Fertility rate: Papua New Guinea
3.099 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.099 |
| 2022 | 3.165 |
| 2021 | 3.215 |
| 2020 | 3.274 |
| 2019 | 3.322 |
| 2018 | 3.382 |
| 2017 | 3.432 |
| 2016 | 3.495 |
| 2015 | 3.558 |
| 2014 | 3.625 |
| 2013 | 3.684 |
| 2012 | 3.746 |
| 2011 | 3.816 |
| 2010 | 3.883 |
| 2009 | 3.941 |
| 2008 | 4.015 |
| 2007 | 4.076 |
| 2006 | 4.148 |
| 2005 | 4.22 |
| 2004 | 4.283 |
| 2003 | 4.362 |
| 2002 | 4.419 |
| 2001 | 4.469 |
| 2000 | 4.525 |
| 1999 | 4.587 |
| 1998 | 4.632 |
| 1997 | 4.679 |
| 1996 | 4.728 |
| 1995 | 4.78 |
| 1994 | 4.87 |
| 1993 | 4.962 |
| 1992 | 5.033 |
| 1991 | 5.109 |
| 1990 | 5.18 |
| 1989 | 5.243 |
| 1988 | 5.302 |
| 1987 | 5.359 |
| 1986 | 5.415 |
| 1985 | 5.47 |
| 1984 | 5.514 |
| 1983 | 5.563 |
| 1982 | 5.587 |
| 1981 | 5.645 |
| 1980 | 5.705 |
| 1979 | 5.785 |
| 1978 | 5.879 |
| 1977 | 5.957 |
| 1976 | 6.018 |
| 1975 | 6.065 |
| 1974 | 6.114 |
| 1973 | 6.16 |
| 1972 | 6.197 |
| 1971 | 6.229 |
| 1970 | 6.25 |
| 1969 | 6.258 |
| 1968 | 6.252 |
| 1967 | 6.242 |
| 1966 | 6.232 |
| 1965 | 6.203 |
| 1964 | 6.191 |
| 1963 | 6.153 |
| 1962 | 6.135 |
| 1961 | 6.074 |
| 1960 | 6.018 |
| 1959 | 5.957 |
| 1958 | 5.929 |
| 1957 | 5.888 |
| 1956 | 5.841 |
| 1955 | 5.817 |
| 1954 | 5.778 |
| 1953 | 5.793 |
| 1952 | 5.758 |
| 1951 | 5.742 |
| 1950 | 5.711 |