Fertility & birth rates in Papua New Guinea and Saudi Arabia

Fertility rate in Papua New Guinea vs Saudi Arabia 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 2.28 in Saudi Arabia 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	6.02	7.63
1961	6.07	7.63
1962	6.14	7.64
1963	6.15	7.65
1964	6.19	7.67
1965	6.2	7.66
1966	6.23	7.66
1967	6.24	7.66
1968	6.25	7.63
1969	6.26	7.6
1970	6.25	7.58
1971	6.23	7.56
1972	6.2	7.54
1973	6.16	7.48
1974	6.11	7.43
1975	6.07	7.37
1976	6.02	7.33
1977	5.96	7.3
1978	5.88	7.26
1979	5.79	7.23
1980	5.71	7.15
1981	5.65	7.07
1982	5.59	6.98
1983	5.56	6.88
1984	5.51	6.78
1985	5.47	6.65
1986	5.42	6.52
1987	5.36	6.34
1988	5.3	6.15
1989	5.24	5.98
1990	5.18	5.8
1991	5.11	5.64
1992	5.03	5.49
1993	4.96	5.33
1994	4.87	5.16
1995	4.78	4.99
1996	4.73	4.81
1997	4.68	4.66
1998	4.63	4.52
1999	4.59	4.35
2000	4.53	4.21
2001	4.47	3.96
2002	4.42	3.71
2003	4.36	3.47
2004	4.28	3.26
2005	4.22	3.16
2006	4.15	3.18
2007	4.08	3.19
2008	4.01	3.07
2009	3.94	2.95
2010	3.88	2.81
2011	3.82	2.8
2012	3.75	2.78
2013	3.68	2.67
2014	3.63	2.68
2015	3.56	2.63
2016	3.5	2.65
2017	3.43	2.67
2018	3.38	2.67
2019	3.32	2.49
2020	3.27	2.27
2021	3.22	2.17
2022	3.17	2.14
2023	3.1	2.28
2024	3.07	2.31
2025	3.03	2.29
2026	2.99	2.27
2027	2.95	2.25
2028	2.92	2.22
2029	2.88	2.2
2030	2.84	2.17
2031	2.81	2.15
2032	2.78	2.13
2033	2.75	2.11
2034	2.73	2.09
2035	2.69	2.07
2036	2.67	2.05
2037	2.64	2.03
2038	2.61	2.01
2039	2.59	1.99
2040	2.56	1.98
2041	2.54	1.97
2042	2.51	1.95
2043	2.49	1.94
2044	2.48	1.93
2045	2.46	1.92
2046	2.44	1.91
2047	2.42	1.9
2048	2.4	1.89
2049	2.38	1.88
2050	2.36	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Papua New Guinea	Saudi Arabia
1960	43.4%	43.4%
1961	43.7%	43.6%
1962	43.9%	43.9%
1963	44.2%	44.3%
1964	44.4%	44.6%
1965	44.6%	44.8%
1966	44.9%	45.1%
1967	45.1%	45.3%
1968	45.3%	45.4%
1969	45.6%	45.5%
1970	45.8%	45.5%
1971	46%	45.5%
1972	46%	45.3%
1973	45.9%	45.2%
1974	45.8%	45%
1975	45.5%	44.8%
1976	45.2%	44.6%
1977	44.9%	44.5%
1978	44.4%	44.3%
1979	44%	44.2%
1980	43.5%	44.1%
1981	43.2%	43.9%
1982	43%	43.8%
1983	42.9%	43.7%
1984	42.8%	43.6%
1985	42.6%	43.6%
1986	42.5%	43.5%
1987	42.4%	43.4%
1988	42.4%	43.3%
1989	42.3%	43.2%
1990	42.1%	43%
1991	41.9%	42.7%
1992	41.7%	42.4%
1993	41.5%	42.1%
1994	41.2%	41.7%
1995	41%	41.2%
1996	40.8%	40.7%
1997	40.6%	40.1%
1998	40.4%	39.5%
1999	40.2%	38.9%
2000	40%	38.3%
2001	39.8%	37.7%
2002	39.5%	36.8%
2003	39.3%	35.7%
2004	39%	34.5%
2005	38.8%	33.2%
2006	38.5%	31.9%
2007	38.3%	30.6%
2008	38%	29.5%
2009	37.7%	28.5%
2010	37.5%	27.6%
2011	37.2%	26.9%
2012	37%	26.3%
2013	36.7%	25.8%
2014	36.5%	25.4%
2015	36.2%	25.1%
2016	35.9%	24.9%
2017	35.6%	25.2%
2018	35.3%	25.7%
2019	35%	25.8%
2020	34.7%	25.5%
2021	34.4%	25.2%
2022	34.1%	24.6%
2023	33.8%	24.1%
2024	33.5%	23.8%
2025	33.1%	23.6%
2026	32.8%	23.4%
2027	32.5%	23.3%
2028	32.1%	23.1%
2029	31.8%	22.9%
2030	31.4%	22.8%
2031	31.1%	22.6%
2032	30.7%	22.5%
2033	30.4%	22.4%
2034	30.1%	22.3%
2035	29.7%	22.2%
2036	29.4%	22.2%
2037	29.1%	22.1%
2038	28.8%	22%
2039	28.5%	21.9%
2040	28.3%	21.7%
2041	28%	21.5%
2042	27.8%	21.3%
2043	27.5%	21.2%
2044	27.3%	21%
2045	27.1%	20.8%
2046	26.9%	20.7%
2047	26.7%	20.5%
2048	26.5%	20.4%
2049	26.3%	20.2%
2050	26.1%	20.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.5% of the population in Papua New Guinea and 23.8% in Saudi Arabia in 2024, compared to 42.1% and 43% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Papua New Guinea and Saudi Arabia compared.

Natural population change in Papua New Guinea vs Saudi Arabia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2% in Papua New Guinea and +1.57% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
1960	56,326	74,143
1961	58,151	77,743
1962	59,974	81,393
1963	62,260	85,480
1964	64,558	89,776
1965	66,693	93,820
1966	69,206	98,361
1967	71,519	103,343
1968	73,983	108,281
1969	76,454	113,859
1970	78,712	120,440
1971	80,599	127,600
1972	82,672	136,360
1973	83,821	145,450
1974	84,829	155,478
1975	85,809	166,223
1976	86,965	178,024
1977	87,954	191,103
1978	88,747	205,331
1979	89,330	220,186
1980	90,266	234,372
1981	91,767	249,156
1982	93,522	264,831
1983	95,982	280,616
1984	98,103	296,615
1985	100,333	310,558
1986	102,346	322,340
1987	104,367	333,088
1988	106,256	342,865
1989	108,199	349,399
1990	110,033	355,495
1991	111,453	361,329
1992	114,818	366,763
1993	118,668	372,621
1994	122,113	377,351
1995	125,410	380,231
1996	129,802	382,248
1997	134,458	385,033
1998	136,677	389,499
1999	143,592	390,112
2000	147,496	392,407
2001	151,431	382,153
2002	155,091	372,099
2003	158,611	364,520
2004	161,023	362,843
2005	163,888	375,938
2006	166,540	399,333
2007	169,306	425,199
2008	172,823	433,457
2009	175,421	438,557
2010	178,998	418,641
2011	181,842	443,675
2012	183,658	465,649
2013	185,790	475,299
2014	187,592	493,431
2015	188,600	511,023
2016	189,281	537,829
2017	189,715	546,751
2018	190,662	528,767
2019	190,662	474,407
2020	189,130	447,036
2021	183,766	409,032
2022	186,861	406,920
2023	187,637	474,366

Maternal mortality chart: Papua New Guinea vs Saudi Arabia

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 7 deaths in Saudi Arabia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Papua New Guinea	Saudi Arabia
1985	393	40
1986	386	38
1987	379	36
1988	377	34
1989	369	32
1990	360	30
1991	354	29
1992	340	27
1993	333	26
1994	324	25
1995	318	24
1996	316	23
1997	316	23
1998	325	22
1999	321	21
2000	323	20
2001	325	19
2002	329	18
2003	328	16
2004	326	16
2005	326	15
2006	325	14
2007	326	13
2008	315	12
2009	302	11
2010	289	11
2011	271	10
2012	257	9
2013	243	9
2014	232	8
2015	221	8
2016	214	8
2017	207	8
2018	205	8
2019	199	8
2020	194	11
2021	223	12
2022	189	9
2023	189	7

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.03% in Papua New Guinea and 0.62% in Saudi Arabia. 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	Saudi Arabia
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%	16%
1973	12.9%	14.9%
1974	12.4%	14%
1975	12.1%	13.1%
1976	11.7%	12.2%
1977	11.3%	11.4%
1978	11%	10.7%
1979	10.7%	9.99%
1980	10.4%	9.34%
1981	10.2%	8.71%
1982	9.94%	8.12%
1983	9.71%	7.56%
1984	9.5%	7.04%
1985	9.3%	6.55%
1986	9.12%	6.07%
1987	8.96%	5.62%
1988	8.78%	5.19%
1989	8.63%	4.8%
1990	8.47%	4.44%
1991	8.31%	4.11%
1992	8.17%	3.81%
1993	8.03%	3.54%
1994	7.89%	3.29%
1995	7.77%	3.06%
1996	7.64%	2.86%
1997	7.52%	2.67%
1998	7.41%	2.5%
1999	7.3%	2.35%
2000	7.19%	2.21%
2001	7.08%	2.08%
2002	6.96%	1.96%
2003	6.84%	1.85%
2004	6.71%	1.75%
2005	6.58%	1.65%
2006	6.44%	1.56%
2007	6.31%	1.47%
2008	6.16%	1.38%
2009	6.02%	1.3%
2010	5.88%	1.22%
2011	5.73%	1.15%
2012	5.59%	1.08%
2013	5.44%	1.02%
2014	5.3%	0.96%
2015	5.17%	0.9%
2016	5.02%	0.85%
2017	4.87%	0.8%
2018	4.72%	0.76%
2019	4.59%	0.72%
2020	4.45%	0.69%
2021	4.31%	0.66%
2022	4.17%	0.64%
2023	4.03%	0.62%