Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2046

Papua New Guinea
2046
Total fertility rate: 2.44
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2046  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.44 children per woman in 2046 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (125 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 269,520 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.44
Births
269,520
Births per 1,000 people
18.8
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
14,318,892
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%233
15-1940.28.2%24,030
20-24117.724.1%69,281
25-29124.625.5%71,236
30-34103.321.1%55,548
35-3973.615.1%36,359
40-4424.65.0%11,147
45-493.90.8%1,619
50-540.20.0%63