Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2044

Papua New Guinea
2044
Total fertility rate: 2.48
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2044  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.48 children per woman in 2044 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (126 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 268,709 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.48
Births
268,709
Births per 1,000 people
19.2
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
14,009,933
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
10-140.40.1%259
15-1941.38.3%24,514
20-24119.624.1%70,004
25-29126.025.4%70,641
30-34104.421.0%54,666
35-3974.415.0%35,602
40-4425.65.2%11,261
45-494.20.8%1,696
50-540.20.0%68