Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 1993

Papua New Guinea
1993
Total fertility rate: 4.96
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea was 4.96 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (227 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 153,926 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.96
Births
153,926
Births per 1,000 people
35.6
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
4,320,872
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
10-147.30.7%1,750
15-1981.18.2%17,273
20-24206.920.8%39,583
25-29226.722.8%38,889
30-34195.919.7%28,219
35-39155.515.6%17,657
40-4491.79.2%8,441
45-4927.12.7%2,007
50-541.70.2%109