Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2006

Papua New Guinea
2006
Total fertility rate: 4.15
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea was 4.15 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (191 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 218,370 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.15
Births
218,370
Births per 1,000 people
32.4
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.8
Population
6,747,720
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
10-146.30.8%2,279
15-1972.68.7%24,644
20-24177.021.3%55,067
25-29191.223.0%53,958
30-34162.219.5%40,703
35-39120.314.5%25,478
40-4475.09.0%12,821
45-4925.53.1%3,257
50-541.80.2%165