Fertility & birth rates in Papua New Guinea and Slovakia

Fertility rate in Papua New Guinea vs Slovakia 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 1.49 in Slovakia 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	Slovakia
1960	6.02	3.04
1961	6.07	2.96
1962	6.14	2.83
1963	6.15	2.92
1964	6.19	2.89
1965	6.2	2.78
1966	6.23	2.66
1967	6.24	2.48
1968	6.25	2.39
1969	6.26	2.43
1970	6.25	2.41
1971	6.23	2.43
1972	6.2	2.49
1973	6.16	2.56
1974	6.11	2.61
1975	6.07	2.55
1976	6.02	2.55
1977	5.96	2.49
1978	5.88	2.47
1979	5.79	2.45
1980	5.71	2.32
1981	5.65	2.29
1982	5.59	2.28
1983	5.56	2.28
1984	5.51	2.26
1985	5.47	2.26
1986	5.42	2.2
1987	5.36	2.14
1988	5.3	2.13
1989	5.24	2.07
1990	5.18	2.09
1991	5.11	2.05
1992	5.03	1.93
1993	4.96	1.87
1994	4.87	1.67
1995	4.78	1.52
1996	4.73	1.47
1997	4.68	1.43
1998	4.63	1.37
1999	4.59	1.33
2000	4.53	1.3
2001	4.47	1.2
2002	4.42	1.19
2003	4.36	1.2
2004	4.28	1.25
2005	4.22	1.27
2006	4.15	1.25
2007	4.08	1.27
2008	4.01	1.34
2009	3.94	1.44
2010	3.88	1.43
2011	3.82	1.45
2012	3.75	1.34
2013	3.68	1.34
2014	3.63	1.37
2015	3.56	1.4
2016	3.5	1.48
2017	3.43	1.52
2018	3.38	1.54
2019	3.32	1.57
2020	3.27	1.59
2021	3.22	1.63
2022	3.17	1.57
2023	3.1	1.49
2024	3.07	1.49
2025	3.03	1.5
2026	2.99	1.5
2027	2.95	1.5
2028	2.92	1.51
2029	2.88	1.51
2030	2.84	1.51
2031	2.81	1.51
2032	2.78	1.51
2033	2.75	1.52
2034	2.73	1.52
2035	2.69	1.52
2036	2.67	1.52
2037	2.64	1.52
2038	2.61	1.52
2039	2.59	1.52
2040	2.56	1.52
2041	2.54	1.52
2042	2.51	1.52
2043	2.49	1.52
2044	2.48	1.53
2045	2.46	1.53
2046	2.44	1.53
2047	2.42	1.53
2048	2.4	1.53
2049	2.38	1.53
2050	2.36	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Papua New Guinea	Slovakia
1960	43.4%	31.5%
1961	43.7%	31.5%
1962	43.9%	31.3%
1963	44.2%	31%
1964	44.4%	30.8%
1965	44.6%	30.4%
1966	44.9%	29.9%
1967	45.1%	29.3%
1968	45.3%	28.6%
1969	45.6%	28.1%
1970	45.8%	27.5%
1971	46%	27%
1972	46%	26.6%
1973	45.9%	26.2%
1974	45.8%	26.1%
1975	45.5%	26%
1976	45.2%	26%
1977	44.9%	26%
1978	44.4%	26.1%
1979	44%	26.1%
1980	43.5%	26.1%
1981	43.2%	26.1%
1982	43%	26.2%
1983	42.9%	26.3%
1984	42.8%	26.4%
1985	42.6%	26.5%
1986	42.5%	26.4%
1987	42.4%	26.3%
1988	42.4%	26.1%
1989	42.3%	25.7%
1990	42.1%	25.2%
1991	41.9%	24.8%
1992	41.7%	24.4%
1993	41.5%	23.9%
1994	41.2%	23.3%
1995	41%	22.7%
1996	40.8%	22.1%
1997	40.6%	21.5%
1998	40.4%	20.9%
1999	40.2%	20.3%
2000	40%	19.7%
2001	39.8%	19%
2002	39.5%	18.4%
2003	39.3%	17.9%
2004	39%	17.3%
2005	38.8%	16.9%
2006	38.5%	16.4%
2007	38.3%	16%
2008	38%	15.7%
2009	37.7%	15.5%
2010	37.5%	15.5%
2011	37.2%	15.4%
2012	37%	15.4%
2013	36.7%	15.3%
2014	36.5%	15.3%
2015	36.2%	15.3%
2016	35.9%	15.4%
2017	35.6%	15.5%
2018	35.3%	15.7%
2019	35%	15.8%
2020	34.7%	15.9%
2021	34.4%	15.9%
2022	34.1%	16%
2023	33.8%	15.9%
2024	33.5%	15.8%
2025	33.1%	15.6%
2026	32.8%	15.4%
2027	32.5%	15.1%
2028	32.1%	15%
2029	31.8%	14.8%
2030	31.4%	14.6%
2031	31.1%	14.4%
2032	30.7%	14.1%
2033	30.4%	13.8%
2034	30.1%	13.6%
2035	29.7%	13.4%
2036	29.4%	13.2%
2037	29.1%	13%
2038	28.8%	12.9%
2039	28.5%	12.8%
2040	28.3%	12.7%
2041	28%	12.7%
2042	27.8%	12.7%
2043	27.5%	12.7%
2044	27.3%	12.7%
2045	27.1%	12.8%
2046	26.9%	12.8%
2047	26.7%	12.9%
2048	26.5%	13%
2049	26.3%	13%
2050	26.1%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.5% of the population in Papua New Guinea and 15.8% in Slovakia in 2024, compared to 42.1% and 25.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Papua New Guinea and Slovakia compared.

Natural population change in Papua New Guinea vs Slovakia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2% in Papua New Guinea and -0.02% in Slovakia. 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	Slovakia
1960	56,326	56,546
1961	58,151	55,749
1962	59,974	49,587
1963	62,260	54,382
1964	64,558	54,092
1965	66,693	48,517
1966	69,206	45,440
1967	71,519	41,824
1968	73,983	38,113
1969	76,454	39,312
1970	78,712	38,575
1971	80,599	40,105
1972	82,672	46,426
1973	83,821	49,199
1974	84,829	52,524
1975	85,809	52,604
1976	86,965	54,121
1977	87,954	52,762
1978	88,747	52,324
1979	89,330	52,353
1980	90,266	44,320
1981	91,767	43,640
1982	93,522	41,958
1983	95,982	39,717
1984	98,103	38,966
1985	100,333	37,680
1986	102,346	34,279
1987	104,367	31,859
1988	106,256	30,979
1989	108,199	26,380
1990	110,033	25,436
1991	111,453	23,865
1992	114,818	21,220
1993	118,668	20,769
1994	122,113	14,970
1995	125,410	9,115
1996	129,802	9,135
1997	134,458	6,999
1998	136,677	4,312
1999	143,592	3,777
2000	147,496	2,155
2001	151,431	-1,076
2002	155,091	-538
2003	158,611	-537
2004	161,023	1,611
2005	163,888	537
2006	166,540	537
2007	169,306	537
2008	172,823	4,303
2009	175,421	8,619
2010	178,998	7,008
2011	181,842	9,177
2012	183,658	3,245
2013	185,790	2,707
2014	187,592	3,793
2015	188,600	2,170
2016	189,281	5,431
2017	189,715	4,351
2018	190,662	3,268
2019	190,662	3,818
2020	189,130	-2,184
2021	183,766	-16,886
2022	186,861	-7,062
2023	187,637	-5,427

Maternal mortality chart: Papua New Guinea vs Slovakia

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 4 deaths in Slovakia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Papua New Guinea	Slovakia
1985	393	19
1986	386	19
1987	379	19
1988	377	18
1989	369	17
1990	360	18
1991	354	17
1992	340	15
1993	333	14
1994	324	12
1995	318	11
1996	316	10
1997	316	10
1998	325	10
1999	321	9
2000	323	8
2001	325	8
2002	329	7
2003	328	7
2004	326	7
2005	326	7
2006	325	6
2007	326	6
2008	315	5
2009	302	6
2010	289	5
2011	271	5
2012	257	5
2013	243	5
2014	232	5
2015	221	5
2016	214	5
2017	207	5
2018	205	5
2019	199	5
2020	194	4
2021	223	12
2022	189	5
2023	189	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.03% in Papua New Guinea and 0.61% in Slovakia. 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	Slovakia
1960	19.8%	3.67%
1961	19.2%	3.47%
1962	18.6%	3.32%
1963	18%	3.21%
1964	17.4%	3.14%
1965	16.9%	3.08%
1966	16.3%	3.05%
1967	15.8%	3.02%
1968	15.2%	3%
1969	14.7%	2.97%
1970	14.2%	2.95%
1971	13.7%	2.92%
1972	13.3%	2.89%
1973	12.9%	2.84%
1974	12.4%	2.78%
1975	12.1%	2.72%
1976	11.7%	2.64%
1977	11.3%	2.55%
1978	11%	2.46%
1979	10.7%	2.36%
1980	10.4%	2.27%
1981	10.2%	2.17%
1982	9.94%	2.08%
1983	9.71%	1.99%
1984	9.5%	1.91%
1985	9.3%	1.82%
1986	9.12%	1.73%
1987	8.96%	1.65%
1988	8.78%	1.59%
1989	8.63%	1.53%
1990	8.47%	1.47%
1991	8.31%	1.42%
1992	8.17%	1.37%
1993	8.03%	1.31%
1994	7.89%	1.25%
1995	7.77%	1.2%
1996	7.64%	1.14%
1997	7.52%	1.09%
1998	7.41%	1.05%
1999	7.3%	1%
2000	7.19%	0.96%
2001	7.08%	0.93%
2002	6.96%	0.91%
2003	6.84%	0.88%
2004	6.71%	0.86%
2005	6.58%	0.83%
2006	6.44%	0.8%
2007	6.31%	0.77%
2008	6.16%	0.74%
2009	6.02%	0.71%
2010	5.88%	0.69%
2011	5.73%	0.67%
2012	5.59%	0.66%
2013	5.44%	0.64%
2014	5.3%	0.63%
2015	5.17%	0.62%
2016	5.02%	0.61%
2017	4.87%	0.6%
2018	4.72%	0.6%
2019	4.59%	0.59%
2020	4.45%	0.59%
2021	4.31%	0.6%
2022	4.17%	0.6%
2023	4.03%	0.61%