Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2027

Papua New Guinea
2027
Total fertility rate: 2.95
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2027  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.95 children per woman in 2027 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (145 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.2 years old. In total, 257,989 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.95
Births
257,989
Births per 1,000 people
23.2
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.33
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
11,131,272
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
10-141.20.2%679
15-1951.28.7%26,610
20-24139.223.6%67,012
25-29144.924.5%64,683
30-34120.420.4%49,916
35-3985.814.5%33,128
40-4438.66.5%13,239
45-498.91.5%2,602
50-540.50.1%119