Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2055

Papua New Guinea
2055
Total fertility rate: 2.28
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2055  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.28 children per woman in 2055 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (119 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 267,079 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.28
Births
267,079
Births per 1,000 people
17.1
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
15,581,644
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
10-140.20.1%155
15-1935.67.8%21,912
20-24109.023.8%65,872
25-29118.726.0%70,297
30-3499.321.7%57,531
35-3970.215.4%38,974
40-4421.14.6%10,924
45-492.90.6%1,363
50-540.10.0%48