Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2038

Papua New Guinea
2038
Total fertility rate: 2.61
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2038  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.61 children per woman in 2038 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (131 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 265,139 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.61
Births
265,139
Births per 1,000 people
20.3
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
13,047,124
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%359
15-1944.58.5%26,042
20-24125.724.0%70,258
25-29131.325.1%68,508
30-34108.620.8%51,927
35-3977.514.8%34,180
40-4429.05.5%11,781
45-495.31.0%2,001
50-540.30.0%84