North Korea vs Papua New Guinea
North Korea vs Papua New Guinea: Military spending per person
Military spending per person: $62 in North Korea in 2018 and $10 in Papua New Guinea in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2018 the value was higher in North Korea, by $53, or 7.23 times that in Papua New Guinea.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- North Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2015.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | North Korea | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | $10 |
| 2024 | – | $9 |
| 2023 | – | $10 |
| 2022 | – | $13 |
| 2021 | – | $9 |
| 2020 | – | $10 |
| 2019 | – | $9 |
| 2018 | $62 | $9 |
| 2017 | $37 | $9 |
| 2016 | $36 | $9 |
| 2015 | $34 | $12 |
| 2014 | – | $13 |
| 2013 | – | $13 |
| 2012 | – | $14 |
| 2011 | – | $8 |
| 2010 | – | $6 |
| 2009 | – | $7 |
| 2008 | – | $6 |
| 2007 | – | $6 |
| 2006 | – | $5 |
| 2005 | – | $5 |
| 2004 | – | $4 |
| 2003 | – | $3 |
| 2002 | – | $3 |
| 2001 | – | $4 |
| 2000 | – | $6 |
| 1999 | – | $7 |
| 1998 | – | $10 |
| 1997 | – | $16 |
| 1996 | – | $17 |
| 1995 | – | $12 |
| 1994 | – | $19 |
| 1993 | – | $16 |
| 1992 | – | $14 |
| 1991 | – | $13 |
| 1990 | – | $18 |
| 1989 | – | $14 |
| 1988 | – | $13 |
- Highly uncertain
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
North Korea vs Papua New Guinea
Health
- Life expectancyNorth Korea: 73.6 years in 2023Papua New Guinea: 66.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNorth Korea: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024Papua New Guinea: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNorth Korea: 14.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Papua New Guinea: 32.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionNorth Korea: 3.09% in 2017Papua New Guinea: 3.17% in 2017
- Suicide rateNorth Korea: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Papua New Guinea: 23.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNorth Korea: 26.4 million people in 2023Papua New Guinea: 10.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthNorth Korea: 0.32% a year in 2023Papua New Guinea: 1.8% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNorth Korea: 1.78 births per woman in 2023Papua New Guinea: 3.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNorth Korea: 64.2% in 2025Papua New Guinea: 15.8% in 2025
- Median ageNorth Korea: 36.1 years in 2023Papua New Guinea: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNorth Korea: 12% in 2023Papua New Guinea: 3.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateNorth Korea: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Papua New Guinea: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Armed forces personnelNorth Korea: 1.47 million people in 2020Papua New Guinea: 4,000 people in 2020
- National powerNorth Korea: 1.41% of world capability in 2022Papua New Guinea: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNorth Korea: 8.62% of the labour force in 2020Papua New Guinea: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNorth Korea: 1 million TIV in 2010Papua New Guinea: 9 million TIV in 2023