What is the difference in number of births between Republic of Korea and Papua New Guinea?

18,937 births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Republic of Korea and Papua New Guinea?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Republic of Korea vs Papua New Guinea: Number of births

Republic of Korea

236,394 births

in 2023

Papua New Guinea

255,331 births

in 2023

Republic of Korea rank

81st

Papua New Guinea rank

79th

Number of births over time

Republic of Korea
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 255,331 births against 236,394 births in Republic of Korea, a difference of 18,937 births.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Republic of Korea ahead.

Republic of Korea ranks 81st and Papua New Guinea ranks 79th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Republic of Korea averaged higher in 7 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Republic of Korea	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1950s	929,627 births	80,091 births	849,536 births	Republic of Korea
1960s	1.02 million births	98,915 births	918,930 births	Republic of Korea
1970s	870,833 births	115,209 births	755,624 births	Republic of Korea
1980s	745,806 births	129,737 births	616,069 births	Republic of Korea
1990s	682,032 births	161,864 births	520,168 births	Republic of Korea
2000s	477,801 births	211,613 births	266,188 births	Republic of Korea
2010s	402,320 births	246,017 births	156,303 births	Republic of Korea
2020s	255,579 births	256,077 births	497.75 births	Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, Republic of Korea or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 255,331 births against 236,394 births in Republic of Korea as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Republic of Korea and Papua New Guinea?: 18,937 births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Republic of Korea and Papua New Guinea?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Republic of Korea and Papua New Guinea rank globally for number of births?: Republic of Korea ranks 81st and Papua New Guinea ranks 79th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of births
Unit: births
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of live births in a calendar year.