Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2050

Papua New Guinea
2050
Total fertility rate: 2.36
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2050 2020, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.36 children per woman in 2050 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (122 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.9 years old. In total, 269,079 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.36
Births
269,079
Births per 1,000 people
18.1
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
14,906,590
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%193
15-1938.18.0%23,028
20-24113.824.0%67,649
25-29121.725.7%71,105
30-34101.321.4%56,819
35-3971.915.2%37,759
40-4422.94.8%10,981
45-493.40.7%1,490
50-540.10.0%57