Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 1998

Papua New Guinea
1998
Total fertility rate: 4.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea was 4.63 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (212 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 179,540 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.63
Births
179,540
Births per 1,000 people
34.8
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.7
Population
5,166,390
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
10-147.90.8%2,278
15-1974.28.0%19,069
20-24194.721.0%46,104
25-29211.922.8%44,995
30-34181.319.5%33,434
35-39142.015.3%21,165
40-4487.79.4%9,941
45-4927.32.9%2,430
50-541.80.2%125