Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 1953

Papua New Guinea
1953
Total fertility rate: 5.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea was 5.79 children per woman in 1953 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (282 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 77,760 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.79
Births
77,760
Births per 1,000 people
47.1
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
1,650,228
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-143.30.3%290
15-1988.87.6%7,638
20-24260.622.4%21,610
25-29282.124.2%21,046
30-34248.121.3%15,443
35-39182.315.6%8,636
40-4481.57.0%2,705
45-4918.01.5%384
50-541.10.1%12