Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2073

Papua New Guinea
2073
Total fertility rate: 2.06
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2073  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.06 children per woman in 2073 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.2 years old. In total, 255,946 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.06
Births
255,946
Births per 1,000 people
14.7
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
17,431,213
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
10-140.10.0%76
15-1927.46.6%17,188
20-2492.722.5%58,588
25-29111.026.9%69,875
30-3496.523.4%59,556
35-3966.316.1%39,860
40-4416.74.1%9,756
45-491.80.4%1,013
50-540.10.0%32