Faroe Islands vs Papua New Guinea: Population, female, per capita

Faroe Islands
0.4838 units per person
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.4862 units per person
in 2025
Faroe Islands rank
200th
Papua New Guinea rank
197th

Population, female, per capita over time

  • Faroe Islands
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.4862 units per person against 0.4838 units per person in Faroe Islands, a difference of 0.0024 units per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Faroe Islands ahead.

Faroe Islands ranks 200th and Papua New Guinea ranks 197th of 217 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Faroe Islands Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.4787 units per person 0.4715 units per person 0.0072 units per person Faroe Islands
1970s 0.4778 units per person 0.4709 units per person 0.0069 units per person Faroe Islands
1980s 0.4786 units per person 0.4715 units per person 0.0071 units per person Faroe Islands
1990s 0.4821 units per person 0.4757 units per person 0.0064 units per person Faroe Islands
2000s 0.4814 units per person 0.4797 units per person 0.0017 units per person Faroe Islands
2010s 0.4845 units per person 0.4815 units per person 0.003 units per person Faroe Islands
2020s 0.4829 units per person 0.485 units per person 0.0021 units per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, female, per capita, Faroe Islands or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.4862 units per person against 0.4838 units per person in Faroe Islands as of 2025.
What is the difference in population, female, per capita between Faroe Islands and Papua New Guinea?
0.0024 units per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Faroe Islands and Papua New Guinea?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Faroe Islands and Papua New Guinea rank globally for population, female, per capita?
Faroe Islands ranks 200th and Papua New Guinea ranks 197th of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Population, female, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population, female, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
266 places, 17,526 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Population, female divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.