Papua New Guinea vs Vanuatu: Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, per square
Papua New Guinea
0.0229 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Vanuatu
0.0263 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
159th
Vanuatu rank
156th
Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, per square over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Vanuatu currently reports 0.0263 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.0229 1000 No per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0034 1000 No per square kilometre.
That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Vanuatu has been ahead every year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 159th and Vanuatu ranks 156th of 191 countries.
Vanuatu has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0049 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0061 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0012 1000 No per square kilometre | Vanuatu |
| 1970s | 0.0061 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0081 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.002 1000 No per square kilometre | Vanuatu |
| 1980s | 0.0076 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0106 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.003 1000 No per square kilometre | Vanuatu |
| 1990s | 0.0101 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0135 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0034 1000 No per square kilometre | Vanuatu |
| 2000s | 0.0142 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0171 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0029 1000 No per square kilometre | Vanuatu |
| 2010s | 0.0191 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0217 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0026 1000 No per square kilometre | Vanuatu |
| 2020s | 0.0223 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0254 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0031 1000 No per square kilometre | Vanuatu |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population - est. & proj. — total population - both sexes, per square, Papua New Guinea or Vanuatu?
- Vanuatu, at 0.0263 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.0229 1000 No per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in population - est. & proj. — total population - both sexes, per square between Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu?
- 0.0034 1000 No per square kilometre, with Vanuatu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu rank globally for population - est. & proj. — total population - both sexes, per square?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 159th and Vanuatu ranks 156th 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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About this data
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.