Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate in Belarus vs Papua New Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belarus was 1.21 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.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belarus	Papua New Guinea
1960	2.67	6.02
1961	2.59	6.07
1962	2.5	6.14
1963	2.4	6.15
1964	2.31	6.19
1965	2.27	6.2
1966	2.29	6.23
1967	2.26	6.24
1968	2.22	6.25
1969	2.26	6.26
1970	2.31	6.25
1971	2.31	6.23
1972	2.28	6.2
1973	2.25	6.16
1974	2.21	6.11
1975	2.17	6.07
1976	2.12	6.02
1977	2.08	5.96
1978	2.06	5.88
1979	2.05	5.79
1980	2.03	5.71
1981	2.02	5.65
1982	2.05	5.59
1983	2.11	5.56
1984	2.11	5.51
1985	2.09	5.47
1986	2.09	5.42
1987	2.03	5.36
1988	2.03	5.3
1989	2.03	5.24
1990	1.91	5.18
1991	1.81	5.11
1992	1.76	5.03
1993	1.62	4.96
1994	1.53	4.87
1995	1.41	4.78
1996	1.34	4.73
1997	1.25	4.68
1998	1.3	4.63
1999	1.31	4.59
2000	1.32	4.53
2001	1.29	4.47
2002	1.24	4.42
2003	1.23	4.36
2004	1.23	4.28
2005	1.25	4.22
2006	1.34	4.15
2007	1.43	4.08
2008	1.49	4.01
2009	1.51	3.94
2010	1.49	3.88
2011	1.52	3.82
2012	1.62	3.75
2013	1.67	3.68
2014	1.7	3.63
2015	1.72	3.56
2016	1.73	3.5
2017	1.54	3.43
2018	1.45	3.38
2019	1.38	3.32
2020	1.37	3.27
2021	1.37	3.22
2022	1.33	3.17
2023	1.21	3.1
2024	1.22	3.07
2025	1.23	3.03
2026	1.23	2.99
2027	1.24	2.95
2028	1.25	2.92
2029	1.25	2.88
2030	1.26	2.84
2031	1.27	2.81
2032	1.28	2.78
2033	1.28	2.75
2034	1.29	2.73
2035	1.3	2.69
2036	1.31	2.67
2037	1.31	2.64
2038	1.32	2.61
2039	1.32	2.59
2040	1.33	2.56
2041	1.34	2.54
2042	1.34	2.51
2043	1.35	2.49
2044	1.35	2.48
2045	1.36	2.46
2046	1.36	2.44
2047	1.37	2.42
2048	1.37	2.4
2049	1.38	2.38
2050	1.38	2.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	Papua New Guinea
1960	30.8%	43.4%
1961	31.2%	43.7%
1962	31.2%	43.9%
1963	31.1%	44.2%
1964	30.8%	44.4%
1965	30.5%	44.6%
1966	30.2%	44.9%
1967	29.9%	45.1%
1968	29.6%	45.3%
1969	29.3%	45.6%
1970	28.7%	45.8%
1971	27.9%	46%
1972	27.2%	46%
1973	26.4%	45.9%
1974	25.7%	45.8%
1975	25%	45.5%
1976	24.4%	45.2%
1977	23.9%	44.9%
1978	23.5%	44.4%
1979	23.1%	44%
1980	22.9%	43.5%
1981	22.8%	43.2%
1982	22.7%	43%
1983	22.7%	42.9%
1984	22.8%	42.8%
1985	22.9%	42.6%
1986	23%	42.5%
1987	23%	42.4%
1988	23.1%	42.4%
1989	23.1%	42.3%
1990	23.1%	42.1%
1991	23%	41.9%
1992	22.8%	41.7%
1993	22.6%	41.5%
1994	22.2%	41.2%
1995	21.8%	41%
1996	21.3%	40.8%
1997	20.7%	40.6%
1998	20%	40.4%
1999	19.3%	40.2%
2000	18.6%	40%
2001	17.9%	39.8%
2002	17.3%	39.5%
2003	16.6%	39.3%
2004	16%	39%
2005	15.5%	38.8%
2006	15.2%	38.5%
2007	14.9%	38.3%
2008	14.8%	38%
2009	14.8%	37.7%
2010	14.8%	37.5%
2011	15%	37.2%
2012	15.3%	37%
2013	15.6%	36.7%
2014	15.9%	36.5%
2015	16.2%	36.2%
2016	16.5%	35.9%
2017	16.7%	35.6%
2018	16.9%	35.3%
2019	17%	35%
2020	17%	34.7%
2021	17.1%	34.4%
2022	17%	34.1%
2023	16.7%	33.8%
2024	16.3%	33.5%
2025	15.9%	33.1%
2026	15.5%	32.8%
2027	15%	32.5%
2028	14.4%	32.1%
2029	13.8%	31.8%
2030	13.2%	31.4%
2031	12.6%	31.1%
2032	12.1%	30.7%
2033	11.7%	30.4%
2034	11.5%	30.1%
2035	11.3%	29.7%
2036	11.1%	29.4%
2037	11%	29.1%
2038	11%	28.8%
2039	11.1%	28.5%
2040	11.2%	28.3%
2041	11.3%	28%
2042	11.5%	27.8%
2043	11.6%	27.5%
2044	11.8%	27.3%
2045	12%	27.1%
2046	12.2%	26.9%
2047	12.3%	26.7%
2048	12.5%	26.5%
2049	12.6%	26.3%
2050	12.7%	26.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 33.5% in Papua New Guinea in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 42.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and Papua New Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs Papua New Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	Papua New Guinea
1960	136,399	56,326
1961	134,490	58,151
1962	124,945	59,974
1963	113,160	62,260
1964	101,618	64,558
1965	90,611	66,693
1966	84,191	69,206
1967	81,136	71,519
1968	76,782	73,983
1969	74,567	76,454
1970	75,520	78,712
1971	77,464	80,599
1972	74,036	82,672
1973	70,911	83,821
1974	71,158	84,829
1975	65,494	85,809
1976	66,677	86,965
1977	67,434	87,954
1978	67,342	88,747
1979	64,481	89,330
1980	62,101	90,266
1981	65,057	91,767
1982	65,499	93,522
1983	75,791	95,982
1984	64,415	98,103
1985	58,852	100,333
1986	74,318	102,346
1987	62,689	104,367
1988	60,840	106,256
1989	49,833	108,199
1990	32,606	110,033
1991	18,349	111,453
1992	11,238	114,818
1993	-11,263	118,668
1994	-19,431	122,113
1995	-32,621	125,410
1996	-37,591	129,802
1997	-46,540	134,458
1998	-44,316	136,677
1999	-49,131	143,592
2000	-40,916	147,496
2001	-48,650	151,431
2002	-58,207	155,091
2003	-53,882	158,611
2004	-50,597	161,023
2005	-50,252	163,888
2006	-41,301	166,540
2007	-28,683	169,306
2008	-25,726	172,823
2009	-25,662	175,421
2010	-29,400	178,998
2011	-26,493	181,842
2012	-11,336	183,658
2013	-6,610	185,790
2014	-2,834	187,592
2015	-946	188,600
2016	-1,894	189,281
2017	-17,026	189,715
2018	-26,429	190,662
2019	-32,969	190,662
2020	-64,703	189,130
2021	-67,118	183,766
2022	-47,839	186,861
2023	-56,924	187,637

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs Papua New Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 1 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belarus, compared to 189 deaths in Papua New Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	Papua New Guinea
1985	30	393
1986	30	386
1987	30	379
1988	32	377
1989	33	369
1990	33	360
1991	32	354
1992	32	340
1993	31	333
1994	30	324
1995	29	318
1996	28	316
1997	27	316
1998	25	325
1999	23	321
2000	20	323
2001	18	325
2002	16	329
2003	14	328
2004	12	326
2005	9	326
2006	7	325
2007	6	326
2008	4	315
2009	4	302
2010	3	289
2011	2	271
2012	2	257
2013	2	243
2014	2	232
2015	1	221
2016	1	214
2017	1	207
2018	1	205
2019	1	199
2020	2	194
2021	2	223
2022	1	189
2023	1	189

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	Papua New Guinea
1960	4.49%	19.8%
1961	4.05%	19.2%
1962	3.68%	18.6%
1963	3.36%	18%
1964	3.1%	17.4%
1965	2.88%	16.9%
1966	2.7%	16.3%
1967	2.56%	15.8%
1968	2.45%	15.2%
1969	2.37%	14.7%
1970	2.3%	14.2%
1971	2.25%	13.7%
1972	2.22%	13.3%
1973	2.2%	12.9%
1974	2.19%	12.4%
1975	2.18%	12.1%
1976	2.18%	11.7%
1977	2.16%	11.3%
1978	2.14%	11%
1979	2.11%	10.7%
1980	2.06%	10.4%
1981	2%	10.2%
1982	1.94%	9.94%
1983	1.88%	9.71%
1984	1.82%	9.5%
1985	1.76%	9.3%
1986	1.7%	9.12%
1987	1.64%	8.96%
1988	1.59%	8.78%
1989	1.55%	8.63%
1990	1.52%	8.47%
1991	1.52%	8.31%
1992	1.53%	8.17%
1993	1.55%	8.03%
1994	1.57%	7.89%
1995	1.57%	7.77%
1996	1.55%	7.64%
1997	1.51%	7.52%
1998	1.45%	7.41%
1999	1.37%	7.3%
2000	1.28%	7.19%
2001	1.18%	7.08%
2002	1.1%	6.96%
2003	1.02%	6.84%
2004	0.94%	6.71%
2005	0.87%	6.58%
2006	0.8%	6.44%
2007	0.73%	6.31%
2008	0.66%	6.16%
2009	0.61%	6.02%
2010	0.56%	5.88%
2011	0.52%	5.73%
2012	0.49%	5.59%
2013	0.46%	5.44%
2014	0.43%	5.3%
2015	0.41%	5.17%
2016	0.39%	5.02%
2017	0.36%	4.87%
2018	0.34%	4.72%
2019	0.31%	4.59%
2020	0.29%	4.45%
2021	0.27%	4.31%
2022	0.26%	4.17%
2023	0.24%	4.03%