Fertility & birth rates in Papua New Guinea and Peru

Fertility rate in Papua New Guinea vs Peru 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 1.98 in Peru in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Papua New Guinea vs Peru population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Papua New Guinea	Peru
1960	6.02	6.94
1961	6.07	6.92
1962	6.14	6.9
1963	6.15	6.86
1964	6.19	6.81
1965	6.2	6.75
1966	6.23	6.68
1967	6.24	6.6
1968	6.25	6.51
1969	6.26	6.42
1970	6.25	6.32
1971	6.23	6.21
1972	6.2	6.09
1973	6.16	5.97
1974	6.11	5.84
1975	6.07	5.71
1976	6.02	5.58
1977	5.96	5.44
1978	5.88	5.31
1979	5.79	5.17
1980	5.71	5.04
1981	5.65	4.92
1982	5.59	4.8
1983	5.56	4.68
1984	5.51	4.57
1985	5.47	4.46
1986	5.42	4.35
1987	5.36	4.25
1988	5.3	4.14
1989	5.24	4.03
1990	5.18	3.91
1991	5.11	3.79
1992	5.03	3.67
1993	4.96	3.55
1994	4.87	3.43
1995	4.78	3.32
1996	4.73	3.2
1997	4.68	3.1
1998	4.63	3
1999	4.59	2.92
2000	4.53	2.85
2001	4.47	2.74
2002	4.42	2.69
2003	4.36	2.66
2004	4.28	2.67
2005	4.22	2.64
2006	4.15	2.62
2007	4.08	2.58
2008	4.01	2.53
2009	3.94	2.48
2010	3.88	2.42
2011	3.82	2.41
2012	3.75	2.36
2013	3.68	2.32
2014	3.63	2.27
2015	3.56	2.23
2016	3.5	2.19
2017	3.43	2.15
2018	3.38	2.12
2019	3.32	2.09
2020	3.27	2.06
2021	3.22	2.03
2022	3.17	2
2023	3.1	1.98
2024	3.07	1.96
2025	3.03	1.94
2026	2.99	1.92
2027	2.95	1.91
2028	2.92	1.9
2029	2.88	1.88
2030	2.84	1.87
2031	2.81	1.86
2032	2.78	1.85
2033	2.75	1.84
2034	2.73	1.83
2035	2.69	1.83
2036	2.67	1.82
2037	2.64	1.81
2038	2.61	1.81
2039	2.59	1.8
2040	2.56	1.79
2041	2.54	1.79
2042	2.51	1.78
2043	2.49	1.78
2044	2.48	1.77
2045	2.46	1.77
2046	2.44	1.76
2047	2.42	1.75
2048	2.4	1.75
2049	2.38	1.75
2050	2.36	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Papua New Guinea	Peru
1960	43.4%	44%
1961	43.7%	44.2%
1962	43.9%	44.3%
1963	44.2%	44.3%
1964	44.4%	44.3%
1965	44.6%	44.3%
1966	44.9%	44.2%
1967	45.1%	44.2%
1968	45.3%	44.2%
1969	45.6%	44.1%
1970	45.8%	44%
1971	46%	43.9%
1972	46%	43.8%
1973	45.9%	43.7%
1974	45.8%	43.6%
1975	45.5%	43.5%
1976	45.2%	43.4%
1977	44.9%	43.2%
1978	44.4%	43%
1979	44%	42.8%
1980	43.5%	42.6%
1981	43.2%	42.4%
1982	43%	42.1%
1983	42.9%	41.8%
1984	42.8%	41.5%
1985	42.6%	41.2%
1986	42.5%	40.8%
1987	42.4%	40.5%
1988	42.4%	40.2%
1989	42.3%	39.8%
1990	42.1%	39.4%
1991	41.9%	39.1%
1992	41.7%	38.7%
1993	41.5%	38.3%
1994	41.2%	37.9%
1995	41%	37.4%
1996	40.8%	36.9%
1997	40.6%	36.4%
1998	40.4%	35.8%
1999	40.2%	35.3%
2000	40%	34.7%
2001	39.8%	34.1%
2002	39.5%	33.5%
2003	39.3%	32.9%
2004	39%	32.3%
2005	38.8%	31.7%
2006	38.5%	31.2%
2007	38.3%	30.7%
2008	38%	30.2%
2009	37.7%	29.7%
2010	37.5%	29.3%
2011	37.2%	28.9%
2012	37%	28.5%
2013	36.7%	28.2%
2014	36.5%	27.8%
2015	36.2%	27.5%
2016	35.9%	27.2%
2017	35.6%	26.8%
2018	35.3%	26.4%
2019	35%	25.9%
2020	34.7%	25.5%
2021	34.4%	25.1%
2022	34.1%	24.8%
2023	33.8%	24.4%
2024	33.5%	24%
2025	33.1%	23.6%
2026	32.8%	23.3%
2027	32.5%	22.9%
2028	32.1%	22.6%
2029	31.8%	22.3%
2030	31.4%	22.1%
2031	31.1%	21.8%
2032	30.7%	21.6%
2033	30.4%	21.3%
2034	30.1%	21%
2035	29.7%	20.8%
2036	29.4%	20.5%
2037	29.1%	20.3%
2038	28.8%	20.1%
2039	28.5%	19.8%
2040	28.3%	19.6%
2041	28%	19.4%
2042	27.8%	19.1%
2043	27.5%	18.9%
2044	27.3%	18.7%
2045	27.1%	18.5%
2046	26.9%	18.3%
2047	26.7%	18.1%
2048	26.5%	17.9%
2049	26.3%	17.8%
2050	26.1%	17.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.5% of the population in Papua New Guinea and 24% in Peru in 2024, compared to 42.1% and 39.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Papua New Guinea and Peru compared.

Natural population change in Papua New Guinea vs Peru by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2% in Papua New Guinea and +1.05% in Peru. 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	Peru
1960	56,326	302,924
1961	58,151	313,385
1962	59,974	321,716
1963	62,260	332,352
1964	64,558	341,570
1965	66,693	349,245
1966	69,206	356,819
1967	71,519	365,224
1968	73,983	372,379
1969	76,454	379,347
1970	78,712	318,022
1971	80,599	391,506
1972	82,672	396,960
1973	83,821	400,752
1974	84,829	408,299
1975	85,809	414,400
1976	86,965	420,284
1977	87,954	425,428
1978	88,747	432,127
1979	89,330	439,110
1980	90,266	445,100
1981	91,767	453,158
1982	93,522	461,107
1983	95,982	469,781
1984	98,103	477,968
1985	100,333	488,887
1986	102,346	496,712
1987	104,367	502,229
1988	106,256	508,429
1989	108,199	512,152
1990	110,033	515,233
1991	111,453	513,867
1992	114,818	514,618
1993	118,668	513,769
1994	122,113	512,735
1995	125,410	507,894
1996	129,802	501,855
1997	134,458	495,348
1998	136,677	489,436
1999	143,592	487,095
2000	147,496	484,222
2001	151,431	470,154
2002	155,091	463,709
2003	158,611	459,243
2004	161,023	459,617
2005	163,888	454,199
2006	166,540	445,884
2007	169,306	435,122
2008	172,823	413,640
2009	175,421	396,522
2010	178,998	382,510
2011	181,842	383,268
2012	183,658	376,501
2013	185,790	372,694
2014	187,592	368,708
2015	188,600	362,781
2016	189,281	355,859
2017	189,715	349,333
2018	190,662	343,123
2019	190,662	346,981
2020	189,130	301,950
2021	183,766	235,440
2022	186,861	327,859
2023	187,637	353,788

Maternal mortality chart: Papua New Guinea vs Peru

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 51 deaths in Peru.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Papua New Guinea	Peru
1985	393	198
1986	386	193
1987	379	192
1988	377	190
1989	369	190
1990	360	191
1991	354	201
1992	340	195
1993	333	192
1994	324	188
1995	318	179
1996	316	166
1997	316	152
1998	325	139
1999	321	124
2000	323	115
2001	325	109
2002	329	106
2003	328	104
2004	326	107
2005	326	103
2006	325	99
2007	326	94
2008	315	91
2009	302	89
2010	289	86
2011	271	83
2012	257	79
2013	243	75
2014	232	73
2015	221	71
2016	214	69
2017	207	67
2018	205	66
2019	199	60
2020	194	75
2021	223	141
2022	189	81
2023	189	51

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.03% in Papua New Guinea and 1.58% in Peru. 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	Peru
1960	19.8%	22.9%
1961	19.2%	22.2%
1962	18.6%	21.6%
1963	18%	20.9%
1964	17.4%	20.2%
1965	16.9%	19.4%
1966	16.3%	18.7%
1967	15.8%	18.1%
1968	15.2%	17.5%
1969	14.7%	17%
1970	14.2%	19.7%
1971	13.7%	16.1%
1972	13.3%	15.6%
1973	12.9%	15.1%
1974	12.4%	14.7%
1975	12.1%	14.2%
1976	11.7%	13.8%
1977	11.3%	13.5%
1978	11%	13.2%
1979	10.7%	12.9%
1980	10.4%	12.7%
1981	10.2%	12.4%
1982	9.94%	12%
1983	9.71%	11.6%
1984	9.5%	11.1%
1985	9.3%	10.5%
1986	9.12%	9.97%
1987	8.96%	9.43%
1988	8.78%	8.92%
1989	8.63%	8.46%
1990	8.47%	8.04%
1991	8.31%	7.63%
1992	8.17%	7.2%
1993	8.03%	6.75%
1994	7.89%	6.29%
1995	7.77%	5.82%
1996	7.64%	5.36%
1997	7.52%	4.92%
1998	7.41%	4.51%
1999	7.3%	4.13%
2000	7.19%	3.79%
2001	7.08%	3.49%
2002	6.96%	3.24%
2003	6.84%	3.01%
2004	6.71%	2.82%
2005	6.58%	2.65%
2006	6.44%	2.5%
2007	6.31%	2.37%
2008	6.16%	2.25%
2009	6.02%	2.14%
2010	5.88%	2.04%
2011	5.73%	1.96%
2012	5.59%	1.89%
2013	5.44%	1.84%
2014	5.3%	1.79%
2015	5.17%	1.76%
2016	5.02%	1.73%
2017	4.87%	1.71%
2018	4.72%	1.69%
2019	4.59%	1.68%
2020	4.45%	1.66%
2021	4.31%	1.64%
2022	4.17%	1.61%
2023	4.03%	1.58%