Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2028

Papua New Guinea
2028
Total fertility rate: 2.92
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2028  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.92 children per woman in 2028 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 258,648 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.92
Births
258,648
Births per 1,000 people
22.9
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
11,312,894
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
10-141.10.2%642
15-1950.68.7%26,685
20-24138.023.6%67,288
25-29143.624.6%64,983
30-34119.220.4%49,982
35-3984.914.5%33,197
40-4437.56.4%13,211
45-498.51.5%2,547
50-540.50.1%116