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Cambodia vs Papua New Guinea
How Cambodia and Papua New Guinea compare on 37 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Cambodia was higher: 70.7 years against 66.1 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Papua New Guinea was higher: $2,665 against $2,273
- Population · In 2023, Cambodia was higher: 17.4 million people against 10.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Cambodia was higher: 1.45% of GDP against 0.35% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Cambodia was higher: 1.1 tonnes against 0.52 tonnes
Life expectancy →CambodiaPapua New GuineaEstimates, Our World in DataUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval
years · UN
Every measure
CambodiaPapua New Guinea
| Measure | Cambodia | Papua New Guinea | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 70.7 | 66.1 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 1.8 | 3.9 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 19.2 | 32.2 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.1 | 3.17 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 4.5 | 23.1 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 17.4 million | 10.4 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 1.25 | 1.8 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 2.58 | 3.1 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 41.1 | 15.8 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 25.8 | 22.3 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 6 | 3.3 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -1.8 | -0.1 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $2,273 | $2,665 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 5.3 | 3.92024 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 2.5 | 4.4 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 25.5 | 51.6 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 6.8 | 6 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2022 | 71.92021 | 87 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2018 | 90.2 | 712016 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.18 | 0.47 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.26 | 0.81 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 0 | 96 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 1.45 | 0.35 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $716M | $110M | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $42 | $10 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 8.2 | 1.6 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 191,000 | 4,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.16 | 0.03 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 2.02 | 0.12 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2023 | 56 million | 9 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 27.3 | 24.1 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 45.7 | 0 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 337.4 | 250 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 1.1 | 0.52 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 68.5 | 18.8 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 99.2 | 43.3 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 37.6 | 75.2 | |
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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