Bhutan vs Papua New Guinea: Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, per square

Bhutan
0.0206 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.0229 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Bhutan rank
161st
Papua New Guinea rank
159th

Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, per square over time

  • Bhutan
  • Papua New Guinea
0.0050.010.0150.020.025196119922023

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0229 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.0206 1000 No per square kilometre in Bhutan, a difference of 0.0023 1000 No per square kilometre.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Bhutan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 161st and Papua New Guinea ranks 159th of 191 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 6 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bhutan Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0056 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0049 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0007 1000 No per square kilometre Bhutan
1970s 0.0077 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0061 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0016 1000 No per square kilometre Bhutan
1980s 0.0107 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0076 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0031 1000 No per square kilometre Bhutan
1990s 0.0134 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0101 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0033 1000 No per square kilometre Bhutan
2000s 0.0168 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0142 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0026 1000 No per square kilometre Bhutan
2010s 0.0193 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0191 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0002 1000 No per square kilometre Bhutan
2020s 0.0204 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0223 1000 No per square kilometre 0.0019 1000 No per square kilometre Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population - est. & proj. — total population - both sexes, per square, Bhutan or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.0229 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.0206 1000 No per square kilometre in Bhutan as of 2023.
What is the difference in population - est. & proj. — total population - both sexes, per square between Bhutan and Papua New Guinea?
0.0023 1000 No per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Papua New Guinea?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Bhutan and Papua New Guinea rank globally for population - est. & proj. — total population - both sexes, per square?
Bhutan ranks 161st and Papua New Guinea ranks 159th of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, per square kilometre
Unit
1000 No per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
192 places, 10,981 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.