Honduras vs Papua New Guinea: Number of children under 5

Honduras
1.14 million people
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
1.23 million people
in 2023
Honduras rank
82nd
Papua New Guinea rank
79th

Number of children under 5 over time

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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 1.23 million people against 1.14 million people in Honduras, a difference of 90,850 people.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Honduras ahead.

Honduras ranks 82nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 79th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Honduras averaged higher in 6 and Papua New Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Honduras Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1950s 341,086 people 302,674 people 38,413 people Honduras
1960s 450,914 people 402,870 people 48,044 people Honduras
1970s 598,890 people 490,760 people 108,129 people Honduras
1980s 776,832 people 561,655 people 215,177 people Honduras
1990s 949,116 people 708,281 people 240,835 people Honduras
2000s 1.07 million people 936,444 people 136,743 people Honduras
2010s 1.08 million people 1.13 million people 49,453 people Papua New Guinea
2020s 1.13 million people 1.22 million people 91,075 people Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children under 5, Honduras or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 1.23 million people against 1.14 million people in Honduras as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children under 5 between Honduras and Papua New Guinea?
90,850 people, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Papua New Guinea?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Honduras and Papua New Guinea rank globally for number of children under 5?
Honduras ranks 82nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 79th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children under 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of children under 5
Unit
people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-4.