Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 1983

Papua New Guinea
1983
Total fertility rate: 5.56
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea was 5.56 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (256 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 125,964 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.56
Births
125,964
Births per 1,000 people
37.8
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
3,333,633
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
10-145.70.5%1,111
15-1990.18.1%15,057
20-24235.421.2%32,620
25-29256.523.1%29,852
30-34225.420.3%23,133
35-39176.215.8%15,239
40-4496.88.7%7,293
45-4924.42.2%1,582
50-541.40.1%77