Greece vs Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea has 3% more people than Greece: 10,762,817 vs 10,413,962, a gap of 348,855. Papua New Guinea is growing faster (+1.75% vs +0.08% a year), adding about 187,947 people a year against +8,832. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Greece is the older society: 24.4% aged 65+ against 3.6% in Papua New Guinea, while Papua New Guinea has more children (33.1% under 15 vs 12.9%). Greece is 3.5× as densely populated (80.7 vs 22.9 people per km²). People in Greece live 15.6 years longer on average (81.8 vs 66.3). GDP per capita is 8.9× higher in Greece ($26,948 vs $3,020).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Greece) and 2025 (Papua New Guinea); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Greece vs Papua New Guinea — side by side
 Greece |  Papua New Guinea | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 10,413,9622025 | 10,762,8172025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.08%2025 | +1.75%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 6.62024 | 24.32024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 12.12024 | 6.62024 |
| Children per woman | 1.242024 | 3.072024 |
| Life expectancy | 81.8 yrs2024 | 66.3 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 12.9%2025 | 33.1%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 24.4%2025 | 3.6%2025 |
| Density | 80.7 /km²2023 | 22.9 /km²2023 |
| Area | 131,960 km²2023 | 462,840 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 79.2%2025 | 15.8%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +16,6362025 | -2842025 |
| GDP per capita | $26,9482025 | $3,0202025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #93 | #91 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.13% | 0.13% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Greece: 1.2× from 1960 to 2025; Papua New Guinea: 5.4× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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