Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2026

Papua New Guinea
2026
Total fertility rate: 2.99
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.99 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (146 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.2 years old. In total, 257,492 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.99
Births
257,492
Births per 1,000 people
23.5
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
10,947,848
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
10-141.30.2%721
15-1951.98.7%26,560
20-24140.523.5%66,762
25-29146.424.5%64,466
30-34121.820.4%49,878
35-3986.814.5%33,051
40-4439.76.6%13,268
45-499.31.6%2,661
50-540.50.1%123