Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 1986

Papua New Guinea
1986
Total fertility rate: 5.42
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea was 5.42 children per woman in 1986 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (248 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 133,480 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.42
Births
133,480
Births per 1,000 people
37.5
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
3,554,793
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
10-146.10.6%1,252
15-1988.48.2%15,804
20-24227.621.0%35,413
25-29247.922.9%32,309
30-34217.120.0%23,676
35-39173.216.0%15,763
40-4497.08.9%7,515
45-4925.02.3%1,665
50-541.50.1%83