Fertility & birth rates in Mozambique and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate in Mozambique vs Papua New Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mozambique was 4.76 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 Mozambique 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
	Mozambique	Papua New Guinea
1960	6.31	6.02
1961	6.37	6.07
1962	6.42	6.14
1963	6.47	6.15
1964	6.51	6.19
1965	6.54	6.2
1966	6.58	6.23
1967	6.61	6.24
1968	6.65	6.25
1969	6.67	6.26
1970	6.7	6.25
1971	6.7	6.23
1972	6.7	6.2
1973	6.7	6.16
1974	6.67	6.11
1975	6.66	6.07
1976	6.64	6.02
1977	6.62	5.96
1978	6.59	5.88
1979	6.56	5.79
1980	6.53	5.71
1981	6.48	5.65
1982	6.43	5.59
1983	6.43	5.56
1984	6.44	5.51
1985	6.43	5.47
1986	6.41	5.42
1987	6.39	5.36
1988	6.37	5.3
1989	6.35	5.24
1990	6.32	5.18
1991	6.28	5.11
1992	6.22	5.03
1993	6.15	4.96
1994	6.08	4.87
1995	6.02	4.78
1996	5.97	4.73
1997	5.93	4.68
1998	5.91	4.63
1999	5.88	4.59
2000	5.83	4.53
2001	5.76	4.47
2002	5.67	4.42
2003	5.6	4.36
2004	5.55	4.28
2005	5.5	4.22
2006	5.45	4.15
2007	5.47	4.08
2008	5.6	4.01
2009	5.68	3.94
2010	5.66	3.88
2011	5.6	3.82
2012	5.52	3.75
2013	5.43	3.68
2014	5.3	3.63
2015	5.25	3.56
2016	5.19	3.5
2017	5.13	3.43
2018	5.07	3.38
2019	5.02	3.32
2020	4.96	3.27
2021	4.91	3.22
2022	4.84	3.17
2023	4.76	3.1
2024	4.69	3.07
2025	4.62	3.03
2026	4.54	2.99
2027	4.46	2.95
2028	4.39	2.92
2029	4.3	2.88
2030	4.23	2.84
2031	4.14	2.81
2032	4.06	2.78
2033	3.97	2.75
2034	3.89	2.73
2035	3.82	2.69
2036	3.75	2.67
2037	3.67	2.64
2038	3.6	2.61
2039	3.53	2.59
2040	3.47	2.56
2041	3.4	2.54
2042	3.34	2.51
2043	3.28	2.49
2044	3.22	2.48
2045	3.16	2.46
2046	3.11	2.44
2047	3.06	2.42
2048	3.01	2.4
2049	2.97	2.38
2050	2.92	2.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mozambique	Papua New Guinea
1960	41%	43.4%
1961	41.2%	43.7%
1962	41.4%	43.9%
1963	41.6%	44.2%
1964	41.9%	44.4%
1965	42.2%	44.6%
1966	42.5%	44.9%
1967	42.7%	45.1%
1968	42.9%	45.3%
1969	43.1%	45.6%
1970	43.3%	45.8%
1971	43.4%	46%
1972	43.6%	46%
1973	43.7%	45.9%
1974	43.8%	45.8%
1975	44%	45.5%
1976	44.1%	45.2%
1977	44.3%	44.9%
1978	44.6%	44.4%
1979	44.9%	44%
1980	45.3%	43.5%
1981	45.6%	43.2%
1982	45.7%	43%
1983	45.8%	42.9%
1984	45.9%	42.8%
1985	45.9%	42.6%
1986	45.9%	42.5%
1987	45.9%	42.4%
1988	45.8%	42.4%
1989	45.7%	42.3%
1990	45.7%	42.1%
1991	45.6%	41.9%
1992	45.5%	41.7%
1993	45.4%	41.5%
1994	45.2%	41.2%
1995	45%	41%
1996	44.9%	40.8%
1997	44.8%	40.6%
1998	44.9%	40.4%
1999	45%	40.2%
2000	45.1%	40%
2001	45.1%	39.8%
2002	45.2%	39.5%
2003	45.3%	39.3%
2004	45.3%	39%
2005	45.3%	38.8%
2006	45.4%	38.5%
2007	45.4%	38.3%
2008	45.5%	38%
2009	45.6%	37.7%
2010	45.8%	37.5%
2011	45.8%	37.2%
2012	45.9%	37%
2013	45.8%	36.7%
2014	45.8%	36.5%
2015	45.7%	36.2%
2016	45.6%	35.9%
2017	45.5%	35.6%
2018	45.4%	35.3%
2019	45.3%	35%
2020	45.2%	34.7%
2021	45.1%	34.4%
2022	45%	34.1%
2023	44.8%	33.8%
2024	44.5%	33.5%
2025	44.2%	33.1%
2026	43.9%	32.8%
2027	43.5%	32.5%
2028	43.2%	32.1%
2029	42.9%	31.8%
2030	42.5%	31.4%
2031	42.2%	31.1%
2032	41.9%	30.7%
2033	41.5%	30.4%
2034	41.1%	30.1%
2035	40.7%	29.7%
2036	40.3%	29.4%
2037	39.9%	29.1%
2038	39.5%	28.8%
2039	39%	28.5%
2040	38.6%	28.3%
2041	38.2%	28%
2042	37.7%	27.8%
2043	37.3%	27.5%
2044	36.9%	27.3%
2045	36.4%	27.1%
2046	36%	26.9%
2047	35.6%	26.7%
2048	35.2%	26.5%
2049	34.8%	26.3%
2050	34.4%	26.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 44.5% of the population in Mozambique and 33.5% in Papua New Guinea in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 42.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mozambique and Papua New Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Mozambique vs Papua New Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.08% in Mozambique 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
	Mozambique	Papua New Guinea
1960	165,774	56,326
1961	171,236	58,151
1962	176,297	59,974
1963	180,867	62,260
1964	182,334	64,558
1965	185,931	66,693
1966	189,218	69,206
1967	193,044	71,519
1968	197,623	73,983
1969	202,174	76,454
1970	207,385	78,712
1971	211,137	80,599
1972	215,793	82,672
1973	226,847	83,821
1974	240,665	84,829
1975	257,984	85,809
1976	273,924	86,965
1977	289,193	87,954
1978	310,403	88,747
1979	331,162	89,330
1980	349,586	90,266
1981	322,207	91,767
1982	321,493	93,522
1983	324,158	95,982
1984	304,524	98,103
1985	307,625	100,333
1986	332,609	102,346
1987	334,438	104,367
1988	349,480	106,256
1989	348,833	108,199
1990	353,290	110,033
1991	357,676	111,453
1992	362,373	114,818
1993	369,518	118,668
1994	384,821	122,113
1995	421,630	125,410
1996	442,559	129,802
1997	461,209	134,458
1998	474,453	136,677
1999	491,814	143,592
2000	506,162	147,496
2001	519,594	151,431
2002	529,867	155,091
2003	540,992	158,611
2004	554,973	161,023
2005	570,132	163,888
2006	586,009	166,540
2007	610,913	169,306
2008	654,920	172,823
2009	693,673	175,421
2010	719,025	178,998
2011	741,303	181,842
2012	763,088	183,658
2013	784,641	185,790
2014	799,778	187,592
2015	824,435	188,600
2016	850,430	189,281
2017	876,594	189,715
2018	903,176	190,662
2019	927,581	190,662
2020	945,952	189,130
2021	951,234	183,766
2022	1,003,689	186,861
2023	1,025,334	187,637

Maternal mortality chart: Mozambique vs Papua New Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 99 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mozambique, compared to 189 deaths in Papua New Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mozambique	Papua New Guinea
1985	1,452	393
1986	1,355	386
1987	1,348	379
1988	1,259	377
1989	1,209	369
1990	1,150	360
1991	1,094	354
1992	1,046	340
1993	968	333
1994	902	324
1995	883	318
1996	819	316
1997	738	316
1998	694	325
1999	624	321
2000	547	323
2001	473	325
2002	398	329
2003	360	328
2004	321	326
2005	301	326
2006	298	325
2007	327	326
2008	365	315
2009	352	302
2010	305	289
2011	268	271
2012	218	257
2013	196	243
2014	210	232
2015	216	221
2016	202	214
2017	187	207
2018	159	205
2019	134	199
2020	123	194
2021	180	223
2022	104	189
2023	99	189

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.17% in Mozambique 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
	Mozambique	Papua New Guinea
1960	-	19.8%
1961	-	19.2%
1962	-	18.6%
1963	26.5%	18%
1964	26.7%	17.4%
1965	26.8%	16.9%
1966	26.8%	16.3%
1967	26.9%	15.8%
1968	26.9%	15.2%
1969	26.9%	14.7%
1970	26.8%	14.2%
1971	26.7%	13.7%
1972	26.6%	13.3%
1973	26.4%	12.9%
1974	26.3%	12.4%
1975	26.1%	12.1%
1976	26%	11.7%
1977	25.8%	11.3%
1978	25.7%	11%
1979	25.7%	10.7%
1980	25.6%	10.4%
1981	25.6%	10.2%
1982	25.5%	9.94%
1983	25.3%	9.71%
1984	25.1%	9.5%
1985	24.8%	9.3%
1986	24.5%	9.12%
1987	24.2%	8.96%
1988	23.9%	8.78%
1989	23.6%	8.63%
1990	23.3%	8.47%
1991	23%	8.31%
1992	22.6%	8.17%
1993	22.1%	8.03%
1994	21.6%	7.89%
1995	20.9%	7.77%
1996	20.1%	7.64%
1997	19.2%	7.52%
1998	18.2%	7.41%
1999	17.2%	7.3%
2000	16.3%	7.19%
2001	15.4%	7.08%
2002	14.6%	6.96%
2003	13.9%	6.84%
2004	13.2%	6.71%
2005	12.5%	6.58%
2006	11.8%	6.44%
2007	11%	6.31%
2008	10.4%	6.16%
2009	9.75%	6.02%
2010	9.5%	5.88%
2011	9.05%	5.73%
2012	8.63%	5.59%
2013	8.26%	5.44%
2014	7.92%	5.3%
2015	7.51%	5.17%
2016	7.23%	5.02%
2017	7.09%	4.87%
2018	6.95%	4.72%
2019	6.83%	4.59%
2020	6.73%	4.45%
2021	6.58%	4.31%
2022	6.43%	4.17%
2023	6.17%	4.03%