Fertility & birth rates in Iran and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate in Iran vs Papua New Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Iran was 1.7 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 Iran 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
	Iran	Papua New Guinea
1960	7.52	6.02
1961	7.46	6.07
1962	7.4	6.14
1963	7.32	6.15
1964	7.24	6.19
1965	7.22	6.2
1966	7.21	6.23
1967	7.19	6.24
1968	7.12	6.25
1969	7.01	6.26
1970	6.8	6.25
1971	6.55	6.23
1972	6.26	6.2
1973	6.06	6.16
1974	5.97	6.11
1975	5.95	6.07
1976	6.07	6.02
1977	6.18	5.96
1978	6.34	5.88
1979	6.55	5.79
1980	6.63	5.71
1981	6.62	5.65
1982	6.59	5.59
1983	6.53	5.56
1984	6.43	5.51
1985	6.24	5.47
1986	6.01	5.42
1987	5.72	5.36
1988	5.43	5.3
1989	5.17	5.24
1990	4.93	5.18
1991	4.57	5.11
1992	4.1	5.03
1993	3.67	4.96
1994	3.24	4.87
1995	2.85	4.78
1996	2.54	4.73
1997	2.32	4.68
1998	2.19	4.63
1999	2.09	4.59
2000	2	4.53
2001	1.92	4.47
2002	1.84	4.42
2003	1.8	4.36
2004	1.78	4.28
2005	1.76	4.22
2006	1.76	4.15
2007	1.75	4.08
2008	1.74	4.01
2009	1.74	3.94
2010	1.75	3.88
2011	1.79	3.82
2012	1.85	3.75
2013	1.91	3.68
2014	1.98	3.63
2015	2.02	3.56
2016	2.05	3.5
2017	2.02	3.43
2018	1.92	3.38
2019	1.77	3.32
2020	1.7	3.27
2021	1.71	3.22
2022	1.7	3.17
2023	1.7	3.1
2024	1.68	3.07
2025	1.67	3.03
2026	1.66	2.99
2027	1.65	2.95
2028	1.64	2.92
2029	1.64	2.88
2030	1.63	2.84
2031	1.63	2.81
2032	1.63	2.78
2033	1.63	2.75
2034	1.63	2.73
2035	1.63	2.69
2036	1.63	2.67
2037	1.63	2.64
2038	1.63	2.61
2039	1.63	2.59
2040	1.63	2.56
2041	1.63	2.54
2042	1.63	2.51
2043	1.63	2.49
2044	1.63	2.48
2045	1.63	2.46
2046	1.63	2.44
2047	1.63	2.42
2048	1.63	2.4
2049	1.63	2.38
2050	1.63	2.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iran	Papua New Guinea
1960	43.5%	43.4%
1961	44.1%	43.7%
1962	44.6%	43.9%
1963	44.9%	44.2%
1964	45%	44.4%
1965	45%	44.6%
1966	44.9%	44.9%
1967	44.8%	45.1%
1968	44.8%	45.3%
1969	44.7%	45.6%
1970	44.6%	45.8%
1971	44.4%	46%
1972	44.2%	46%
1973	43.8%	45.9%
1974	43.5%	45.8%
1975	43.2%	45.5%
1976	43%	45.2%
1977	42.9%	44.9%
1978	43%	44.4%
1979	43.1%	44%
1980	43.3%	43.5%
1981	42.9%	43.2%
1982	42.7%	43%
1983	43%	42.9%
1984	43.3%	42.8%
1985	43.5%	42.6%
1986	43.7%	42.5%
1987	43.9%	42.4%
1988	44%	42.4%
1989	44.2%	42.3%
1990	44.1%	42.1%
1991	43.9%	41.9%
1992	43.6%	41.7%
1993	43.6%	41.5%
1994	43.2%	41.2%
1995	42.1%	41%
1996	40.7%	40.8%
1997	39.1%	40.6%
1998	37.3%	40.4%
1999	35.4%	40.2%
2000	33.6%	40%
2001	31.7%	39.8%
2002	30.1%	39.5%
2003	28.7%	39.3%
2004	27.4%	39%
2005	26.2%	38.8%
2006	25.3%	38.5%
2007	24.6%	38.3%
2008	24%	38%
2009	23.7%	37.7%
2010	23.4%	37.5%
2011	23.3%	37.2%
2012	23.3%	37%
2013	23.3%	36.7%
2014	23.4%	36.5%
2015	23.6%	36.2%
2016	23.8%	35.9%
2017	23.9%	35.6%
2018	24%	35.3%
2019	23.9%	35%
2020	23.8%	34.7%
2021	23.6%	34.4%
2022	23.2%	34.1%
2023	22.8%	33.8%
2024	22.4%	33.5%
2025	22%	33.1%
2026	21.6%	32.8%
2027	21.1%	32.5%
2028	20.5%	32.1%
2029	19.9%	31.8%
2030	19.3%	31.4%
2031	18.6%	31.1%
2032	18%	30.7%
2033	17.4%	30.4%
2034	17%	30.1%
2035	16.7%	29.7%
2036	16.4%	29.4%
2037	16.2%	29.1%
2038	15.9%	28.8%
2039	15.8%	28.5%
2040	15.6%	28.3%
2041	15.5%	28%
2042	15.4%	27.8%
2043	15.3%	27.5%
2044	15.3%	27.3%
2045	15.2%	27.1%
2046	15.2%	26.9%
2047	15.2%	26.7%
2048	15.2%	26.5%
2049	15.1%	26.3%
2050	15.1%	26.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 22.4% of the population in Iran and 33.5% in Papua New Guinea in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 42.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iran and Papua New Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Iran vs Papua New Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.1% in Iran 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
	Iran	Papua New Guinea
1960	584,060	56,326
1961	594,674	58,151
1962	595,538	59,974
1963	620,126	62,260
1964	635,589	64,558
1965	663,029	66,693
1966	695,040	69,206
1967	727,276	71,519
1968	743,992	73,983
1969	780,660	76,454
1970	794,612	78,712
1971	805,830	80,599
1972	804,043	82,672
1973	831,880	83,821
1974	873,369	84,829
1975	929,481	85,809
1976	1,013,347	86,965
1977	1,091,542	87,954
1978	1,156,974	88,747
1979	1,294,306	89,330
1980	1,361,293	90,266
1981	1,376,830	91,767
1982	1,514,240	93,522
1983	1,573,612	95,982
1984	1,653,051	98,103
1985	1,661,750	100,333
1986	1,659,289	102,346
1987	1,639,644	104,367
1988	1,614,512	106,256
1989	1,609,739	108,199
1990	1,530,434	110,033
1991	1,495,594	111,453
1992	1,365,466	114,818
1993	1,219,658	118,668
1994	1,008,076	122,113
1995	879,648	125,410
1996	784,508	129,802
1997	726,574	134,458
1998	717,655	136,677
1999	723,237	143,592
2000	731,203	147,496
2001	743,658	151,431
2002	752,205	155,091
2003	732,600	158,611
2004	801,203	161,023
2005	837,305	163,888
2006	884,529	166,540
2007	919,254	169,306
2008	940,983	172,823
2009	958,322	175,421
2010	980,380	178,998
2011	1,023,925	181,842
2012	1,073,804	183,658
2013	1,119,533	185,790
2014	1,158,552	187,592
2015	1,178,317	188,600
2016	1,186,949	189,281
2017	1,140,549	189,715
2018	1,035,052	190,662
2019	893,063	190,662
2020	663,978	189,130
2021	645,725	183,766
2022	753,525	186,861
2023	750,150	187,637

Maternal mortality chart: Iran vs Papua New Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 16 deaths per 100,000 live births in Iran, compared to 189 deaths in Papua New Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iran	Papua New Guinea
1985	160	393
1986	148	386
1987	136	379
1988	126	377
1989	113	369
1990	107	360
1991	94	354
1992	86	340
1993	80	333
1994	71	324
1995	65	318
1996	59	316
1997	55	316
1998	50	325
1999	46	321
2000	43	323
2001	40	325
2002	38	329
2003	37	328
2004	34	326
2005	33	326
2006	32	325
2007	31	326
2008	30	315
2009	28	302
2010	27	289
2011	26	271
2012	25	257
2013	24	243
2014	23	232
2015	22	221
2016	21	214
2017	20	207
2018	19	205
2019	18	199
2020	34	194
2021	51	223
2022	21	189
2023	16	189

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.18% in Iran 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
	Iran	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	-	14.2%
1971	18.9%	13.7%
1972	18%	13.3%
1973	17.1%	12.9%
1974	16.2%	12.4%
1975	15.3%	12.1%
1976	14.4%	11.7%
1977	13.5%	11.3%
1978	12.6%	11%
1979	11.7%	10.7%
1980	10.8%	10.4%
1981	10%	10.2%
1982	9.3%	9.94%
1983	8.67%	9.71%
1984	8.13%	9.5%
1985	7.64%	9.3%
1986	7.2%	9.12%
1987	6.8%	8.96%
1988	6.42%	8.78%
1989	6.07%	8.63%
1990	5.76%	8.47%
1991	5.48%	8.31%
1992	5.22%	8.17%
1993	5%	8.03%
1994	4.79%	7.89%
1995	4.59%	7.77%
1996	4.4%	7.64%
1997	4.21%	7.52%
1998	4.02%	7.41%
1999	3.83%	7.3%
2000	3.63%	7.19%
2001	3.42%	7.08%
2002	3.22%	6.96%
2003	3.02%	6.84%
2004	2.83%	6.71%
2005	2.65%	6.58%
2006	2.48%	6.44%
2007	2.32%	6.31%
2008	2.17%	6.16%
2009	2.04%	6.02%
2010	1.93%	5.88%
2011	1.84%	5.73%
2012	1.75%	5.59%
2013	1.68%	5.44%
2014	1.61%	5.3%
2015	1.55%	5.17%
2016	1.5%	5.02%
2017	1.45%	4.87%
2018	1.39%	4.72%
2019	1.35%	4.59%
2020	1.3%	4.45%
2021	1.26%	4.31%
2022	1.22%	4.17%
2023	1.18%	4.03%