Fertility & birth rates in Algeria and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate in Algeria vs Papua New Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Algeria was 2.77 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.1 in Papua New Guinea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Algeria vs Papua New Guinea population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Algeria	Papua New Guinea
1960	7.5	6.02
1961	7.56	6.07
1962	7.61	6.14
1963	7.65	6.15
1964	7.67	6.19
1965	7.71	6.2
1966	7.71	6.23
1967	7.71	6.24
1968	7.71	6.25
1969	7.71	6.26
1970	7.7	6.25
1971	7.67	6.23
1972	7.63	6.2
1973	7.59	6.16
1974	7.55	6.11
1975	7.49	6.07
1976	7.41	6.02
1977	7.31	5.96
1978	7.21	5.88
1979	7.12	5.79
1980	6.99	5.71
1981	6.85	5.65
1982	6.68	5.59
1983	6.5	5.56
1984	6.28	5.51
1985	6.04	5.47
1986	5.65	5.42
1987	5.3	5.36
1988	5.02	5.3
1989	4.76	5.24
1990	4.51	5.18
1991	4.37	5.11
1992	4.27	5.03
1993	4.08	4.96
1994	3.91	4.87
1995	3.49	4.78
1996	3.14	4.73
1997	2.89	4.68
1998	2.69	4.63
1999	2.62	4.59
2000	2.59	4.53
2001	2.52	4.47
2002	2.43	4.42
2003	2.45	4.36
2004	2.5	4.28
2005	2.56	4.22
2006	2.63	4.15
2007	2.7	4.08
2008	2.79	4.01
2009	2.83	3.94
2010	2.88	3.88
2011	2.9	3.82
2012	3	3.75
2013	3	3.68
2014	3.08	3.63
2015	3.09	3.56
2016	3.09	3.5
2017	3.09	3.43
2018	3.02	3.38
2019	3	3.32
2020	2.94	3.27
2021	2.87	3.22
2022	2.82	3.17
2023	2.77	3.1
2024	2.72	3.07
2025	2.67	3.03
2026	2.62	2.99
2027	2.58	2.95
2028	2.53	2.92
2029	2.49	2.88
2030	2.45	2.84
2031	2.41	2.81
2032	2.38	2.78
2033	2.34	2.75
2034	2.32	2.73
2035	2.29	2.69
2036	2.26	2.67
2037	2.23	2.64
2038	2.21	2.61
2039	2.18	2.59
2040	2.16	2.56
2041	2.14	2.54
2042	2.12	2.51
2043	2.1	2.49
2044	2.08	2.48
2045	2.07	2.46
2046	2.05	2.44
2047	2.04	2.42
2048	2.03	2.4
2049	2.01	2.38
2050	2	2.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Algeria	Papua New Guinea
1960	45.5%	43.4%
1961	45.9%	43.7%
1962	46.2%	43.9%
1963	46.6%	44.2%
1964	46.9%	44.4%
1965	47%	44.6%
1966	47.1%	44.9%
1967	47.2%	45.1%
1968	47.1%	45.3%
1969	47%	45.6%
1970	47%	45.8%
1971	46.9%	46%
1972	46.8%	46%
1973	46.7%	45.9%
1974	46.6%	45.8%
1975	46.7%	45.5%
1976	47.2%	45.2%
1977	47.3%	44.9%
1978	47%	44.4%
1979	46.8%	44%
1980	46.5%	43.5%
1981	46.1%	43.2%
1982	45.8%	43%
1983	45.4%	42.9%
1984	45%	42.8%
1985	44.6%	42.6%
1986	44.2%	42.5%
1987	43.7%	42.4%
1988	43.1%	42.4%
1989	42.6%	42.3%
1990	42%	42.1%
1991	41.4%	41.9%
1992	41%	41.7%
1993	40.5%	41.5%
1994	39.9%	41.2%
1995	39.1%	41%
1996	38.2%	40.8%
1997	37.2%	40.6%
1998	36.1%	40.4%
1999	34.9%	40.2%
2000	33.7%	40%
2001	32.6%	39.8%
2002	31.5%	39.5%
2003	30.6%	39.3%
2004	29.7%	39%
2005	29%	38.8%
2006	28.4%	38.5%
2007	28%	38.3%
2008	27.7%	38%
2009	27.5%	37.7%
2010	27.5%	37.5%
2011	27.5%	37.2%
2012	27.7%	37%
2013	28.1%	36.7%
2014	28.6%	36.5%
2015	29%	36.2%
2016	29.5%	35.9%
2017	29.9%	35.6%
2018	30.3%	35.3%
2019	30.6%	35%
2020	30.8%	34.7%
2021	30.9%	34.4%
2022	30.8%	34.1%
2023	30.6%	33.8%
2024	30.3%	33.5%
2025	29.9%	33.1%
2026	29.4%	32.8%
2027	28.9%	32.5%
2028	28.2%	32.1%
2029	27.5%	31.8%
2030	26.8%	31.4%
2031	26%	31.1%
2032	25.2%	30.7%
2033	24.5%	30.4%
2034	23.8%	30.1%
2035	23.2%	29.7%
2036	22.6%	29.4%
2037	22.2%	29.1%
2038	21.8%	28.8%
2039	21.5%	28.5%
2040	21.2%	28.3%
2041	21%	28%
2042	20.9%	27.8%
2043	20.8%	27.5%
2044	20.8%	27.3%
2045	20.8%	27.1%
2046	20.9%	26.9%
2047	20.9%	26.7%
2048	20.9%	26.5%
2049	21%	26.3%
2050	21%	26.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.3% of the population in Algeria and 33.5% in Papua New Guinea in 2024, compared to 42% and 42.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Algeria and Papua New Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Algeria vs Papua New Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.86% in Algeria and +2% in Papua New Guinea. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Algeria	Papua New Guinea
1960	290,582	56,326
1961	296,467	58,151
1962	283,903	59,974
1963	315,645	62,260
1964	312,729	64,558
1965	311,190	66,693
1966	309,628	69,206
1967	316,289	71,519
1968	324,560	73,983
1969	334,541	76,454
1970	346,564	78,712
1971	356,069	80,599
1972	368,179	82,672
1973	382,736	83,821
1974	399,509	84,829
1975	417,803	85,809
1976	440,192	86,965
1977	465,405	87,954
1978	491,876	88,747
1979	523,875	89,330
1980	559,983	90,266
1981	595,150	91,767
1982	620,415	93,522
1983	641,167	95,982
1984	656,475	98,103
1985	672,185	100,333
1986	661,644	102,346
1987	645,309	104,367
1988	637,215	106,256
1989	628,542	108,199
1990	612,369	110,033
1991	616,850	111,453
1992	627,289	114,818
1993	611,306	118,668
1994	594,445	122,113
1995	533,104	125,410
1996	483,632	129,802
1997	450,138	134,458
1998	425,928	136,677
1999	434,198	143,592
2000	447,025	147,496
2001	450,637	151,431
2002	451,369	155,091
2003	474,272	158,611
2004	508,773	161,023
2005	543,158	163,888
2006	580,812	166,540
2007	620,196	169,306
2008	662,044	172,823
2009	691,496	175,421
2010	719,350	178,998
2011	741,832	181,842
2012	790,645	183,658
2013	802,203	185,790
2014	839,654	187,592
2015	847,054	188,600
2016	849,368	189,281
2017	848,585	189,715
2018	824,428	190,662
2019	809,522	190,662
2020	724,140	189,130
2021	735,514	183,766
2022	722,591	186,861
2023	691,724	187,637

Maternal mortality chart: Algeria vs Papua New Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 62 deaths per 100,000 live births in Algeria, compared to 189 deaths in Papua New Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Algeria	Papua New Guinea
1985	292	393
1986	265	386
1987	243	379
1988	227	377
1989	215	369
1990	202	360
1991	198	354
1992	193	340
1993	195	333
1994	196	324
1995	187	318
1996	173	316
1997	155	316
1998	143	325
1999	132	321
2000	123	323
2001	113	325
2002	102	329
2003	101	328
2004	91	326
2005	87	326
2006	84	325
2007	83	326
2008	83	315
2009	83	302
2010	82	289
2011	81	271
2012	81	257
2013	81	243
2014	80	232
2015	79	221
2016	79	214
2017	77	207
2018	75	205
2019	73	199
2020	97	194
2021	79	223
2022	64	189
2023	62	189

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.2% in Algeria and 4.03% in Papua New Guinea. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Algeria	Papua New Guinea
1960	24%	19.8%
1961	24%	19.2%
1962	24.1%	18.6%
1963	24.2%	18%
1964	24.3%	17.4%
1965	24.5%	16.9%
1966	24.6%	16.3%
1967	24.6%	15.8%
1968	24.6%	15.2%
1969	24.4%	14.7%
1970	24.1%	14.2%
1971	23.7%	13.7%
1972	23.1%	13.3%
1973	22.4%	12.9%
1974	21.7%	12.4%
1975	20.9%	12.1%
1976	20%	11.7%
1977	19%	11.3%
1978	18%	11%
1979	16.9%	10.7%
1980	15.6%	10.4%
1981	14%	10.2%
1982	12.3%	9.94%
1983	10.5%	9.71%
1984	8.91%	9.5%
1985	7.61%	9.3%
1986	6.63%	9.12%
1987	5.96%	8.96%
1988	5.55%	8.78%
1989	5.3%	8.63%
1990	5.17%	8.47%
1991	5.09%	8.31%
1992	5.04%	8.17%
1993	4.98%	8.03%
1994	4.9%	7.89%
1995	4.81%	7.77%
1996	4.7%	7.64%
1997	4.58%	7.52%
1998	4.45%	7.41%
1999	4.31%	7.3%
2000	4.16%	7.19%
2001	4.01%	7.08%
2002	3.85%	6.96%
2003	3.7%	6.84%
2004	3.54%	6.71%
2005	3.4%	6.58%
2006	3.26%	6.44%
2007	3.13%	6.31%
2008	3.01%	6.16%
2009	2.9%	6.02%
2010	2.81%	5.88%
2011	2.73%	5.73%
2012	2.66%	5.59%
2013	2.6%	5.44%
2014	2.54%	5.3%
2015	2.49%	5.17%
2016	2.45%	5.02%
2017	2.4%	4.87%
2018	2.37%	4.72%
2019	2.33%	4.59%
2020	2.29%	4.45%
2021	2.26%	4.31%
2022	2.23%	4.17%
2023	2.2%	4.03%