Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2037

Papua New Guinea
2037
Total fertility rate: 2.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2037  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.64 children per woman in 2037 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 264,263 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.64
Births
264,263
Births per 1,000 people
20.5
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
12,879,740
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
10-140.60.1%380
15-1945.08.5%26,169
20-24126.824.0%70,115
25-29132.325.1%67,967
30-34109.420.7%51,626
35-3978.114.8%33,955
40-4429.65.6%11,906
45-495.61.1%2,060
50-540.30.1%87