Guinea vs Papua New Guinea: Global change over the last 50 years

Guinea
392,475
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
345,360
in 2024
Guinea rank
48th
Papua New Guinea rank
50th

Global change over the last 50 years over time

  • Guinea
  • Papua New Guinea
0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k500.0k196519942024

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 392,475 against 345,360 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 47,115.

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

The two have swapped places 7 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Guinea ranks 48th and Papua New Guinea ranks 50th of 215 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 5,600 15,760 10,160 Papua New Guinea
1970s 10,506 67,065 56,559 Papua New Guinea
1980s 29,701 53,767 24,066 Papua New Guinea
1990s 62,561 68,520 5,958 Papua New Guinea
2000s 103,019 234,329 131,310 Papua New Guinea
2010s 225,650 298,549 72,898 Papua New Guinea
2020s 406,708 270,225 136,482 Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher global change over the last 50 years, Guinea or Papua New Guinea?
Guinea, at 392,475 against 345,360 in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in global change over the last 50 years between Guinea and Papua New Guinea?
47,115, with Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Papua New Guinea?
60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Guinea and Papua New Guinea rank globally for global change over the last 50 years?
Guinea ranks 48th and Papua New Guinea ranks 50th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Global change over the last 50 years. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Guinea vs Papua New Guinea: Global change over the last 50 years. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 17 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/global-change-over-the-last-50-years/guinea/papua-new-guinea/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/global-change-over-the-last-50-years/guinea/papua-new-guinea/">Guinea vs Papua New Guinea: Global change over the last 50 years</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Global change over the last 50 years
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 11,955 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed