Fertility & birth rates in Gabon and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate in Gabon vs Papua New Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Gabon was 3.65 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 Gabon 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
	Gabon	Papua New Guinea
1960	4.42	6.02
1961	4.5	6.07
1962	4.59	6.14
1963	4.65	6.15
1964	4.71	6.19
1965	4.79	6.2
1966	4.86	6.23
1967	4.92	6.24
1968	4.98	6.25
1969	5.05	6.26
1970	5.1	6.25
1971	5.16	6.23
1972	5.24	6.2
1973	5.29	6.16
1974	5.33	6.11
1975	5.39	6.07
1976	5.46	6.02
1977	5.52	5.96
1978	5.57	5.88
1979	5.61	5.79
1980	5.66	5.71
1981	5.73	5.65
1982	5.74	5.59
1983	5.76	5.56
1984	5.73	5.51
1985	5.71	5.47
1986	5.69	5.42
1987	5.67	5.36
1988	5.62	5.3
1989	5.55	5.24
1990	5.46	5.18
1991	5.37	5.11
1992	5.29	5.03
1993	5.19	4.96
1994	5.04	4.87
1995	4.88	4.78
1996	4.74	4.73
1997	4.66	4.68
1998	4.58	4.63
1999	4.5	4.59
2000	4.47	4.53
2001	4.42	4.47
2002	4.36	4.42
2003	4.3	4.36
2004	4.25	4.28
2005	4.21	4.22
2006	4.17	4.15
2007	4.14	4.08
2008	4.12	4.01
2009	4.14	3.94
2010	4.15	3.88
2011	4.15	3.82
2012	4.09	3.75
2013	4.02	3.68
2014	3.95	3.63
2015	3.92	3.56
2016	3.92	3.5
2017	3.91	3.43
2018	3.91	3.38
2019	3.88	3.32
2020	3.83	3.27
2021	3.78	3.22
2022	3.71	3.17
2023	3.65	3.1
2024	3.59	3.07
2025	3.54	3.03
2026	3.49	2.99
2027	3.43	2.95
2028	3.37	2.92
2029	3.33	2.88
2030	3.29	2.84
2031	3.24	2.81
2032	3.2	2.78
2033	3.16	2.75
2034	3.12	2.73
2035	3.08	2.69
2036	3.04	2.67
2037	3.01	2.64
2038	2.97	2.61
2039	2.94	2.59
2040	2.91	2.56
2041	2.88	2.54
2042	2.84	2.51
2043	2.81	2.49
2044	2.78	2.48
2045	2.75	2.46
2046	2.73	2.44
2047	2.7	2.42
2048	2.67	2.4
2049	2.64	2.38
2050	2.62	2.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Gabon	Papua New Guinea
1960	31.4%	43.4%
1961	31.8%	43.7%
1962	32.2%	43.9%
1963	32.6%	44.2%
1964	33%	44.4%
1965	33.5%	44.6%
1966	33.9%	44.9%
1967	34.3%	45.1%
1968	34.7%	45.3%
1969	35.1%	45.6%
1970	35.4%	45.8%
1971	35.8%	46%
1972	36.3%	46%
1973	36.7%	45.9%
1974	37.1%	45.8%
1975	37.6%	45.5%
1976	38%	45.2%
1977	38.4%	44.9%
1978	38.8%	44.4%
1979	39.2%	44%
1980	39.6%	43.5%
1981	39.9%	43.2%
1982	40.3%	43%
1983	40.7%	42.9%
1984	41%	42.8%
1985	41.4%	42.6%
1986	41.6%	42.5%
1987	41.9%	42.4%
1988	42.1%	42.4%
1989	42.3%	42.3%
1990	42.4%	42.1%
1991	42.5%	41.9%
1992	42.5%	41.7%
1993	42.5%	41.5%
1994	42.4%	41.2%
1995	42.3%	41%
1996	42%	40.8%
1997	41.8%	40.6%
1998	41.5%	40.4%
1999	41.2%	40.2%
2000	40.8%	40%
2001	40.5%	39.8%
2002	40.1%	39.5%
2003	39.7%	39.3%
2004	39.4%	39%
2005	39%	38.8%
2006	38.6%	38.5%
2007	38.2%	38.3%
2008	37.9%	38%
2009	37.6%	37.7%
2010	37.3%	37.5%
2011	37.1%	37.2%
2012	37%	37%
2013	36.8%	36.7%
2014	36.7%	36.5%
2015	36.6%	36.2%
2016	36.6%	35.9%
2017	36.6%	35.6%
2018	36.7%	35.3%
2019	36.8%	35%
2020	36.8%	34.7%
2021	36.8%	34.4%
2022	36.8%	34.1%
2023	36.7%	33.8%
2024	36.5%	33.5%
2025	36.2%	33.1%
2026	35.9%	32.8%
2027	35.6%	32.5%
2028	35.3%	32.1%
2029	34.9%	31.8%
2030	34.6%	31.4%
2031	34.2%	31.1%
2032	33.8%	30.7%
2033	33.4%	30.4%
2034	33%	30.1%
2035	32.7%	29.7%
2036	32.3%	29.4%
2037	32%	29.1%
2038	31.8%	28.8%
2039	31.5%	28.5%
2040	31.3%	28.3%
2041	31.1%	28%
2042	31%	27.8%
2043	30.8%	27.5%
2044	30.6%	27.3%
2045	30.5%	27.1%
2046	30.3%	26.9%
2047	30.2%	26.7%
2048	30%	26.5%
2049	29.8%	26.3%
2050	29.6%	26.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.5% of the population in Gabon and 33.5% in Papua New Guinea in 2024, compared to 42.4% and 42.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Gabon and Papua New Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Gabon vs Papua New Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Gabon 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
	Gabon	Papua New Guinea
1960	5,732	56,326
1961	6,161	58,151
1962	6,609	59,974
1963	7,001	62,260
1964	7,402	64,558
1965	7,902	66,693
1966	8,410	69,206
1967	8,883	71,519
1968	9,417	73,983
1969	9,969	76,454
1970	10,635	78,712
1971	11,357	80,599
1972	12,095	82,672
1973	12,731	83,821
1974	13,381	84,829
1975	14,162	85,809
1976	14,998	86,965
1977	15,842	87,954
1978	16,714	88,747
1979	17,553	89,330
1980	18,503	90,266
1981	19,528	91,767
1982	20,292	93,522
1983	21,162	95,982
1984	21,851	98,103
1985	22,617	100,333
1986	23,362	102,346
1987	24,212	104,367
1988	24,888	106,256
1989	25,359	108,199
1990	25,858	110,033
1991	26,334	111,453
1992	26,810	114,818
1993	27,235	118,668
1994	27,271	122,113
1995	27,290	125,410
1996	27,450	129,802
1997	28,053	134,458
1998	28,697	136,677
1999	29,330	143,592
2000	30,210	147,496
2001	30,941	151,431
2002	31,777	155,091
2003	32,633	158,611
2004	33,615	161,023
2005	34,766	163,888
2006	35,984	166,540
2007	37,394	169,306
2008	39,002	172,823
2009	41,037	175,421
2010	43,061	178,998
2011	44,922	181,842
2012	45,941	183,658
2013	46,829	185,790
2014	47,704	187,592
2015	48,876	188,600
2016	50,321	189,281
2017	51,455	189,715
2018	52,476	190,662
2019	53,185	190,662
2020	52,745	189,130
2021	52,611	183,766
2022	52,944	186,861
2023	53,167	187,637

Maternal mortality chart: Gabon vs Papua New Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 233 deaths per 100,000 live births in Gabon, compared to 189 deaths in Papua New Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Gabon	Papua New Guinea
1985	373	393
1986	369	386
1987	366	379
1988	367	377
1989	366	369
1990	368	360
1991	369	354
1992	371	340
1993	364	333
1994	357	324
1995	341	318
1996	321	316
1997	290	316
1998	258	325
1999	216	321
2000	178	323
2001	160	325
2002	151	329
2003	134	328
2004	142	326
2005	175	326
2006	186	325
2007	173	326
2008	158	315
2009	158	302
2010	144	289
2011	149	271
2012	173	257
2013	235	243
2014	273	232
2015	239	221
2016	215	214
2017	184	207
2018	176	205
2019	179	199
2020	194	194
2021	249	223
2022	216	189
2023	233	189

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.32% in Gabon 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
	Gabon	Papua New Guinea
1960	21.9%	19.8%
1961	21.2%	19.2%
1962	20.5%	18.6%
1963	19.8%	18%
1964	19.2%	17.4%
1965	18.6%	16.9%
1966	17.9%	16.3%
1967	17.4%	15.8%
1968	16.8%	15.2%
1969	16.2%	14.7%
1970	15.7%	14.2%
1971	15.2%	13.7%
1972	14.7%	13.3%
1973	14.2%	12.9%
1974	13.7%	12.4%
1975	13.3%	12.1%
1976	12.8%	11.7%
1977	12.4%	11.3%
1978	12%	11%
1979	11.6%	10.7%
1980	11.2%	10.4%
1981	10.8%	10.2%
1982	10.5%	9.94%
1983	10.1%	9.71%
1984	9.81%	9.5%
1985	9.52%	9.3%
1986	9.26%	9.12%
1987	9.03%	8.96%
1988	8.82%	8.78%
1989	8.64%	8.63%
1990	8.49%	8.47%
1991	8.35%	8.31%
1992	8.24%	8.17%
1993	8.14%	8.03%
1994	8.06%	7.89%
1995	7.98%	7.77%
1996	7.89%	7.64%
1997	7.79%	7.52%
1998	7.67%	7.41%
1999	7.53%	7.3%
2000	7.37%	7.19%
2001	7.19%	7.08%
2002	7.01%	6.96%
2003	6.81%	6.84%
2004	6.6%	6.71%
2005	6.39%	6.58%
2006	6.21%	6.44%
2007	5.99%	6.31%
2008	5.77%	6.16%
2009	5.57%	6.02%
2010	5.35%	5.88%
2011	5.14%	5.73%
2012	4.94%	5.59%
2013	4.73%	5.44%
2014	4.57%	5.3%
2015	4.42%	5.17%
2016	4.24%	5.02%
2017	4.1%	4.87%
2018	3.96%	4.72%
2019	3.8%	4.59%
2020	3.62%	4.45%
2021	3.52%	4.31%
2022	3.41%	4.17%
2023	3.32%	4.03%