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Papua New Guinea vs Philippines
How Papua New Guinea and Philippines compare on 37 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Philippines was higher: 69.8 years against 66.1 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Philippines was higher: $4,066 against $2,665
- Population · In 2023, Philippines was higher: 115 million people against 10.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Philippines was higher: 1.3% of GDP against 0.35% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Philippines was higher: 1.5 tonnes against 0.52 tonnes
- Life expectancyPapua New Guinea: 66.1 years in 2023Philippines: 69.8 years in 2023
- PopulationPapua New Guinea: 10.4 million people in 2023Philippines: 115 million people in 2023
- GDP per personPapua New Guinea: $2,665 in 2025Philippines: $4,066 in 2025
- TemperaturePapua New Guinea: 24.1 °C in 2025Philippines: 26.3 °C in 2025
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyPapua New Guinea: 66.1 years in 2023Philippines: 69.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPapua New Guinea: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Philippines: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPapua New Guinea: 32.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Philippines: 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionPapua New Guinea: 3.17% in 2017Philippines: 2.77% in 2017
- Suicide ratePapua New Guinea: 23.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Philippines: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPapua New Guinea: 10.4 million people in 2023Philippines: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthPapua New Guinea: 1.8% a year in 2023Philippines: 0.84% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePapua New Guinea: 3.1 births per woman in 2023Philippines: 1.92 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPapua New Guinea: 15.8% in 2025Philippines: 55.8% in 2025
- Median agePapua New Guinea: 22.3 years in 2023Philippines: 25.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPapua New Guinea: 3.3% in 2023Philippines: 5.3% in 2023
- Net migration ratePapua New Guinea: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Philippines: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personPapua New Guinea: $2,665 in 2025Philippines: $4,066 in 2025
- GDP growthPapua New Guinea: 3.9% a year in 2024Philippines: 4.4% a year in 2025
- InflationPapua New Guinea: 4.4% a year in 2025Philippines: 1.7% a year in 2025
- Government debtPapua New Guinea: 51.6% of GDP in 2025Philippines: 59.1% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPapua New Guinea: 0.35% of GDP in 2025Philippines: 1.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPapua New Guinea: $110M in 2025Philippines: $6.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personPapua New Guinea: $10 in 2025Philippines: $55 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPapua New Guinea: 1.6% of government spending in 2025Philippines: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelPapua New Guinea: 4,000 people in 2020Philippines: 157,000 people in 2020
- National powerPapua New Guinea: 0.03% of world capability in 2022Philippines: 0.68% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPapua New Guinea: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020Philippines: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPapua New Guinea: 9 million TIV in 2023Philippines: 846 million TIV in 2025
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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