Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Papua New Guinea, 2074

Papua New Guinea
2074
Total fertility rate: 2.05
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2074  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Papua New Guinea is projected at 2.05 children per woman in 2074 — 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, 255,318 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.05
Births
255,318
Births per 1,000 people
14.6
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
17,506,195
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%73
15-1927.06.6%16,899
20-2491.922.4%58,033
25-29110.827.0%69,814
30-3496.523.5%59,784
35-3966.216.1%39,968
40-4416.64.0%9,716
45-491.80.4%997
50-540.10.0%31