Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Papua New Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Luxembourg was 1.25 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 Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Papua New Guinea
1960	2.29	6.02
1961	-	6.07
1962	2.37	6.14
1963	-	6.15
1964	2.34	6.19
1965	2.42	6.2
1966	2.34	6.23
1967	2.24	6.24
1968	2.12	6.25
1969	2.02	6.26
1970	1.97	6.25
1971	1.95	6.23
1972	1.75	6.2
1973	1.58	6.16
1974	1.58	6.11
1975	1.55	6.07
1976	1.48	6.02
1977	1.5	5.96
1978	1.48	5.88
1979	1.48	5.79
1980	1.5	5.71
1981	1.55	5.65
1982	1.49	5.59
1983	1.43	5.56
1984	1.42	5.51
1985	1.38	5.47
1986	1.43	5.42
1987	1.4	5.36
1988	1.51	5.3
1989	1.52	5.24
1990	1.6	5.18
1991	1.6	5.11
1992	1.64	5.03
1993	1.7	4.96
1994	1.72	4.87
1995	1.7	4.78
1996	1.77	4.73
1997	1.71	4.68
1998	1.68	4.63
1999	1.74	4.59
2000	1.76	4.53
2001	1.66	4.47
2002	1.63	4.42
2003	1.62	4.36
2004	1.66	4.28
2005	1.63	4.22
2006	1.65	4.15
2007	1.61	4.08
2008	1.61	4.01
2009	1.59	3.94
2010	1.63	3.88
2011	1.52	3.82
2012	1.57	3.75
2013	1.55	3.68
2014	1.5	3.63
2015	1.47	3.56
2016	1.41	3.5
2017	1.39	3.43
2018	1.38	3.38
2019	1.34	3.32
2020	1.36	3.27
2021	1.38	3.22
2022	1.31	3.17
2023	1.25	3.1
2024	1.25	3.07
2025	1.26	3.03
2026	1.26	2.99
2027	1.27	2.95
2028	1.27	2.92
2029	1.28	2.88
2030	1.28	2.84
2031	1.29	2.81
2032	1.29	2.78
2033	1.29	2.75
2034	1.29	2.73
2035	1.3	2.69
2036	1.3	2.67
2037	1.3	2.64
2038	1.3	2.61
2039	1.3	2.59
2040	1.31	2.56
2041	1.31	2.54
2042	1.31	2.51
2043	1.31	2.49
2044	1.32	2.48
2045	1.32	2.46
2046	1.32	2.44
2047	1.32	2.42
2048	1.32	2.4
2049	1.33	2.38
2050	1.33	2.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	Papua New Guinea
1960	21.2%	43.4%
1961	21.5%	43.7%
1962	21.7%	43.9%
1963	21.9%	44.2%
1964	22.1%	44.4%
1965	22.3%	44.6%
1966	22.5%	44.9%
1967	22.6%	45.1%
1968	22.5%	45.3%
1969	22.4%	45.6%
1970	22.2%	45.8%
1971	22%	46%
1972	21.6%	46%
1973	21.2%	45.9%
1974	20.9%	45.8%
1975	20.5%	45.5%
1976	20.2%	45.2%
1977	19.9%	44.9%
1978	19.5%	44.4%
1979	19.2%	44%
1980	18.8%	43.5%
1981	18.4%	43.2%
1982	18.1%	43%
1983	17.8%	42.9%
1984	17.5%	42.8%
1985	17.2%	42.6%
1986	17%	42.5%
1987	16.9%	42.4%
1988	17%	42.4%
1989	17.2%	42.3%
1990	17.4%	42.1%
1991	17.6%	41.9%
1992	17.8%	41.7%
1993	18%	41.5%
1994	18.3%	41.2%
1995	18.4%	41%
1996	18.6%	40.8%
1997	18.7%	40.6%
1998	18.8%	40.4%
1999	18.9%	40.2%
2000	18.9%	40%
2001	18.9%	39.8%
2002	18.9%	39.5%
2003	18.8%	39.3%
2004	18.7%	39%
2005	18.5%	38.8%
2006	18.4%	38.5%
2007	18.2%	38.3%
2008	18%	38%
2009	17.8%	37.7%
2010	17.7%	37.5%
2011	17.4%	37.2%
2012	17.1%	37%
2013	16.9%	36.7%
2014	16.7%	36.5%
2015	16.6%	36.2%
2016	16.4%	35.9%
2017	16.2%	35.6%
2018	16.1%	35.3%
2019	16%	35%
2020	16%	34.7%
2021	15.9%	34.4%
2022	15.9%	34.1%
2023	15.8%	33.8%
2024	15.8%	33.5%
2025	15.7%	33.1%
2026	15.7%	32.8%
2027	15.7%	32.5%
2028	15.6%	32.1%
2029	15.5%	31.8%
2030	15.4%	31.4%
2031	15.3%	31.1%
2032	15.2%	30.7%
2033	15.1%	30.4%
2034	15%	30.1%
2035	14.9%	29.7%
2036	14.7%	29.4%
2037	14.6%	29.1%
2038	14.5%	28.8%
2039	14.3%	28.5%
2040	14.2%	28.3%
2041	14%	28%
2042	13.9%	27.8%
2043	13.8%	27.5%
2044	13.7%	27.3%
2045	13.6%	27.1%
2046	13.5%	26.9%
2047	13.5%	26.7%
2048	13.5%	26.5%
2049	13.5%	26.3%
2050	13.5%	26.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 33.5% in Papua New Guinea in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 42.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Papua New Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Papua New Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Papua New Guinea
1960	1,319	56,326
1961	1,489	58,151
1962	1,091	59,974
1963	1,199	62,260
1964	1,377	64,558
1965	1,260	66,693
1966	1,168	69,206
1967	837	71,519
1968	604	73,983
1969	303	76,454
1970	272	78,712
1971	69	80,599
1972	-35	82,672
1973	-421	83,821
1974	-390	84,829
1975	-395	85,809
1976	-578	86,965
1977	-36	87,954
1978	-145	88,747
1979	72	89,330
1980	37	90,266
1981	329	91,767
1982	183	93,522
1983	37	95,982
1984	146	98,103
1985	74	100,333
1986	331	102,346
1987	222	104,367
1988	747	106,256
1989	679	108,199
1990	1,145	110,033
1991	1,239	111,453
1992	1,098	114,818
1993	1,470	118,668
1994	1,652	122,113
1995	1,634	125,410
1996	1,781	129,802
1997	1,552	134,458
1998	1,486	136,677
1999	1,808	143,592
2000	1,963	147,496
2001	1,766	151,431
2002	1,607	155,091
2003	1,220	158,611
2004	1,878	161,023
2005	1,721	163,888
2006	1,748	166,540
2007	1,584	169,306
2008	2,003	172,823
2009	1,991	175,421
2010	2,129	178,998
2011	1,814	181,842
2012	2,124	183,658
2013	2,336	185,790
2014	2,225	187,592
2015	2,107	188,600
2016	2,095	189,281
2017	1,968	189,715
2018	1,945	190,662
2019	1,922	190,662
2020	1,828	189,130
2021	2,240	183,766
2022	2,024	186,861
2023	1,933	187,637

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Papua New Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Luxembourg, compared to 189 deaths in Papua New Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Papua New Guinea
1985	24	393
1986	24	386
1987	23	379
1988	24	377
1989	21	369
1990	24	360
1991	25	354
1992	26	340
1993	20	333
1994	20	324
1995	22	318
1996	23	316
1997	22	316
1998	18	325
1999	21	321
2000	18	323
2001	19	325
2002	17	329
2003	15	328
2004	17	326
2005	17	326
2006	16	325
2007	14	326
2008	13	315
2009	15	302
2010	17	289
2011	13	271
2012	13	257
2013	15	243
2014	13	232
2015	13	221
2016	13	214
2017	15	207
2018	9	205
2019	12	199
2020	6	194
2021	6	223
2022	6	189
2023	11	189

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Papua New Guinea
1960	3.72%	19.8%
1961	3.54%	19.2%
1962	3.36%	18.6%
1963	3.2%	18%
1964	3.04%	17.4%
1965	2.89%	16.9%
1966	2.75%	16.3%
1967	2.61%	15.8%
1968	2.48%	15.2%
1969	2.36%	14.7%
1970	2.24%	14.2%
1971	2.11%	13.7%
1972	1.99%	13.3%
1973	1.88%	12.9%
1974	1.77%	12.4%
1975	1.67%	12.1%
1976	1.58%	11.7%
1977	1.51%	11.3%
1978	1.44%	11%
1979	1.39%	10.7%
1980	1.34%	10.4%
1981	1.29%	10.2%
1982	1.25%	9.94%
1983	1.21%	9.71%
1984	1.16%	9.5%
1985	1.12%	9.3%
1986	1.07%	9.12%
1987	1.02%	8.96%
1988	0.97%	8.78%
1989	0.93%	8.63%
1990	0.88%	8.47%
1991	0.83%	8.31%
1992	0.78%	8.17%
1993	0.73%	8.03%
1994	0.68%	7.89%
1995	0.64%	7.77%
1996	0.6%	7.64%
1997	0.56%	7.52%
1998	0.53%	7.41%
1999	0.5%	7.3%
2000	0.47%	7.19%
2001	0.44%	7.08%
2002	0.42%	6.96%
2003	0.39%	6.84%
2004	0.37%	6.71%
2005	0.35%	6.58%
2006	0.33%	6.44%
2007	0.31%	6.31%
2008	0.3%	6.16%
2009	0.29%	6.02%
2010	0.28%	5.88%
2011	0.27%	5.73%
2012	0.27%	5.59%
2013	0.26%	5.44%
2014	0.26%	5.3%
2015	0.26%	5.17%
2016	0.25%	5.02%
2017	0.25%	4.87%
2018	0.25%	4.72%
2019	0.25%	4.59%
2020	0.25%	4.45%
2021	0.24%	4.31%
2022	0.24%	4.17%
2023	0.23%	4.03%