Fertility & birth rates in Monaco and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate in Monaco vs Papua New Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Monaco was 2.11 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 Monaco 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
	Monaco	Papua New Guinea
1960	2.81	6.02
1961	2.78	6.07
1962	2.76	6.14
1963	2.73	6.15
1964	2.69	6.19
1965	2.66	6.2
1966	2.63	6.23
1967	2.59	6.24
1968	2.57	6.25
1969	2.54	6.26
1970	2.5	6.25
1971	2.47	6.23
1972	2.44	6.2
1973	2.41	6.16
1974	2.38	6.11
1975	2.35	6.07
1976	2.33	6.02
1977	2.31	5.96
1978	2.28	5.88
1979	2.26	5.79
1980	2.24	5.71
1981	2.22	5.65
1982	2.2	5.59
1983	2.18	5.56
1984	2.17	5.51
1985	2.14	5.47
1986	2.11	5.42
1987	2.06	5.36
1988	2.01	5.3
1989	1.93	5.24
1990	1.85	5.18
1991	1.79	5.11
1992	1.76	5.03
1993	1.75	4.96
1994	1.76	4.87
1995	1.78	4.78
1996	1.82	4.73
1997	1.88	4.68
1998	1.95	4.63
1999	2.01	4.59
2000	2.08	4.53
2001	2.18	4.47
2002	2.01	4.42
2003	1.91	4.36
2004	1.99	4.28
2005	2.01	4.22
2006	2.1	4.15
2007	2.21	4.08
2008	2.38	4.01
2009	2.4	3.94
2010	2.38	3.88
2011	2.22	3.82
2012	2.29	3.75
2013	2.31	3.68
2014	2.49	3.63
2015	2.5	3.56
2016	2.58	3.5
2017	2.42	3.43
2018	2.49	3.38
2019	2.4	3.32
2020	2.38	3.27
2021	2.12	3.22
2022	2.11	3.17
2023	2.11	3.1
2024	2.1	3.07
2025	2.09	3.03
2026	2.08	2.99
2027	2.08	2.95
2028	2.07	2.92
2029	2.06	2.88
2030	2.06	2.84
2031	2.05	2.81
2032	2.05	2.78
2033	2.04	2.75
2034	2.03	2.73
2035	2.03	2.69
2036	2.02	2.67
2037	2.02	2.64
2038	2.01	2.61
2039	2.01	2.59
2040	2	2.56
2041	1.99	2.54
2042	1.99	2.51
2043	1.99	2.49
2044	1.98	2.48
2045	1.98	2.46
2046	1.97	2.44
2047	1.97	2.42
2048	1.97	2.4
2049	1.96	2.38
2050	1.96	2.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Monaco	Papua New Guinea
1960	14.5%	43.4%
1961	13.7%	43.7%
1962	13.4%	43.9%
1963	13.8%	44.2%
1964	14.3%	44.4%
1965	14.5%	44.6%
1966	14.4%	44.9%
1967	14%	45.1%
1968	13.8%	45.3%
1969	14.3%	45.6%
1970	14.5%	45.8%
1971	14.5%	46%
1972	14.5%	46%
1973	14.1%	45.9%
1974	13.6%	45.8%
1975	13.5%	45.5%
1976	14%	45.2%
1977	14.2%	44.9%
1978	14.3%	44.4%
1979	14%	44%
1980	13.6%	43.5%
1981	12.9%	43.2%
1982	12.6%	43%
1983	12.9%	42.9%
1984	13.3%	42.8%
1985	13.5%	42.6%
1986	13.7%	42.5%
1987	13.7%	42.4%
1988	13.6%	42.4%
1989	13.2%	42.3%
1990	12.8%	42.1%
1991	12.9%	41.9%
1992	13.1%	41.7%
1993	13.4%	41.5%
1994	13.5%	41.2%
1995	13.7%	41%
1996	13.8%	40.8%
1997	13.8%	40.6%
1998	13.8%	40.4%
1999	13.6%	40.2%
2000	13.4%	40%
2001	13.6%	39.8%
2002	13.8%	39.5%
2003	14%	39.3%
2004	14.1%	39%
2005	14%	38.8%
2006	13.8%	38.5%
2007	13.5%	38.3%
2008	13.3%	38%
2009	13.2%	37.7%
2010	13.2%	37.5%
2011	13.1%	37.2%
2012	13%	37%
2013	12.8%	36.7%
2014	12.5%	36.5%
2015	12.3%	36.2%
2016	12.2%	35.9%
2017	12.3%	35.6%
2018	12.3%	35.3%
2019	12.5%	35%
2020	12.8%	34.7%
2021	12.8%	34.4%
2022	12.9%	34.1%
2023	13.2%	33.8%
2024	13.5%	33.5%
2025	13.8%	33.1%
2026	14.1%	32.8%
2027	14.3%	32.5%
2028	14.6%	32.1%
2029	14.8%	31.8%
2030	15.1%	31.4%
2031	15.2%	31.1%
2032	15.3%	30.7%
2033	15.4%	30.4%
2034	15.5%	30.1%
2035	15.6%	29.7%
2036	15.7%	29.4%
2037	15.8%	29.1%
2038	15.9%	28.8%
2039	15.9%	28.5%
2040	16%	28.3%
2041	16%	28%
2042	16.1%	27.8%
2043	16.1%	27.5%
2044	16.2%	27.3%
2045	16.2%	27.1%
2046	16.3%	26.9%
2047	16.4%	26.7%
2048	16.5%	26.5%
2049	16.6%	26.3%
2050	16.7%	26.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.5% of the population in Monaco and 33.5% in Papua New Guinea in 2024, compared to 12.8% and 42.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Monaco and Papua New Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Monaco vs Papua New Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -1.15% in Monaco 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
	Monaco	Papua New Guinea
1960	20	56,326
1961	13	58,151
1962	5	59,974
1963	-4	62,260
1964	-9	64,558
1965	-12	66,693
1966	-15	69,206
1967	-22	71,519
1968	-25	73,983
1969	-29	76,454
1970	-30	78,712
1971	-35	80,599
1972	-41	82,672
1973	-48	83,821
1974	-55	84,829
1975	-60	85,809
1976	-57	86,965
1977	-51	87,954
1978	-45	88,747
1979	-47	89,330
1980	-53	90,266
1981	-60	91,767
1982	-59	93,522
1983	-49	95,982
1984	-30	98,103
1985	-5	100,333
1986	16	102,346
1987	30	104,367
1988	19	106,256
1989	-2	108,199
1990	-26	110,033
1991	-35	111,453
1992	-33	114,818
1993	-29	118,668
1994	-22	122,113
1995	-14	125,410
1996	-6	129,802
1997	6	134,458
1998	18	136,677
1999	25	143,592
2000	36	147,496
2001	52	151,431
2002	26	155,091
2003	14	158,611
2004	31	161,023
2005	26	163,888
2006	25	166,540
2007	24	169,306
2008	40	172,823
2009	23	175,421
2010	-18	178,998
2011	-91	181,842
2012	-144	183,658
2013	-216	185,790
2014	-266	187,592
2015	-327	188,600
2016	-376	189,281
2017	-417	189,715
2018	-423	190,662
2019	-473	190,662
2020	-445	189,130
2021	-605	183,766
2022	-576	186,861
2023	-449	187,637

Maternal mortality chart: Monaco vs Papua New Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 5 deaths per 100,000 live births in Monaco, compared to 189 deaths in Papua New Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Monaco	Papua New Guinea
1985	29	393
1986	17	386
1987	17	379
1988	16	377
1989	16	369
1990	16	360
1991	15	354
1992	15	340
1993	10	333
1994	10	324
1995	10	318
1996	10	316
1997	10	316
1998	10	325
1999	10	321
2000	10	323
2001	10	325
2002	10	329
2003	5	328
2004	5	326
2005	5	326
2006	5	325
2007	10	326
2008	11	315
2009	11	302
2010	11	289
2011	11	271
2012	5	257
2013	5	243
2014	5	232
2015	5	221
2016	6	214
2017	5	207
2018	6	205
2019	6	199
2020	24	194
2021	5	223
2022	5	189
2023	5	189

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.27% in Monaco 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
	Monaco	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	-	13.7%
1972	-	13.3%
1973	-	12.9%
1974	-	12.4%
1975	-	12.1%
1976	-	11.7%
1977	-	11.3%
1978	-	11%
1979	-	10.7%
1980	-	10.4%
1981	-	10.2%
1982	-	9.94%
1983	-	9.71%
1984	-	9.5%
1985	0.97%	9.3%
1986	0.93%	9.12%
1987	0.89%	8.96%
1988	0.85%	8.78%
1989	0.81%	8.63%
1990	0.77%	8.47%
1991	0.74%	8.31%
1992	0.71%	8.17%
1993	0.68%	8.03%
1994	0.65%	7.89%
1995	0.62%	7.77%
1996	0.6%	7.64%
1997	0.58%	7.52%
1998	0.55%	7.41%
1999	0.53%	7.3%
2000	0.52%	7.19%
2001	0.5%	7.08%
2002	0.48%	6.96%
2003	0.47%	6.84%
2004	0.46%	6.71%
2005	0.45%	6.58%
2006	0.44%	6.44%
2007	0.43%	6.31%
2008	0.42%	6.16%
2009	0.41%	6.02%
2010	0.4%	5.88%
2011	0.39%	5.73%
2012	0.38%	5.59%
2013	0.37%	5.44%
2014	0.36%	5.3%
2015	0.35%	5.17%
2016	0.34%	5.02%
2017	0.33%	4.87%
2018	0.32%	4.72%
2019	0.31%	4.59%
2020	0.3%	4.45%
2021	0.29%	4.31%
2022	0.28%	4.17%
2023	0.27%	4.03%