Fertility & birth rates in Comoros and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate in Comoros vs Papua New Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Comoros was 3.88 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
	Comoros	Papua New Guinea
1960	6.79	6.02
1961	6.85	6.07
1962	6.9	6.14
1963	6.92	6.15
1964	6.94	6.19
1965	6.97	6.2
1966	7	6.23
1967	7.02	6.24
1968	7.05	6.25
1969	7.07	6.26
1970	7.1	6.25
1971	7.12	6.23
1972	7.14	6.2
1973	7.17	6.16
1974	7.16	6.11
1975	7.16	6.07
1976	7.16	6.02
1977	7.15	5.96
1978	7.16	5.88
1979	7.16	5.79
1980	7.15	5.71
1981	7.14	5.65
1982	7.13	5.59
1983	7.11	5.56
1984	7.07	5.51
1985	7.02	5.47
1986	6.95	5.42
1987	6.87	5.36
1988	6.76	5.3
1989	6.65	5.24
1990	6.51	5.18
1991	6.35	5.11
1992	6.19	5.03
1993	6.02	4.96
1994	5.86	4.87
1995	5.73	4.78
1996	5.63	4.73
1997	5.51	4.68
1998	5.39	4.63
1999	5.28	4.59
2000	5.23	4.53
2001	5.2	4.47
2002	5.16	4.42
2003	5.12	4.36
2004	5.07	4.28
2005	5.01	4.22
2006	4.93	4.15
2007	4.86	4.08
2008	4.81	4.01
2009	4.78	3.94
2010	4.76	3.88
2011	4.72	3.82
2012	4.65	3.75
2013	4.57	3.68
2014	4.49	3.63
2015	4.42	3.56
2016	4.35	3.5
2017	4.28	3.43
2018	4.21	3.38
2019	4.14	3.32
2020	4.07	3.27
2021	4	3.22
2022	3.94	3.17
2023	3.88	3.1
2024	3.82	3.07
2025	3.76	3.03
2026	3.71	2.99
2027	3.65	2.95
2028	3.6	2.92
2029	3.55	2.88
2030	3.5	2.84
2031	3.44	2.81
2032	3.4	2.78
2033	3.36	2.75
2034	3.31	2.73
2035	3.27	2.69
2036	3.23	2.67
2037	3.19	2.64
2038	3.15	2.61
2039	3.11	2.59
2040	3.07	2.56
2041	3.04	2.54
2042	3	2.51
2043	2.97	2.49
2044	2.93	2.48
2045	2.9	2.46
2046	2.87	2.44
2047	2.84	2.42
2048	2.81	2.4
2049	2.78	2.38
2050	2.76	2.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Comoros	Papua New Guinea
1960	41.6%	43.4%
1961	42%	43.7%
1962	42.5%	43.9%
1963	43.1%	44.2%
1964	43.7%	44.4%
1965	44.1%	44.6%
1966	44.5%	44.9%
1967	44.9%	45.1%
1968	45.3%	45.3%
1969	45.6%	45.6%
1970	45.8%	45.8%
1971	45.9%	46%
1972	46%	46%
1973	46.2%	45.9%
1974	46.3%	45.8%
1975	46.4%	45.5%
1976	46.6%	45.2%
1977	46.7%	44.9%
1978	46.8%	44.4%
1979	46.9%	44%
1980	46.9%	43.5%
1981	46.9%	43.2%
1982	46.9%	43%
1983	46.9%	42.9%
1984	46.8%	42.8%
1985	46.9%	42.6%
1986	46.9%	42.5%
1987	46.9%	42.4%
1988	46.9%	42.4%
1989	47%	42.3%
1990	47%	42.1%
1991	46.9%	41.9%
1992	47.1%	41.7%
1993	47.5%	41.5%
1994	47.7%	41.2%
1995	47.9%	41%
1996	47.9%	40.8%
1997	47.9%	40.6%
1998	47.7%	40.4%
1999	47.4%	40.2%
2000	47%	40%
2001	46.7%	39.8%
2002	46.6%	39.5%
2003	46.3%	39.3%
2004	45.7%	39%
2005	45%	38.8%
2006	44.3%	38.5%
2007	43.6%	38.3%
2008	42.9%	38%
2009	42.2%	37.7%
2010	41.6%	37.5%
2011	41%	37.2%
2012	40.5%	37%
2013	40.2%	36.7%
2014	40%	36.5%
2015	39.8%	36.2%
2016	39.6%	35.9%
2017	39.3%	35.6%
2018	38.9%	35.3%
2019	38.6%	35%
2020	38.3%	34.7%
2021	38%	34.4%
2022	37.7%	34.1%
2023	37.4%	33.8%
2024	37.1%	33.5%
2025	36.9%	33.1%
2026	36.6%	32.8%
2027	36.3%	32.5%
2028	36%	32.1%
2029	35.7%	31.8%
2030	35.3%	31.4%
2031	35%	31.1%
2032	34.7%	30.7%
2033	34.4%	30.4%
2034	34%	30.1%
2035	33.7%	29.7%
2036	33.4%	29.4%
2037	33.1%	29.1%
2038	32.8%	28.8%
2039	32.5%	28.5%
2040	32.2%	28.3%
2041	32%	28%
2042	31.7%	27.8%
2043	31.5%	27.5%
2044	31.2%	27.3%
2045	31%	27.1%
2046	30.8%	26.9%
2047	30.6%	26.7%
2048	30.3%	26.5%
2049	30.1%	26.3%
2050	29.9%	26.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.1% of the population in Comoros and 33.5% in Papua New Guinea in 2024, compared to 47% and 42.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Comoros and Papua New Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Comoros vs Papua New Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Comoros 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
	Comoros	Papua New Guinea
1960	4,886	56,326
1961	5,027	58,151
1962	5,157	59,974
1963	5,249	62,260
1964	5,359	64,558
1965	5,465	66,693
1966	5,601	69,206
1967	5,741	71,519
1968	5,960	73,983
1969	6,189	76,454
1970	6,456	78,712
1971	6,722	80,599
1972	7,019	82,672
1973	7,328	83,821
1974	7,654	84,829
1975	7,752	85,809
1976	8,371	86,965
1977	8,750	87,954
1978	9,189	88,747
1979	9,637	89,330
1980	10,095	90,266
1981	10,569	91,767
1982	11,002	93,522
1983	11,367	95,982
1984	11,830	98,103
1985	12,202	100,333
1986	12,566	102,346
1987	12,869	104,367
1988	13,144	106,256
1989	13,374	108,199
1990	13,610	110,033
1991	13,783	111,453
1992	13,867	114,818
1993	13,667	118,668
1994	13,465	122,113
1995	13,403	125,410
1996	13,390	129,802
1997	13,254	134,458
1998	13,099	136,677
1999	13,161	143,592
2000	13,270	147,496
2001	13,598	151,431
2002	13,760	155,091
2003	14,031	158,611
2004	14,349	161,023
2005	14,810	163,888
2006	15,124	166,540
2007	15,393	169,306
2008	15,804	172,823
2009	16,315	175,421
2010	16,849	178,998
2011	17,313	181,842
2012	17,565	183,658
2013	17,776	185,790
2014	17,876	187,592
2015	17,961	188,600
2016	17,913	189,281
2017	17,798	189,715
2018	17,883	190,662
2019	17,936	190,662
2020	17,906	189,130
2021	17,645	183,766
2022	18,154	186,861
2023	18,247	187,637

Maternal mortality chart: Comoros vs Papua New Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 179 deaths per 100,000 live births in Comoros, compared to 189 deaths in Papua New Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Comoros	Papua New Guinea
1985	850	393
1986	825	386
1987	811	379
1988	791	377
1989	768	369
1990	737	360
1991	704	354
1992	675	340
1993	642	333
1994	602	324
1995	571	318
1996	545	316
1997	520	316
1998	515	325
1999	486	321
2000	476	323
2001	440	325
2002	428	329
2003	400	328
2004	385	326
2005	373	326
2006	360	325
2007	352	326
2008	334	315
2009	320	302
2010	305	289
2011	291	271
2012	274	257
2013	260	243
2014	247	232
2015	237	221
2016	225	214
2017	219	207
2018	209	205
2019	202	199
2020	198	194
2021	215	223
2022	186	189
2023	179	189

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.98% in Comoros 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
	Comoros	Papua New Guinea
1960	-	19.8%
1961	-	19.2%
1962	-	18.6%
1963	-	18%
1964	-	17.4%
1965	-	16.9%
1966	-	16.3%
1967	-	15.8%
1968	-	15.2%
1969	-	14.7%
1970	23.2%	14.2%
1971	22.5%	13.7%
1972	22%	13.3%
1973	21.4%	12.9%
1974	20.8%	12.4%
1975	20.3%	12.1%
1976	19.7%	11.7%
1977	19.1%	11.3%
1978	18.6%	11%
1979	18%	10.7%
1980	17.4%	10.4%
1981	16.8%	10.2%
1982	16.2%	9.94%
1983	15.7%	9.71%
1984	15.1%	9.5%
1985	14.6%	9.3%
1986	14%	9.12%
1987	13.5%	8.96%
1988	13%	8.78%
1989	12.6%	8.63%
1990	12.1%	8.47%
1991	11.6%	8.31%
1992	11.1%	8.17%
1993	10.7%	8.03%
1994	10.2%	7.89%
1995	9.78%	7.77%
1996	9.37%	7.64%
1997	9%	7.52%
1998	8.63%	7.41%
1999	8.28%	7.3%
2000	7.96%	7.19%
2001	7.65%	7.08%
2002	7.36%	6.96%
2003	7.07%	6.84%
2004	6.8%	6.71%
2005	6.55%	6.58%
2006	6.31%	6.44%
2007	6.08%	6.31%
2008	5.88%	6.16%
2009	5.69%	6.02%
2010	5.51%	5.88%
2011	5.36%	5.73%
2012	5.21%	5.59%
2013	5.08%	5.44%
2014	4.97%	5.3%
2015	4.87%	5.17%
2016	4.76%	5.02%
2017	4.66%	4.87%
2018	4.56%	4.72%
2019	4.46%	4.59%
2020	4.35%	4.45%
2021	4.24%	4.31%
2022	4.11%	4.17%
2023	3.98%	4.03%