Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 1954

Papua New Guinea
1954
Total fertility rate: 5.78
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea was 5.78 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (281 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 79,275 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.78
Births
79,275
Births per 1,000 people
46.8
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
1,693,504
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%294
15-1988.77.6%7,580
20-24259.922.4%21,728
25-29281.124.2%21,394
30-34247.321.3%15,925
35-39181.715.6%9,047
40-4481.57.0%2,880
45-4918.01.5%414
50-541.10.1%14