Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2029

Papua New Guinea
2029
Total fertility rate: 2.88
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 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

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-5 -1   2029  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.88 children per woman in 2029 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (142 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 258,870 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.88
Births
258,870
Births per 1,000 people
22.5
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
11,492,804
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%604
15-1949.98.7%26,714
20-24136.523.7%67,478
25-29142.024.6%65,153
30-34117.820.4%49,987
35-3984.014.6%33,182
40-4436.56.3%13,147
45-498.11.4%2,493
50-540.40.1%112