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

Marshall Islands
0.4884 units per person
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.4862 units per person
in 2025
Marshall Islands rank
194th
Papua New Guinea rank
197th

Population, female, per capita over time

  • Marshall Islands
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Marshall Islands currently reports 0.4884 units per person against 0.4862 units per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0022 units per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Marshall Islands ahead.

Marshall Islands ranks 194th and Papua New Guinea ranks 197th of 217 countries.

Marshall Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Marshall Islands Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.4847 units per person 0.4715 units per person 0.0132 units per person Marshall Islands
1970s 0.4804 units per person 0.4709 units per person 0.0094 units per person Marshall Islands
1980s 0.4874 units per person 0.4715 units per person 0.0159 units per person Marshall Islands
1990s 0.488 units per person 0.4757 units per person 0.0123 units per person Marshall Islands
2000s 0.4879 units per person 0.4797 units per person 0.0082 units per person Marshall Islands
2010s 0.4874 units per person 0.4815 units per person 0.0058 units per person Marshall Islands
2020s 0.4877 units per person 0.485 units per person 0.0028 units per person Marshall Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, female, per capita, Marshall Islands or Papua New Guinea?
Marshall Islands, at 0.4884 units per person against 0.4862 units per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
What is the difference in population, female, per capita between Marshall Islands and Papua New Guinea?
0.0022 units per person, with Marshall Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Marshall Islands and Papua New Guinea?
66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Marshall Islands and Papua New Guinea rank globally for population, female, per capita?
Marshall Islands ranks 194th 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.