Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2048

Papua New Guinea
2048
Total fertility rate: 2.40
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2048  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.40 children per woman in 2048 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (123 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 269,372 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.40
Births
269,372
Births per 1,000 people
18.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
14,617,371
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
10-140.30.1%212
15-1939.18.1%23,506
20-24115.724.1%68,405
25-29123.125.6%71,350
30-34102.221.3%56,173
35-3972.715.1%37,083
40-4423.74.9%11,032
45-493.60.8%1,551
50-540.20.0%61