Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2039

Papua New Guinea
2039
Total fertility rate: 2.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2039  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.59 children per woman in 2039 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (130 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 265,910 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.59
Births
265,910
Births per 1,000 people
20.1
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
13,212,670
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%339
15-1944.08.5%25,854
20-24124.624.1%70,349
25-29130.325.2%69,016
30-34107.820.8%52,263
35-3976.914.8%34,395
40-4428.35.5%11,669
45-495.11.0%1,943
50-540.20.0%83