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Indonesia vs Papua New Guinea
How Indonesia and Papua New Guinea compare on 37 measures, from 1800 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Indonesia was higher: 71.2 years against 66.1 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Indonesia was higher: $4,555 against $2,665
- Population · In 2023, Indonesia was higher: 281 million people against 10.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Indonesia was higher: 1.05% of GDP against 0.35% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Indonesia was higher: 2.87 tonnes against 0.52 tonnes
- Life expectancyIndonesia: 71.2 years in 2023Papua New Guinea: 66.1 years in 2023
- PopulationIndonesia: 281 million people in 2023Papua New Guinea: 10.4 million people in 2023
- GDP per personIndonesia: $4,555 in 2025Papua New Guinea: $2,665 in 2025
- TemperatureIndonesia: 25.5 °C in 2025Papua New Guinea: 24.1 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyIndonesia: 71.2 years in 2023Papua New Guinea: 66.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Papua New Guinea: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Papua New Guinea: 32.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndonesia: 2.64% in 2017Papua New Guinea: 3.17% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Papua New Guinea: 23.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndonesia: 281 million people in 2023Papua New Guinea: 10.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023Papua New Guinea: 1.8% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023Papua New Guinea: 3.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndonesia: 59.4% in 2025Papua New Guinea: 15.8% in 2025
- Median ageIndonesia: 29.8 years in 2023Papua New Guinea: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndonesia: 7% in 2023Papua New Guinea: 3.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Papua New Guinea: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personIndonesia: $4,555 in 2025Papua New Guinea: $2,665 in 2025
- GDP growthIndonesia: 5.1% a year in 2025Papua New Guinea: 3.9% a year in 2024
- InflationIndonesia: 1.9% a year in 2025Papua New Guinea: 4.4% a year in 2025
- Government debtIndonesia: 40.9% of GDP in 2025Papua New Guinea: 51.6% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Papua New Guinea: 0.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndonesia: $15.3B in 2025Papua New Guinea: $110M in 2025
- Military spending per personIndonesia: $53 in 2025Papua New Guinea: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025Papua New Guinea: 1.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndonesia: 676,000 people in 2020Papua New Guinea: 4,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022Papua New Guinea: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020Papua New Guinea: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndonesia: 1.28 billion TIV in 2025Papua New Guinea: 9 million TIV in 2023
Climate
Technology and environment
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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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