Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 1956

Papua New Guinea
1956
Total fertility rate: 5.84
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea was 5.84 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (284 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 83,090 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.84
Births
83,090
Births per 1,000 people
46.5
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
1,787,439
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
10-143.40.3%303
15-1989.77.6%7,571
20-24262.822.4%22,057
25-29283.624.1%22,265
30-34249.521.2%17,054
35-39183.515.6%10,024
40-4482.97.1%3,311
45-4918.21.5%489
50-541.00.1%16