Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2042

Papua New Guinea
2042
Total fertility rate: 2.51
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.51 children per woman in 2042 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 267,307 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.51
Births
267,307
Births per 1,000 people
19.5
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
13,696,147
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
10-140.50.1%286
15-1942.38.4%24,967
20-24121.324.1%70,308
25-29127.425.3%69,949
30-34105.421.0%53,567
35-3975.114.9%35,005
40-4426.65.3%11,368
45-494.50.9%1,781
50-540.20.0%74