Fertility & birth rates in Belgium and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate in Belgium vs Papua New Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belgium was 1.47 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 Belgium 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
	Belgium	Papua New Guinea
1960	2.54	6.02
1961	2.63	6.07
1962	2.59	6.14
1963	2.68	6.15
1964	2.71	6.19
1965	2.61	6.2
1966	2.52	6.23
1967	2.41	6.24
1968	2.31	6.25
1969	2.27	6.26
1970	2.25	6.25
1971	2.21	6.23
1972	2.09	6.2
1973	1.95	6.16
1974	1.83	6.11
1975	1.74	6.07
1976	1.73	6.02
1977	1.71	5.96
1978	1.69	5.88
1979	1.69	5.79
1980	1.68	5.71
1981	1.66	5.65
1982	1.61	5.59
1983	1.57	5.56
1984	1.54	5.51
1985	1.51	5.47
1986	1.54	5.42
1987	1.54	5.36
1988	1.57	5.3
1989	1.58	5.24
1990	1.62	5.18
1991	1.66	5.11
1992	1.65	5.03
1993	1.61	4.96
1994	1.56	4.87
1995	1.56	4.78
1996	1.59	4.73
1997	1.6	4.68
1998	1.6	4.63
1999	1.62	4.59
2000	1.67	4.53
2001	1.67	4.47
2002	1.65	4.42
2003	1.67	4.36
2004	1.72	4.28
2005	1.76	4.22
2006	1.8	4.15
2007	1.82	4.08
2008	1.85	4.01
2009	1.84	3.94
2010	1.86	3.88
2011	1.81	3.82
2012	1.8	3.75
2013	1.76	3.68
2014	1.74	3.63
2015	1.7	3.56
2016	1.68	3.5
2017	1.65	3.43
2018	1.62	3.38
2019	1.6	3.32
2020	1.55	3.27
2021	1.6	3.22
2022	1.53	3.17
2023	1.47	3.1
2024	1.47	3.07
2025	1.48	3.03
2026	1.49	2.99
2027	1.49	2.95
2028	1.5	2.92
2029	1.51	2.88
2030	1.51	2.84
2031	1.52	2.81
2032	1.52	2.78
2033	1.53	2.75
2034	1.53	2.73
2035	1.54	2.69
2036	1.54	2.67
2037	1.54	2.64
2038	1.55	2.61
2039	1.55	2.59
2040	1.56	2.56
2041	1.56	2.54
2042	1.56	2.51
2043	1.57	2.49
2044	1.57	2.48
2045	1.57	2.46
2046	1.57	2.44
2047	1.58	2.42
2048	1.58	2.4
2049	1.59	2.38
2050	1.59	2.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belgium	Papua New Guinea
1960	23.7%	43.4%
1961	23.8%	43.7%
1962	23.8%	43.9%
1963	23.9%	44.2%
1964	23.9%	44.4%
1965	24%	44.6%
1966	24%	44.9%
1967	23.9%	45.1%
1968	23.9%	45.3%
1969	23.8%	45.6%
1970	23.6%	45.8%
1971	23.5%	46%
1972	23.3%	46%
1973	23%	45.9%
1974	22.6%	45.8%
1975	22.2%	45.5%
1976	21.8%	45.2%
1977	21.4%	44.9%
1978	21%	44.4%
1979	20.6%	44%
1980	20.3%	43.5%
1981	19.9%	43.2%
1982	19.6%	43%
1983	19.4%	42.9%
1984	19.1%	42.8%
1985	18.8%	42.6%
1986	18.6%	42.5%
1987	18.3%	42.4%
1988	18.2%	42.4%
1989	18.1%	42.3%
1990	18.1%	42.1%
1991	18.2%	41.9%
1992	18.2%	41.7%
1993	18.1%	41.5%
1994	18.1%	41.2%
1995	18%	41%
1996	17.9%	40.8%
1997	17.8%	40.6%
1998	17.7%	40.4%
1999	17.7%	40.2%
2000	17.6%	40%
2001	17.5%	39.8%
2002	17.5%	39.5%
2003	17.3%	39.3%
2004	17.2%	39%
2005	17.1%	38.8%
2006	17%	38.5%
2007	16.9%	38.3%
2008	16.9%	38%
2009	16.9%	37.7%
2010	16.9%	37.5%
2011	17%	37.2%
2012	17%	37%
2013	17%	36.7%
2014	17%	36.5%
2015	17%	36.2%
2016	17%	35.9%
2017	17%	35.6%
2018	16.9%	35.3%
2019	16.9%	35%
2020	16.8%	34.7%
2021	16.7%	34.4%
2022	16.5%	34.1%
2023	16.3%	33.8%
2024	16%	33.5%
2025	15.7%	33.1%
2026	15.4%	32.8%
2027	15.1%	32.5%
2028	14.9%	32.1%
2029	14.6%	31.8%
2030	14.4%	31.4%
2031	14.2%	31.1%
2032	14%	30.7%
2033	13.8%	30.4%
2034	13.6%	30.1%
2035	13.5%	29.7%
2036	13.4%	29.4%
2037	13.3%	29.1%
2038	13.3%	28.8%
2039	13.3%	28.5%
2040	13.4%	28.3%
2041	13.4%	28%
2042	13.5%	27.8%
2043	13.5%	27.5%
2044	13.6%	27.3%
2045	13.7%	27.1%
2046	13.8%	26.9%
2047	13.8%	26.7%
2048	13.9%	26.5%
2049	13.9%	26.3%
2050	13.9%	26.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in Belgium and 33.5% in Papua New Guinea in 2024, compared to 18.1% and 42.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belgium and Papua New Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Belgium vs Papua New Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	Papua New Guinea
1960	40,275	56,326
1961	52,349	58,151
1962	42,414	59,974
1963	41,804	62,260
1964	51,580	64,558
1965	39,748	66,693
1966	36,206	69,206
1967	31,618	71,519
1968	20,199	73,983
1969	21,221	76,454
1970	23,173	78,712
1971	21,281	80,599
1972	18,451	82,672
1973	11,690	83,821
1974	7,818	84,829
1975	0	85,809
1976	1,964	86,965
1977	8,847	87,954
1978	7,872	88,747
1979	11,818	89,330
1980	10,845	90,266
1981	11,831	91,767
1982	7,885	93,522
1983	2,956	95,982
1984	4,927	98,103
1985	2,958	100,333
1986	5,917	102,346
1987	11,844	104,367
1988	14,853	106,256
1989	13,912	108,199
1990	19,935	110,033
1991	22,010	111,453
1992	20,090	114,818
1993	14,118	118,668
1994	12,139	122,113
1995	11,150	125,410
1996	12,188	129,802
1997	12,218	134,458
1998	9,183	136,677
1999	9,203	143,592
2000	12,302	147,496
2001	11,315	151,431
2002	7,233	155,091
2003	7,263	158,611
2004	16,673	161,023
2005	15,718	163,888
2006	21,096	166,540
2007	23,376	169,306
2008	22,491	172,823
2009	23,752	175,421
2010	23,970	178,998
2011	25,388	181,842
2012	18,882	183,658
2013	16,739	185,790
2014	21,297	187,592
2015	11,274	188,600
2016	14,731	189,281
2017	10,238	189,715
2018	7,999	190,662
2019	8,042	190,662
2020	-12,692	189,130
2021	5,793	183,766
2022	-2,336	186,861
2023	0	187,637

Maternal mortality chart: Belgium vs Papua New Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belgium, compared to 189 deaths in Papua New Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belgium	Papua New Guinea
1985	9	393
1986	9	386
1987	9	379
1988	9	377
1989	9	369
1990	9	360
1991	9	354
1992	9	340
1993	9	333
1994	9	324
1995	9	318
1996	9	316
1997	8	316
1998	8	325
1999	8	321
2000	8	323
2001	8	325
2002	7	329
2003	7	328
2004	7	326
2005	7	326
2006	6	325
2007	7	326
2008	6	315
2009	6	302
2010	6	289
2011	6	271
2012	5	257
2013	6	243
2014	5	232
2015	5	221
2016	5	214
2017	5	207
2018	5	205
2019	4	199
2020	4	194
2021	7	223
2022	11	189
2023	4	189

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.36% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	Papua New Guinea
1960	3.39%	19.8%
1961	3.25%	19.2%
1962	3.12%	18.6%
1963	3%	18%
1964	2.89%	17.4%
1965	2.79%	16.9%
1966	2.7%	16.3%
1967	2.62%	15.8%
1968	2.55%	15.2%
1969	2.48%	14.7%
1970	2.39%	14.2%
1971	2.3%	13.7%
1972	2.19%	13.3%
1973	2.08%	12.9%
1974	1.97%	12.4%
1975	1.86%	12.1%
1976	1.76%	11.7%
1977	1.67%	11.3%
1978	1.59%	11%
1979	1.52%	10.7%
1980	1.45%	10.4%
1981	1.39%	10.2%
1982	1.33%	9.94%
1983	1.27%	9.71%
1984	1.22%	9.5%
1985	1.18%	9.3%
1986	1.14%	9.12%
1987	1.1%	8.96%
1988	1.07%	8.78%
1989	1.03%	8.63%
1990	1%	8.47%
1991	0.96%	8.31%
1992	0.92%	8.17%
1993	0.87%	8.03%
1994	0.82%	7.89%
1995	0.77%	7.77%
1996	0.72%	7.64%
1997	0.67%	7.52%
1998	0.64%	7.41%
1999	0.61%	7.3%
2000	0.59%	7.19%
2001	0.57%	7.08%
2002	0.55%	6.96%
2003	0.53%	6.84%
2004	0.52%	6.71%
2005	0.5%	6.58%
2006	0.49%	6.44%
2007	0.48%	6.31%
2008	0.47%	6.16%
2009	0.46%	6.02%
2010	0.45%	5.88%
2011	0.44%	5.73%
2012	0.43%	5.59%
2013	0.42%	5.44%
2014	0.42%	5.3%
2015	0.41%	5.17%
2016	0.41%	5.02%
2017	0.4%	4.87%
2018	0.4%	4.72%
2019	0.39%	4.59%
2020	0.39%	4.45%
2021	0.38%	4.31%
2022	0.37%	4.17%
2023	0.36%	4.03%