Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2036

Papua New Guinea
2036
Total fertility rate: 2.67
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2036  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.67 children per woman in 2036 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (134 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 263,823 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.67
Births
263,823
Births per 1,000 people
20.8
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
12,710,682
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
10-140.70.1%405
15-1945.68.5%26,308
20-24128.124.0%70,060
25-29133.625.0%67,525
30-34110.420.7%51,430
35-3978.814.8%33,817
40-4430.45.7%12,063
45-495.81.1%2,128
50-540.30.1%90