Fertility & birth rates in Papua New Guinea and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Papua New Guinea vs Paraguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Papua New Guinea was 3.1 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.42 in Paraguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Papua New Guinea	Paraguay
1960	6.02	6.5
1961	6.07	6.49
1962	6.14	6.47
1963	6.15	6.45
1964	6.19	6.42
1965	6.2	6.35
1966	6.23	6.23
1967	6.24	6.1
1968	6.25	5.97
1969	6.26	5.84
1970	6.25	5.72
1971	6.23	5.59
1972	6.2	5.46
1973	6.16	5.35
1974	6.11	5.27
1975	6.07	5.18
1976	6.02	5.12
1977	5.96	5.08
1978	5.88	5.04
1979	5.79	5.06
1980	5.71	5.1
1981	5.65	5.15
1982	5.59	5.13
1983	5.56	5.09
1984	5.51	5.04
1985	5.47	4.97
1986	5.42	4.93
1987	5.36	4.85
1988	5.3	4.77
1989	5.24	4.68
1990	5.18	4.57
1991	5.11	4.48
1992	5.03	4.4
1993	4.96	4.28
1994	4.87	4.2
1995	4.78	4.11
1996	4.73	4.01
1997	4.68	3.91
1998	4.63	3.8
1999	4.59	3.67
2000	4.53	3.51
2001	4.47	3.36
2002	4.42	3.23
2003	4.36	3.12
2004	4.28	3.05
2005	4.22	2.97
2006	4.15	2.89
2007	4.08	2.82
2008	4.01	2.79
2009	3.94	2.76
2010	3.88	2.7
2011	3.82	2.67
2012	3.75	2.66
2013	3.68	2.64
2014	3.63	2.65
2015	3.56	2.65
2016	3.5	2.62
2017	3.43	2.59
2018	3.38	2.56
2019	3.32	2.53
2020	3.27	2.5
2021	3.22	2.47
2022	3.17	2.44
2023	3.1	2.42
2024	3.07	2.42
2025	3.03	2.39
2026	2.99	2.37
2027	2.95	2.35
2028	2.92	2.33
2029	2.88	2.31
2030	2.84	2.29
2031	2.81	2.27
2032	2.78	2.26
2033	2.75	2.24
2034	2.73	2.22
2035	2.69	2.21
2036	2.67	2.19
2037	2.64	2.17
2038	2.61	2.16
2039	2.59	2.14
2040	2.56	2.13
2041	2.54	2.12
2042	2.51	2.11
2043	2.49	2.09
2044	2.48	2.08
2045	2.46	2.07
2046	2.44	2.06
2047	2.42	2.05
2048	2.4	2.04
2049	2.38	2.03
2050	2.36	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Papua New Guinea	Paraguay
1960	43.4%	46.3%
1961	43.7%	46.2%
1962	43.9%	46.1%
1963	44.2%	46%
1964	44.4%	46%
1965	44.6%	46%
1966	44.9%	46%
1967	45.1%	45.9%
1968	45.3%	45.8%
1969	45.6%	45.7%
1970	45.8%	45.5%
1971	46%	45.2%
1972	46%	45%
1973	45.9%	44.6%
1974	45.8%	44.2%
1975	45.5%	43.7%
1976	45.2%	43.3%
1977	44.9%	42.8%
1978	44.4%	42.4%
1979	44%	42%
1980	43.5%	41.6%
1981	43.2%	41.4%
1982	43%	41.2%
1983	42.9%	41.2%
1984	42.8%	41.2%
1985	42.6%	41.2%
1986	42.5%	41.3%
1987	42.4%	41.3%
1988	42.4%	41.4%
1989	42.3%	41.5%
1990	42.1%	41.5%
1991	41.9%	41.5%
1992	41.7%	41.5%
1993	41.5%	41.4%
1994	41.2%	41.3%
1995	41%	41.1%
1996	40.8%	40.8%
1997	40.6%	40.4%
1998	40.4%	40%
1999	40.2%	39.5%
2000	40%	39%
2001	39.8%	38.4%
2002	39.5%	37.9%
2003	39.3%	37.3%
2004	39%	36.6%
2005	38.8%	35.8%
2006	38.5%	35.1%
2007	38.3%	34.4%
2008	38%	33.8%
2009	37.7%	33.2%
2010	37.5%	32.5%
2011	37.2%	32%
2012	37%	31.4%
2013	36.7%	30.9%
2014	36.5%	30.5%
2015	36.2%	30.2%
2016	35.9%	29.9%
2017	35.6%	29.7%
2018	35.3%	29.5%
2019	35%	29.3%
2020	34.7%	29.1%
2021	34.4%	29%
2022	34.1%	28.9%
2023	33.8%	28.8%
2024	33.5%	28.6%
2025	33.1%	28.4%
2026	32.8%	28.1%
2027	32.5%	27.9%
2028	32.1%	27.6%
2029	31.8%	27.3%
2030	31.4%	26.9%
2031	31.1%	26.5%
2032	30.7%	26.1%
2033	30.4%	25.8%
2034	30.1%	25.4%
2035	29.7%	25%
2036	29.4%	24.7%
2037	29.1%	24.4%
2038	28.8%	24.1%
2039	28.5%	23.8%
2040	28.3%	23.5%
2041	28%	23.2%
2042	27.8%	23%
2043	27.5%	22.7%
2044	27.3%	22.5%
2045	27.1%	22.3%
2046	26.9%	22.1%
2047	26.7%	22%
2048	26.5%	21.8%
2049	26.3%	21.6%
2050	26.1%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.5% of the population in Papua New Guinea and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 42.1% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Papua New Guinea and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Papua New Guinea vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2% in Papua New Guinea and +1.56% in Paraguay. 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
	Papua New Guinea	Paraguay
1960	56,326	60,009
1961	58,151	61,536
1962	59,974	63,079
1963	62,260	64,741
1964	64,558	65,681
1965	66,693	66,063
1966	69,206	66,002
1967	71,519	65,695
1968	73,983	65,575
1969	76,454	65,616
1970	78,712	65,905
1971	80,599	66,142
1972	82,672	66,625
1973	83,821	67,803
1974	84,829	69,059
1975	85,809	70,285
1976	86,965	71,973
1977	87,954	74,359
1978	88,747	76,691
1979	89,330	80,345
1980	90,266	84,568
1981	91,767	89,456
1982	93,522	92,917
1983	95,982	96,406
1984	98,103	99,937
1985	100,333	102,859
1986	102,346	105,776
1987	104,367	107,962
1988	106,256	110,348
1989	108,199	111,727
1990	110,033	112,864
1991	111,453	114,472
1992	114,818	115,442
1993	118,668	115,211
1994	122,113	115,662
1995	125,410	115,777
1996	129,802	115,623
1997	134,458	115,095
1998	136,677	114,122
1999	143,592	112,726
2000	147,496	109,979
2001	151,431	107,225
2002	155,091	104,658
2003	158,611	102,427
2004	161,023	101,896
2005	163,888	101,035
2006	166,540	99,808
2007	169,306	99,141
2008	172,823	99,821
2009	175,421	100,296
2010	178,998	99,456
2011	181,842	100,442
2012	183,658	102,508
2013	185,790	103,383
2014	187,592	105,585
2015	188,600	106,817
2016	189,281	106,804
2017	189,715	105,634
2018	190,662	104,908
2019	190,662	103,179
2020	189,130	98,667
2021	183,766	78,667
2022	186,861	94,627
2023	187,637	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Papua New Guinea vs Paraguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 189 deaths per 100,000 live births in Papua New Guinea, compared to 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Papua New Guinea	Paraguay
1985	393	237
1986	386	230
1987	379	225
1988	377	220
1989	369	209
1990	360	198
1991	354	192
1992	340	195
1993	333	197
1994	324	201
1995	318	202
1996	316	203
1997	316	205
1998	325	207
1999	321	207
2000	323	207
2001	325	207
2002	329	206
2003	328	203
2004	326	199
2005	326	194
2006	325	186
2007	326	177
2008	315	166
2009	302	152
2010	289	136
2011	271	120
2012	257	100
2013	243	84
2014	232	70
2015	221	64
2016	214	60
2017	207	58
2018	205	58
2019	199	58
2020	194	69
2021	223	140
2022	189	78
2023	189	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.03% in Papua New Guinea and 1.7% in Paraguay. 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
	Papua New Guinea	Paraguay
1960	19.8%	8.18%
1961	19.2%	8.11%
1962	18.6%	8.06%
1963	18%	8.02%
1964	17.4%	7.99%
1965	16.9%	7.96%
1966	16.3%	7.94%
1967	15.8%	7.91%
1968	15.2%	7.88%
1969	14.7%	7.84%
1970	14.2%	7.79%
1971	13.7%	7.73%
1972	13.3%	7.66%
1973	12.9%	7.57%
1974	12.4%	7.46%
1975	12.1%	7.34%
1976	11.7%	7.21%
1977	11.3%	7.06%
1978	11%	6.91%
1979	10.7%	6.74%
1980	10.4%	6.55%
1981	10.2%	6.35%
1982	9.94%	6.14%
1983	9.71%	5.92%
1984	9.5%	5.71%
1985	9.3%	5.5%
1986	9.12%	5.3%
1987	8.96%	5.1%
1988	8.78%	4.92%
1989	8.63%	4.73%
1990	8.47%	4.55%
1991	8.31%	4.38%
1992	8.17%	4.23%
1993	8.03%	4.08%
1994	7.89%	3.95%
1995	7.77%	3.83%
1996	7.64%	3.72%
1997	7.52%	3.62%
1998	7.41%	3.53%
1999	7.3%	3.45%
2000	7.19%	3.36%
2001	7.08%	3.29%
2002	6.96%	3.22%
2003	6.84%	3.14%
2004	6.71%	3.07%
2005	6.58%	2.99%
2006	6.44%	2.91%
2007	6.31%	2.83%
2008	6.16%	2.75%
2009	6.02%	2.67%
2010	5.88%	2.59%
2011	5.73%	2.51%
2012	5.59%	2.44%
2013	5.44%	2.37%
2014	5.3%	2.3%
2015	5.17%	2.22%
2016	5.02%	2.15%
2017	4.87%	2.08%
2018	4.72%	2.01%
2019	4.59%	1.94%
2020	4.45%	1.88%
2021	4.31%	1.82%
2022	4.17%	1.76%
2023	4.03%	1.7%