Fertility & birth rates in Guyana and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate in Guyana vs Papua New Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Guyana was 2.41 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 Guyana 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
	Guyana	Papua New Guinea
1960	6.33	6.02
1961	6.34	6.07
1962	6.33	6.14
1963	6.31	6.15
1964	6.23	6.19
1965	6.14	6.2
1966	6.02	6.23
1967	5.89	6.24
1968	5.75	6.25
1969	5.58	6.26
1970	5.41	6.25
1971	5.26	6.23
1972	5.08	6.2
1973	4.87	6.16
1974	4.64	6.11
1975	4.45	6.07
1976	4.28	6.02
1977	4.12	5.96
1978	3.97	5.88
1979	3.86	5.79
1980	3.77	5.71
1981	3.72	5.65
1982	3.68	5.59
1983	3.64	5.56
1984	3.54	5.51
1985	3.47	5.47
1986	3.38	5.42
1987	3.31	5.36
1988	3.23	5.3
1989	3.19	5.24
1990	3.18	5.18
1991	3.18	5.11
1992	3.19	5.03
1993	3.2	4.96
1994	3.23	4.87
1995	3.24	4.78
1996	3.23	4.73
1997	3.22	4.68
1998	3.18	4.63
1999	3.13	4.59
2000	3.06	4.53
2001	2.96	4.47
2002	2.84	4.42
2003	2.75	4.36
2004	2.68	4.28
2005	2.65	4.22
2006	2.66	4.15
2007	2.68	4.08
2008	2.7	4.01
2009	2.69	3.94
2010	2.68	3.88
2011	2.69	3.82
2012	2.7	3.75
2013	2.71	3.68
2014	2.7	3.63
2015	2.67	3.56
2016	2.63	3.5
2017	2.59	3.43
2018	2.55	3.38
2019	2.52	3.32
2020	2.49	3.27
2021	2.46	3.22
2022	2.44	3.17
2023	2.41	3.1
2024	2.39	3.07
2025	2.37	3.03
2026	2.35	2.99
2027	2.32	2.95
2028	2.3	2.92
2029	2.28	2.88
2030	2.26	2.84
2031	2.23	2.81
2032	2.21	2.78
2033	2.2	2.75
2034	2.18	2.73
2035	2.16	2.69
2036	2.15	2.67
2037	2.13	2.64
2038	2.12	2.61
2039	2.11	2.59
2040	2.1	2.56
2041	2.09	2.54
2042	2.07	2.51
2043	2.06	2.49
2044	2.05	2.48
2045	2.03	2.46
2046	2.02	2.44
2047	2.01	2.42
2048	2	2.4
2049	1.98	2.38
2050	1.98	2.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guyana	Papua New Guinea
1960	46.8%	43.4%
1961	47%	43.7%
1962	47.4%	43.9%
1963	47.6%	44.2%
1964	47.7%	44.4%
1965	47.8%	44.6%
1966	47.7%	44.9%
1967	47.5%	45.1%
1968	47.3%	45.3%
1969	46.9%	45.6%
1970	46.6%	45.8%
1971	46.3%	46%
1972	46%	46%
1973	45.7%	45.9%
1974	45.3%	45.8%
1975	44.9%	45.5%
1976	44.4%	45.2%
1977	43.9%	44.9%
1978	43.4%	44.4%
1979	42.9%	44%
1980	42.5%	43.5%
1981	41.9%	43.2%
1982	41.2%	43%
1983	40.5%	42.9%
1984	39.9%	42.8%
1985	39.2%	42.6%
1986	38.6%	42.5%
1987	38%	42.4%
1988	37.5%	42.4%
1989	37.2%	42.3%
1990	36.9%	42.1%
1991	36.7%	41.9%
1992	36.5%	41.7%
1993	36.4%	41.5%
1994	36.4%	41.2%
1995	36.4%	41%
1996	36.4%	40.8%
1997	36.5%	40.6%
1998	36.6%	40.4%
1999	36.6%	40.2%
2000	36.6%	40%
2001	36.5%	39.8%
2002	36.4%	39.5%
2003	36.1%	39.3%
2004	35.8%	39%
2005	35.3%	38.8%
2006	34.7%	38.5%
2007	34.1%	38.3%
2008	33.5%	38%
2009	32.9%	37.7%
2010	32.2%	37.5%
2011	31.6%	37.2%
2012	31.1%	37%
2013	30.8%	36.7%
2014	30.5%	36.5%
2015	30.3%	36.2%
2016	30.1%	35.9%
2017	30%	35.6%
2018	29.5%	35.3%
2019	29.3%	35%
2020	29.5%	34.7%
2021	29.4%	34.4%
2022	29.4%	34.1%
2023	29.3%	33.8%
2024	29.2%	33.5%
2025	28.9%	33.1%
2026	28.7%	32.8%
2027	28.4%	32.5%
2028	28.1%	32.1%
2029	27.8%	31.8%
2030	27.4%	31.4%
2031	27%	31.1%
2032	26.7%	30.7%
2033	26.3%	30.4%
2034	26%	30.1%
2035	25.6%	29.7%
2036	25.2%	29.4%
2037	24.9%	29.1%
2038	24.6%	28.8%
2039	24.3%	28.5%
2040	24.1%	28.3%
2041	23.9%	28%
2042	23.6%	27.8%
2043	23.4%	27.5%
2044	23.3%	27.3%
2045	23.1%	27.1%
2046	22.9%	26.9%
2047	22.7%	26.7%
2048	22.6%	26.5%
2049	22.4%	26.3%
2050	22.2%	26.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Guyana and 33.5% in Papua New Guinea in 2024, compared to 36.9% and 42.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guyana and Papua New Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Guyana vs Papua New Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.36% in Guyana 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
	Guyana	Papua New Guinea
1960	17,867	56,326
1961	18,092	58,151
1962	18,344	59,974
1963	18,606	62,260
1964	18,729	64,558
1965	18,791	66,693
1966	18,862	69,206
1967	18,933	71,519
1968	19,035	73,983
1969	19,133	76,454
1970	19,233	78,712
1971	19,273	80,599
1972	19,219	82,672
1973	18,991	83,821
1974	18,589	84,829
1975	18,317	85,809
1976	18,083	86,965
1977	17,805	87,954
1978	17,539	88,747
1979	17,402	89,330
1980	17,298	90,266
1981	17,471	91,767
1982	17,644	93,522
1983	17,753	95,982
1984	17,466	98,103
1985	17,292	100,333
1986	16,940	102,346
1987	16,600	104,367
1988	16,189	106,256
1989	15,947	108,199
1990	15,917	110,033
1991	15,896	111,453
1992	15,990	114,818
1993	16,099	118,668
1994	16,185	122,113
1995	15,991	125,410
1996	15,768	129,802
1997	15,568	134,458
1998	15,292	136,677
1999	14,763	143,592
2000	14,128	147,496
2001	13,307	151,431
2002	12,218	155,091
2003	11,344	158,611
2004	10,767	161,023
2005	10,455	163,888
2006	10,525	166,540
2007	10,741	169,306
2008	10,792	172,823
2009	10,758	175,421
2010	10,652	178,998
2011	10,713	181,842
2012	10,633	183,658
2013	10,887	185,790
2014	11,143	187,592
2015	11,199	188,600
2016	11,168	189,281
2017	11,108	189,715
2018	10,946	190,662
2019	11,665	190,662
2020	10,307	189,130
2021	8,125	183,766
2022	11,042	186,861
2023	10,716	187,637

Maternal mortality chart: Guyana vs Papua New Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 75 deaths per 100,000 live births in Guyana, compared to 189 deaths in Papua New Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guyana	Papua New Guinea
1985	241	393
1986	238	386
1987	234	379
1988	230	377
1989	227	369
1990	224	360
1991	219	354
1992	208	340
1993	205	333
1994	204	324
1995	207	318
1996	202	316
1997	195	316
1998	184	325
1999	178	321
2000	171	323
2001	163	325
2002	164	329
2003	164	328
2004	162	326
2005	166	326
2006	167	325
2007	158	326
2008	153	315
2009	146	302
2010	141	289
2011	135	271
2012	133	257
2013	128	243
2014	121	232
2015	117	221
2016	114	214
2017	110	207
2018	105	205
2019	107	199
2020	109	194
2021	189	223
2022	83	189
2023	75	189

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.57% in Guyana 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
	Guyana	Papua New Guinea
1960	9.19%	19.8%
1961	8.81%	19.2%
1962	8.49%	18.6%
1963	8.21%	18%
1964	7.99%	17.4%
1965	7.8%	16.9%
1966	7.66%	16.3%
1967	7.56%	15.8%
1968	7.48%	15.2%
1969	7.43%	14.7%
1970	7.39%	14.2%
1971	7.37%	13.7%
1972	7.35%	13.3%
1973	7.33%	12.9%
1974	7.31%	12.4%
1975	7.27%	12.1%
1976	7.24%	11.7%
1977	7.19%	11.3%
1978	7.14%	11%
1979	7.08%	10.7%
1980	7.02%	10.4%
1981	6.96%	10.2%
1982	6.89%	9.94%
1983	6.82%	9.71%
1984	6.74%	9.5%
1985	6.66%	9.3%
1986	6.57%	9.12%
1987	6.47%	8.96%
1988	6.35%	8.78%
1989	6.22%	8.63%
1990	6.08%	8.47%
1991	5.92%	8.31%
1992	5.77%	8.17%
1993	5.6%	8.03%
1994	5.45%	7.89%
1995	5.3%	7.77%
1996	5.16%	7.64%
1997	5.02%	7.52%
1998	4.89%	7.41%
1999	4.77%	7.3%
2000	4.65%	7.19%
2001	4.53%	7.08%
2002	4.42%	6.96%
2003	4.32%	6.84%
2004	4.23%	6.71%
2005	4.14%	6.58%
2006	4.05%	6.44%
2007	3.97%	6.31%
2008	3.89%	6.16%
2009	3.81%	6.02%
2010	3.73%	5.88%
2011	3.65%	5.73%
2012	3.58%	5.59%
2013	3.49%	5.44%
2014	3.4%	5.3%
2015	3.31%	5.17%
2016	3.21%	5.02%
2017	3.11%	4.87%
2018	3.02%	4.72%
2019	2.93%	4.59%
2020	2.84%	4.45%
2021	2.75%	4.31%
2022	2.66%	4.17%
2023	2.57%	4.03%