Fertility & birth rates in Panama and Papua New Guinea

Fertility rate in Panama vs Papua New Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Panama was 2.12 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 Panama 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
	Panama	Papua New Guinea
1960	5.83	6.02
1961	5.87	6.07
1962	5.87	6.14
1963	5.87	6.15
1964	5.81	6.19
1965	5.73	6.2
1966	5.65	6.23
1967	5.53	6.24
1968	5.41	6.25
1969	5.29	6.26
1970	5.18	6.25
1971	5.05	6.23
1972	4.91	6.2
1973	4.74	6.16
1974	4.58	6.11
1975	4.41	6.07
1976	4.26	6.02
1977	4.12	5.96
1978	3.98	5.88
1979	3.88	5.79
1980	3.8	5.71
1981	3.72	5.65
1982	3.66	5.59
1983	3.6	5.56
1984	3.52	5.51
1985	3.43	5.47
1986	3.34	5.42
1987	3.25	5.36
1988	3.17	5.3
1989	3.12	5.24
1990	3.07	5.18
1991	3	5.11
1992	2.95	5.03
1993	2.91	4.96
1994	2.88	4.87
1995	2.85	4.78
1996	2.83	4.73
1997	2.81	4.68
1998	2.79	4.63
1999	2.77	4.59
2000	2.74	4.53
2001	2.72	4.47
2002	2.7	4.42
2003	2.68	4.36
2004	2.68	4.28
2005	2.64	4.22
2006	2.62	4.15
2007	2.61	4.08
2008	2.61	4.01
2009	2.59	3.94
2010	2.59	3.88
2011	2.6	3.82
2012	2.59	3.75
2013	2.57	3.68
2014	2.55	3.63
2015	2.53	3.56
2016	2.5	3.5
2017	2.46	3.43
2018	2.4	3.38
2019	2.29	3.32
2020	2.18	3.27
2021	2.15	3.22
2022	2.14	3.17
2023	2.12	3.1
2024	2.11	3.07
2025	2.09	3.03
2026	2.07	2.99
2027	2.06	2.95
2028	2.04	2.92
2029	2.02	2.88
2030	2.01	2.84
2031	2	2.81
2032	1.99	2.78
2033	1.97	2.75
2034	1.96	2.73
2035	1.95	2.69
2036	1.95	2.67
2037	1.94	2.64
2038	1.93	2.61
2039	1.92	2.59
2040	1.91	2.56
2041	1.91	2.54
2042	1.9	2.51
2043	1.89	2.49
2044	1.89	2.48
2045	1.88	2.46
2046	1.88	2.44
2047	1.87	2.42
2048	1.87	2.4
2049	1.86	2.38
2050	1.86	2.36

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Panama	Papua New Guinea
1960	44.2%	43.4%
1961	44.3%	43.7%
1962	44.5%	43.9%
1963	44.6%	44.2%
1964	44.7%	44.4%
1965	44.8%	44.6%
1966	44.8%	44.9%
1967	44.8%	45.1%
1968	44.7%	45.3%
1969	44.6%	45.6%
1970	44.5%	45.8%
1971	44.3%	46%
1972	44.1%	46%
1973	43.9%	45.9%
1974	43.6%	45.8%
1975	43.3%	45.5%
1976	42.9%	45.2%
1977	42.4%	44.9%
1978	41.9%	44.4%
1979	41.4%	44%
1980	40.8%	43.5%
1981	40.3%	43.2%
1982	39.8%	43%
1983	39.3%	42.9%
1984	38.8%	42.8%
1985	38.3%	42.6%
1986	37.8%	42.5%
1987	37.4%	42.4%
1988	36.9%	42.4%
1989	36.5%	42.3%
1990	36.1%	42.1%
1991	35.7%	41.9%
1992	35.3%	41.7%
1993	34.9%	41.5%
1994	34.6%	41.2%
1995	34.2%	41%
1996	33.9%	40.8%
1997	33.5%	40.6%
1998	33.1%	40.4%
1999	32.8%	40.2%
2000	32.4%	40%
2001	32%	39.8%
2002	31.6%	39.5%
2003	31.3%	39.3%
2004	31%	39%
2005	30.6%	38.8%
2006	30.3%	38.5%
2007	30%	38.3%
2008	29.7%	38%
2009	29.5%	37.7%
2010	29.2%	37.5%
2011	28.9%	37.2%
2012	28.7%	37%
2013	28.4%	36.7%
2014	28.2%	36.5%
2015	27.9%	36.2%
2016	27.6%	35.9%
2017	27.4%	35.6%
2018	27.1%	35.3%
2019	26.7%	35%
2020	26.4%	34.7%
2021	26%	34.4%
2022	25.7%	34.1%
2023	25.3%	33.8%
2024	24.9%	33.5%
2025	24.5%	33.1%
2026	24.1%	32.8%
2027	23.8%	32.5%
2028	23.4%	32.1%
2029	23%	31.8%
2030	22.6%	31.4%
2031	22.2%	31.1%
2032	21.9%	30.7%
2033	21.6%	30.4%
2034	21.3%	30.1%
2035	21%	29.7%
2036	20.9%	29.4%
2037	20.7%	29.1%
2038	20.5%	28.8%
2039	20.3%	28.5%
2040	20.1%	28.3%
2041	20%	28%
2042	19.8%	27.8%
2043	19.6%	27.5%
2044	19.4%	27.3%
2045	19.3%	27.1%
2046	19.1%	26.9%
2047	18.9%	26.7%
2048	18.8%	26.5%
2049	18.6%	26.3%
2050	18.4%	26.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.9% of the population in Panama and 33.5% in Papua New Guinea in 2024, compared to 36.1% and 42.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Panama and Papua New Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Panama vs Papua New Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in Panama 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
	Panama	Papua New Guinea
1960	35,431	56,326
1961	37,100	58,151
1962	38,537	59,974
1963	39,872	62,260
1964	40,806	64,558
1965	41,604	66,693
1966	42,457	69,206
1967	43,054	71,519
1968	43,641	73,983
1969	44,278	76,454
1970	45,075	78,712
1971	45,867	80,599
1972	46,311	82,672
1973	46,540	83,821
1974	46,932	84,829
1975	47,149	85,809
1976	47,307	86,965
1977	47,438	87,954
1978	47,694	88,747
1979	48,362	89,330
1980	49,077	90,266
1981	50,018	91,767
1982	50,858	93,522
1983	51,880	95,982
1984	52,436	98,103
1985	52,573	100,333
1986	52,681	102,346
1987	52,690	104,367
1988	52,767	106,256
1989	52,295	108,199
1990	53,451	110,033
1991	53,079	111,453
1992	53,186	114,818
1993	53,591	118,668
1994	53,845	122,113
1995	54,069	125,410
1996	54,512	129,802
1997	55,060	134,458
1998	55,482	136,677
1999	55,911	143,592
2000	56,236	147,496
2001	56,654	151,431
2002	57,011	155,091
2003	57,458	158,611
2004	58,281	161,023
2005	58,014	163,888
2006	58,067	166,540
2007	58,454	169,306
2008	58,961	172,823
2009	59,168	175,421
2010	59,418	178,998
2011	60,411	181,842
2012	60,471	183,658
2013	60,295	185,790
2014	60,227	187,592
2015	59,896	188,600
2016	59,454	189,281
2017	58,607	189,715
2018	57,508	190,662
2019	54,420	190,662
2020	46,599	189,130
2021	46,747	183,766
2022	50,556	186,861
2023	50,197	187,637

Maternal mortality chart: Panama vs Papua New Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 37 deaths per 100,000 live births in Panama, compared to 189 deaths in Papua New Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Panama	Papua New Guinea
1985	95	393
1986	94	386
1987	93	379
1988	93	377
1989	96	369
1990	89	360
1991	87	354
1992	85	340
1993	81	333
1994	78	324
1995	77	318
1996	73	316
1997	70	316
1998	68	325
1999	65	321
2000	64	323
2001	62	325
2002	59	329
2003	58	328
2004	57	326
2005	57	326
2006	56	325
2007	55	326
2008	55	315
2009	55	302
2010	56	289
2011	55	271
2012	53	257
2013	52	243
2014	49	232
2015	48	221
2016	47	214
2017	47	207
2018	43	205
2019	41	199
2020	74	194
2021	59	223
2022	40	189
2023	37	189

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.33% in Panama 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
	Panama	Papua New Guinea
1960	9.31%	19.8%
1961	9.04%	19.2%
1962	8.78%	18.6%
1963	8.52%	18%
1964	8.28%	17.4%
1965	8.05%	16.9%
1966	7.83%	16.3%
1967	7.62%	15.8%
1968	7.38%	15.2%
1969	7.1%	14.7%
1970	6.78%	14.2%
1971	6.43%	13.7%
1972	6.07%	13.3%
1973	5.72%	12.9%
1974	5.41%	12.4%
1975	5.15%	12.1%
1976	4.93%	11.7%
1977	4.76%	11.3%
1978	4.61%	11%
1979	4.47%	10.7%
1980	4.34%	10.4%
1981	4.19%	10.2%
1982	4.05%	9.94%
1983	3.9%	9.71%
1984	3.75%	9.5%
1985	3.61%	9.3%
1986	3.47%	9.12%
1987	3.35%	8.96%
1988	3.24%	8.78%
1989	3.14%	8.63%
1990	3.05%	8.47%
1991	2.97%	8.31%
1992	2.91%	8.17%
1993	2.87%	8.03%
1994	2.83%	7.89%
1995	2.8%	7.77%
1996	2.77%	7.64%
1997	2.73%	7.52%
1998	2.68%	7.41%
1999	2.63%	7.3%
2000	2.56%	7.19%
2001	2.49%	7.08%
2002	2.41%	6.96%
2003	2.33%	6.84%
2004	2.25%	6.71%
2005	2.17%	6.58%
2006	2.1%	6.44%
2007	2.03%	6.31%
2008	1.97%	6.16%
2009	1.91%	6.02%
2010	1.86%	5.88%
2011	1.81%	5.73%
2012	1.77%	5.59%
2013	1.75%	5.44%
2014	1.73%	5.3%
2015	1.72%	5.17%
2016	1.7%	5.02%
2017	1.68%	4.87%
2018	1.65%	4.72%
2019	1.59%	4.59%
2020	1.52%	4.45%
2021	1.45%	4.31%
2022	1.39%	4.17%
2023	1.33%	4.03%