	$397
2002	$506	$394
2003	$577	$446
2004	$621	$549
2005	$744	$711
2006	$1,238	$1,052
2007	$1,371	$1,119
2008	$1,625	$1,376
2009	$1,569	$1,136
2010	$1,867	$1,451
2011	$2,288	$1,625
2012	$2,635	$1,710
2013	$2,561	$1,821
2014	$2,723	$1,707
2015	$2,485	$1,296
2016	$2,316	$1,239
2017	$2,478	$1,483
2018	$2,566	$1,464
2019	$2,576	$1,259
2020	$2,430	$952
2021	$2,608	$1,127
2022	$3,102	$1,447
2023	$2,966	$1,331
2024	$3,076	$1,235

Papua New Guinea vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Papua New Guinea

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Papua New Guinea	Zambia
1950	39.4	46.8
1951	35.5	47.2
1952	40.7	47.6
1953	41.3	48
1954	42	48.4
1955	42.6	48.8
1956	43.3	49.1
1957	43.9	49.5
1958	44.6	49.9
1959	45.1	50.3
1960	45.8	50.6
1961	46.4	51
1962	46.7	51.3
1963	47.7	51.6
1964	48.3	51.2
1965	48.9	52.1
1966	49.6	52.3
1967	50.2	52.5
1968	50.9	52.7
1969	51.5	53
1970	52.1	53.4
1971	52.6	53.9
1972	53.3	54.4
1973	53.9	54.9
1974	54.4	55.4
1975	55	55.7
1976	55.5	56.1
1977	56	56.3
1978	56.5	56.3
1979	57	56
1980	57.4	55.5
1981	57.8	55
1982	58.1	54.4
1983	58.3	53.7
1984	58.6	52.9
1985	58.8	52
1986	59	51.1
1987	59.2	50.4
1988	59.4	49.7
1989	59.6	48.9
1990	59.8	48.2
1991	59.9	47.4
1992	60.3	47
1993	60.5	46.7
1994	60.7	46.3
1995	60.9	46.1
1996	61.1	45.8
1997	61.3	45.7
1998	60.4	45.7
1999	61.5	45.9
2000	61.6	46.6
2001	61.6	47.4
2002	61.6	48.5
2003	61.7	49.6
2004	61.8	50.5
2005	61.9	51.6
2006	62	52.7
2007	62.2	53.7
2008	62.5	54.8
2009	62.8	55.9
2010	63.1	56.9
2011	63.4	57.8
2012	63.6	58.7
2013	63.9	59.4
2014	64.2	60.1
2015	64.5	60.7
2016	64.7	61.1
2017	64.9	61.6
2018	65.1	62.1
2019	65.3	62.9
2020	65.1	63.4
2021	64.4	62.4
2022	65.3	65.3
2023	66.1	66.3
2024	66.3	66.5
2025	66.4	66.7

Papua New Guinea and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Papua New Guinea

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Papua New Guinea	Zambia
1960	1,995,110	3,153,729
1961	2,046,127	3,254,086
1962	2,093,919	3,358,099
1963	2,141,376	3,465,907
1964	2,188,325	3,577,017
1965	2,235,820	3,692,086
1966	2,285,774	3,812,003
1967	2,337,532	3,936,343
1968	2,390,803	4,065,593
1969	2,446,927	4,197,116
1970	2,505,628	4,321,718
1971	2,566,421	4,442,525
1972	2,628,432	4,569,309
1973	2,690,629	4,702,693
1974	2,752,671	4,842,746
1975	2,814,820	4,990,086
1976	2,877,327	5,143,842
1977	2,940,327	5,302,480
1978	3,003,714	5,465,374
1979	3,067,341	5,631,728
1980	3,131,512	5,802,833
1981	3,197,019	5,983,289
1982	3,264,291	6,178,637
1983	3,333,633	6,381,038
1984	3,405,198	6,580,490
1985	3,478,936	6,780,953
1986	3,554,793	6,986,471
1987	3,632,543	7,191,282
1988	3,711,880	7,391,440
1989	3,796,078	7,589,216
1990	3,896,481	7,786,169
1991	4,021,837	7,981,650
1992	4,166,699	8,176,680
1993	4,320,872	8,373,921
1994	4,480,208	8,576,269
1995	4,644,278	8,785,763
1996	4,813,361	9,004,053
1997	4,987,883	9,237,063
1998	5,166,390	9,482,408
1999	5,349,333	9,740,005
2000	5,537,064	10,017,631
2001	5,728,435	10,325,185
2002	5,924,003	10,647,949
2003	6,123,997	10,983,595
2004	6,328,041	11,338,198
2005	6,535,905	11,718,819
2006	6,747,720	12,129,553
2007	6,963,345	12,565,085
2008	7,183,002	13,021,324
2009	7,406,438	13,490,389
2010	7,633,523	13,965,594
2011	7,859,346	14,437,796
2012	8,081,390	14,913,629
2013	8,302,698	15,398,997
2014	8,523,441	15,895,315
2015	8,743,246	16,399,089
2016	8,961,718	16,914,423
2017	9,178,714	17,441,320
2018	9,394,513	17,973,569
2019	9,609,010	18,513,839
2020	9,815,746	19,059,395
2021	10,012,896	19,603,607
2022	10,203,169	20,152,938
2023	10,389,635	20,723,965
2024	10,576,502	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Papua New Guinea and Zambia

Fertility rate

Papua New Guinea

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Papua New Guinea	Zambia
1960	6.02	6.95
1961	6.07	6.98
1962	6.14	7.01
1963	6.15	7.06
1964	6.19	7.09
1965	6.2	7.12
1966	6.23	7.14
1967	6.24	7.15
1968	6.25	7.18
1969	6.26	7.18
1970	6.25	7.22
1971	6.23	7.26
1972	6.2	7.3
1973	6.16	7.34
1974	6.11	7.36
1975	6.07	7.42
1976	6.02	7.39
1977	5.96	7.35
1978	5.88	7.29
1979	5.79	7.22
1980	5.71	7.14
1981	5.65	7.07
1982	5.59	7.04
1983	5.56	7.01
1984	5.51	6.97
1985	5.47	6.93
1986	5.42	6.87
1987	5.36	6.8
1988	5.3	6.7
1989	5.24	6.64
1990	5.18	6.57
1991	5.11	6.46
1992	5.03	6.35
1993	4.96	6.3
1994	4.87	6.26
1995	4.78	6.23
1996	4.73	6.18
1997	4.68	6.12
1998	4.63	6.07
1999	4.59	6
2000	4.53	5.92
2001	4.47	5.85
2002	4.42	5.77
2003	4.36	5.71
2004	4.28	5.7
2005	4.22	5.7
2006	4.15	5.68
2007	4.08	5.61
2008	4.01	5.53
2009	3.94	5.45
2010	3.88	5.36
2011	3.82	5.26
2012	3.75	5.14
2013	3.68	5.01
2014	3.63	4.89
2015	3.56	4.78
2016	3.5	4.67
2017	3.43	4.57
2018	3.38	4.49
2019	3.32	4.42
2020	3.27	4.32
2021	3.22	4.25
2022	3.17	4.18
2023	3.1	4.1

Papua New Guinea and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Papua New Guinea

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Papua New Guinea	Zambia
1960	18.5	17
1961	18.4	16.9
1962	18.3	16.8
1963	18.1	16.7
1964	18	16.6
1965	17.9	16.6
1966	17.8	16.5
1967	17.6	16.5
1968	17.5	16.4
1969	17.4	16.4
1970	17.3	16.2
1971	17.2	16.1
1972	17.1	15.9
1973	17.2	15.8
1974	17.2	15.7
1975	17.3	15.5
1976	17.4	15.4
1977	17.5	15.4
1978	17.7	15.3
1979	17.8	15.3
1980	18	15.2
1981	18.1	15.3
1982	18.2	15.3
1983	18.3	15.4
1984	18.3	15.4
1985	18.4	15.5
1986	18.5	15.5
1987	18.5	15.6
1988	18.6	15.6
1989	18.6	15.7
1990	18.7	15.7
1991	18.8	15.7
1992	18.9	15.8
1993	19	15.8
1994	19.1	15.8
1995	19.2	15.8
1996	19.4	15.8
1997	19.5	15.8
1998	19.6	15.8
1999	19.7	15.8
2000	19.8	15.9
2001	19.9	15.9
2002	19.9	16
2003	20	16.1
2004	20.2	16.2
2005	20.3	16.3
2006	20.4	16.3
2007	20.6	16.4
2008	20.7	16.5
2009	20.9	16.6
2010	21	16.7
2011	21.2	16.8
2012	21.3	16.9
2013	21.5	17
2014	21.7	17.1
2015	21.9	17.2
2016	22	17.4
2017	22.2	17.5
2018	22.4	17.7
2019	22.6	17.9
2020	22.8	18
2021	23	18.2
2022	23.2	18.4
2023	23.4	18.6
2024	23.6	18.8

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