Fertility & birth rates in Iraq and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate in Iraq vs Papua New Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Iraq was 3.25 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 Iraq 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
	Iraq	Papua New Guinea
1960	5.3	6.02
1961	5.8	6.07
1962	6.99	6.14
1963	7.01	6.15
1964	7.01	6.19
1965	7.02	6.2
1966	7.02	6.23
1967	7.03	6.24
1968	7.06	6.25
1969	7.08	6.26
1970	7.07	6.25
1971	7.06	6.23
1972	7.02	6.2
1973	6.99	6.16
1974	6.95	6.11
1975	6.91	6.07
1976	6.86	6.02
1977	6.8	5.96
1978	6.73	5.88
1979	6.66	5.79
1980	6.59	5.71
1981	6.53	5.65
1982	6.46	5.59
1983	6.39	5.56
1984	6.32	5.51
1985	6.25	5.47
1986	6.18	5.42
1987	6.11	5.36
1988	6.05	5.3
1989	5.99	5.24
1990	5.93	5.18
1991	5.83	5.11
1992	5.72	5.03
1993	5.61	4.96
1994	5.49	4.87
1995	5.36	4.78
1996	5.25	4.73
1997	5.19	4.68
1998	5.11	4.63
1999	5.04	4.59
2000	4.92	4.53
2001	4.8	4.47
2002	4.67	4.42
2003	4.58	4.36
2004	4.53	4.28
2005	4.45	4.22
2006	4.46	4.15
2007	4.4	4.08
2008	4.37	4.01
2009	4.38	3.94
2010	4.46	3.88
2011	4.59	3.82
2012	4.54	3.75
2013	4.44	3.68
2014	4.31	3.63
2015	4.08	3.56
2016	3.84	3.5
2017	3.64	3.43
2018	3.55	3.38
2019	3.48	3.32
2020	3.42	3.27
2021	3.36	3.22
2022	3.29	3.17
2023	3.25	3.1
2024	3.22	3.07
2025	3.17	3.03
2026	3.13	2.99
2027	3.09	2.95
2028	3.05	2.92
2029	3.01	2.88
2030	2.97	2.84
2031	2.94	2.81
2032	2.89	2.78
2033	2.86	2.75
2034	2.83	2.73
2035	2.79	2.69
2036	2.77	2.67
2037	2.74	2.64
2038	2.71	2.61
2039	2.69	2.59
2040	2.66	2.56
2041	2.64	2.54
2042	2.61	2.51
2043	2.59	2.49
2044	2.57	2.48
2045	2.54	2.46
2046	2.52	2.44
2047	2.5	2.42
2048	2.48	2.4
2049	2.47	2.38
2050	2.45	2.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iraq	Papua New Guinea
1960	39.8%	43.4%
1961	39.9%	43.7%
1962	40.4%	43.9%
1963	41%	44.2%
1964	41.5%	44.4%
1965	42.1%	44.6%
1966	42.5%	44.9%
1967	42.8%	45.1%
1968	43%	45.3%
1969	43.3%	45.6%
1970	43.6%	45.8%
1971	44.1%	46%
1972	44.7%	46%
1973	45.5%	45.9%
1974	46.2%	45.8%
1975	46.7%	45.5%
1976	47.2%	45.2%
1977	47.3%	44.9%
1978	47.1%	44.4%
1979	47%	44%
1980	46.8%	43.5%
1981	46.7%	43.2%
1982	46.6%	43%
1983	46.5%	42.9%
1984	46.3%	42.8%
1985	46.2%	42.6%
1986	46%	42.5%
1987	45.8%	42.4%
1988	45.6%	42.4%
1989	45.4%	42.3%
1990	45.2%	42.1%
1991	45%	41.9%
1992	44.9%	41.7%
1993	44.7%	41.5%
1994	44.6%	41.2%
1995	44.4%	41%
1996	44.3%	40.8%
1997	44.1%	40.6%
1998	44%	40.4%
1999	43.8%	40.2%
2000	43.7%	40%
2001	43.5%	39.8%
2002	43.3%	39.5%
2003	43.1%	39.3%
2004	42.9%	39%
2005	42.6%	38.8%
2006	42.3%	38.5%
2007	42.1%	38.3%
2008	41.8%	38%
2009	41.5%	37.7%
2010	41.2%	37.5%
2011	41.1%	37.2%
2012	41%	37%
2013	40.8%	36.7%
2014	40.6%	36.5%
2015	40.4%	36.2%
2016	40.1%	35.9%
2017	39.7%	35.6%
2018	39.3%	35.3%
2019	38.9%	35%
2020	38.5%	34.7%
2021	38.1%	34.4%
2022	37.6%	34.1%
2023	37.1%	33.8%
2024	36.6%	33.5%
2025	36%	33.1%
2026	35.4%	32.8%
2027	34.7%	32.5%
2028	34.1%	32.1%
2029	33.4%	31.8%
2030	32.9%	31.4%
2031	32.5%	31.1%
2032	32.1%	30.7%
2033	31.8%	30.4%
2034	31.6%	30.1%
2035	31.3%	29.7%
2036	31.1%	29.4%
2037	30.9%	29.1%
2038	30.6%	28.8%
2039	30.4%	28.5%
2040	30.1%	28.3%
2041	29.9%	28%
2042	29.7%	27.8%
2043	29.4%	27.5%
2044	29.1%	27.3%
2045	28.8%	27.1%
2046	28.6%	26.9%
2047	28.3%	26.7%
2048	28%	26.5%
2049	27.7%	26.3%
2050	27.4%	26.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.6% of the population in Iraq and 33.5% in Papua New Guinea in 2024, compared to 45.2% and 42.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iraq and Papua New Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Iraq vs Papua New Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.37% in Iraq 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
	Iraq	Papua New Guinea
1960	155,651	56,326
1961	184,792	58,151
1962	247,520	59,974
1963	254,046	62,260
1964	262,825	64,558
1965	274,551	66,693
1966	285,507	69,206
1967	298,192	71,519
1968	310,644	73,983
1969	324,792	76,454
1970	338,030	78,712
1971	351,464	80,599
1972	362,334	82,672
1973	373,191	83,821
1974	376,197	84,829
1975	385,916	85,809
1976	402,260	86,965
1977	410,229	87,954
1978	418,756	88,747
1979	428,458	89,330
1980	419,653	90,266
1981	416,998	91,767
1982	428,336	93,522
1983	439,800	95,982
1984	455,740	98,103
1985	467,445	100,333
1986	474,348	102,346
1987	488,742	104,367
1988	476,778	106,256
1989	496,852	108,199
1990	518,575	110,033
1991	550,146	111,453
1992	591,886	114,818
1993	606,700	118,668
1994	634,344	122,113
1995	642,977	125,410
1996	652,866	129,802
1997	667,582	134,458
1998	684,152	136,677
1999	702,170	143,592
2000	715,771	147,496
2001	729,704	151,431
2002	739,419	155,091
2003	746,159	158,611
2004	761,563	161,023
2005	776,603	163,888
2006	797,342	166,540
2007	784,119	169,306
2008	802,382	172,823
2009	855,096	175,421
2010	906,369	178,998
2011	971,082	181,842
2012	999,987	183,658
2013	1,026,036	185,790
2014	1,040,726	187,592
2015	1,007,561	188,600
2016	946,968	189,281
2017	924,507	189,715
2018	938,310	190,662
2019	942,972	190,662
2020	919,953	189,130
2021	941,924	183,766
2022	962,501	186,861
2023	973,420	187,637

Maternal mortality chart: Iraq vs Papua New Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 66 deaths per 100,000 live births in Iraq, compared to 189 deaths in Papua New Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iraq	Papua New Guinea
1985	152	393
1986	147	386
1987	145	379
1988	174	377
1989	190	369
1990	195	360
1991	157	354
1992	126	340
1993	132	333
1994	142	324
1995	152	318
1996	158	316
1997	165	316
1998	163	325
1999	156	321
2000	146	323
2001	137	325
2002	128	329
2003	125	328
2004	122	326
2005	118	326
2006	120	325
2007	117	326
2008	109	315
2009	107	302
2010	107	289
2011	105	271
2012	100	257
2013	96	243
2014	90	232
2015	86	221
2016	87	214
2017	81	207
2018	76	205
2019	74	199
2020	63	194
2021	77	223
2022	59	189
2023	66	189

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.26% in Iraq 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
	Iraq	Papua New Guinea
1960	19%	19.8%
1961	17.9%	19.2%
1962	16.9%	18.6%
1963	16%	18%
1964	15.1%	17.4%
1965	14.4%	16.9%
1966	13.6%	16.3%
1967	13%	15.8%
1968	12.4%	15.2%
1969	11.8%	14.7%
1970	11.2%	14.2%
1971	10.7%	13.7%
1972	10.3%	13.3%
1973	9.79%	12.9%
1974	9.35%	12.4%
1975	8.93%	12.1%
1976	8.54%	11.7%
1977	8.17%	11.3%
1978	7.83%	11%
1979	7.52%	10.7%
1980	7.23%	10.4%
1981	6.96%	10.2%
1982	6.71%	9.94%
1983	6.49%	9.71%
1984	6.28%	9.5%
1985	6.09%	9.3%
1986	5.91%	9.12%
1987	5.75%	8.96%
1988	6.92%	8.78%
1989	8.12%	8.63%
1990	7.97%	8.47%
1991	6.49%	8.31%
1992	5.17%	8.17%
1993	5.07%	8.03%
1994	4.98%	7.89%
1995	4.89%	7.77%
1996	4.8%	7.64%
1997	4.71%	7.52%
1998	4.61%	7.41%
1999	4.52%	7.3%
2000	4.43%	7.19%
2001	4.33%	7.08%
2002	4.24%	6.96%
2003	4.16%	6.84%
2004	4.07%	6.71%
2005	3.97%	6.58%
2006	3.88%	6.44%
2007	3.78%	6.31%
2008	3.67%	6.16%
2009	3.56%	6.02%
2010	3.46%	5.88%
2011	3.35%	5.73%
2012	3.24%	5.59%
2013	3.14%	5.44%
2014	3.04%	5.3%
2015	2.94%	5.17%
2016	2.84%	5.02%
2017	2.75%	4.87%
2018	2.66%	4.72%
2019	2.57%	4.59%
2020	2.49%	4.45%
2021	2.41%	4.31%
2022	2.33%	4.17%
2023	2.26%	4.03%