Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2043

Papua New Guinea
2043
Total fertility rate: 2.49
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2043  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.49 children per woman in 2043 — 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, 268,035 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.49
Births
268,035
Births per 1,000 people
19.3
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
13,853,418
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%273
15-1941.78.4%24,735
20-24120.524.1%70,212
25-29126.725.4%70,295
30-34104.921.0%54,115
35-3974.715.0%35,285
40-4426.15.2%11,314
45-494.40.9%1,736
50-540.20.0%70