Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2034

Papua New Guinea
2034
Total fertility rate: 2.73
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2034  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.73 children per woman in 2034 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 262,514 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.73
Births
262,514
Births per 1,000 people
21.2
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
12,369,256
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
10-140.80.1%456
15-1946.98.6%26,543
20-24130.523.9%69,598
25-29135.924.9%66,650
30-34112.520.6%50,962
35-3980.214.7%33,568
40-4431.95.8%12,390
45-496.41.2%2,254
50-540.30.1%96