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

Marshall Islands
0.5116 units per person
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.5138 units per person
in 2025
Marshall Islands rank
24th
Papua New Guinea rank
21st

Population, male, per capita over time

  • Marshall Islands
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.5138 units per person against 0.5116 units per person in Marshall Islands, 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 Papua New Guinea ahead.

Marshall Islands ranks 24th and Papua New Guinea ranks 21st of 216 countries.

Papua New Guinea 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 0.5153 units per person 0.5285 units per person 0.0132 units per person Papua New Guinea
1970s 0.5196 units per person 0.5291 units per person 0.0094 units per person Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.5126 units per person 0.5285 units per person 0.0159 units per person Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.512 units per person 0.5243 units per person 0.0123 units per person Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.5121 units per person 0.5203 units per person 0.0082 units per person Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.5126 units per person 0.5185 units per person 0.0058 units per person Papua New Guinea
2020s 0.5123 units per person 0.515 units per person 0.0028 units per person Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, male, per capita, Marshall Islands or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.5138 units per person against 0.5116 units per person in Marshall Islands as of 2025.
What is the difference in population, male, per capita between Marshall Islands and Papua New Guinea?
0.0022 units per person, with Papua New Guinea 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, male, per capita?
Marshall Islands ranks 24th and Papua New Guinea ranks 21st of 216 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Population, male, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Population, male, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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