Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2030

Papua New Guinea
2030
Total fertility rate: 2.84
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2030 2000, 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   2030  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.84 children per woman in 2030 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (141 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 259,323 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.84
Births
259,323
Births per 1,000 people
22.2
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
11,671,424
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
10-141.00.2%570
15-1949.28.7%26,726
20-24135.123.7%67,793
25-29140.624.7%65,382
30-34116.620.5%50,073
35-3983.114.6%33,191
40-4435.46.2%13,039
45-497.71.4%2,443
50-540.40.1%109