Fertility & birth rates in Papua New Guinea and Thailand

Fertility rate in Papua New Guinea vs Thailand 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 1.21 in Thailand in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Papua New Guinea vs Thailand 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	Thailand
1960	6.02	6.33
1961	6.07	6.32
1962	6.14	6.33
1963	6.15	6.34
1964	6.19	6.31
1965	6.2	6.26
1966	6.23	6.18
1967	6.24	6.08
1968	6.25	5.93
1969	6.26	5.7
1970	6.25	5.45
1971	6.23	5.25
1972	6.2	5.08
1973	6.16	4.85
1974	6.11	4.6
1975	6.07	4.36
1976	6.02	4.12
1977	5.96	3.87
1978	5.88	3.62
1979	5.79	3.45
1980	5.71	3.29
1981	5.65	3.13
1982	5.59	2.94
1983	5.56	2.76
1984	5.51	2.58
1985	5.47	2.45
1986	5.42	2.36
1987	5.36	2.26
1988	5.3	2.17
1989	5.24	2.14
1990	5.18	2.07
1991	5.11	2.04
1992	5.03	2.01
1993	4.96	1.97
1994	4.87	1.93
1995	4.78	1.89
1996	4.73	1.87
1997	4.68	1.85
1998	4.63	1.82
1999	4.59	1.77
2000	4.53	1.73
2001	4.47	1.71
2002	4.42	1.69
2003	4.36	1.67
2004	4.28	1.67
2005	4.22	1.64
2006	4.15	1.63
2007	4.08	1.62
2008	4.01	1.59
2009	3.94	1.57
2010	3.88	1.56
2011	3.82	1.57
2012	3.75	1.56
2013	3.68	1.53
2014	3.63	1.48
2015	3.56	1.45
2016	3.5	1.4
2017	3.43	1.36
2018	3.38	1.32
2019	3.32	1.29
2020	3.27	1.26
2021	3.22	1.23
2022	3.17	1.22
2023	3.1	1.21
2024	3.07	1.2
2025	3.03	1.19
2026	2.99	1.19
2027	2.95	1.19
2028	2.92	1.19
2029	2.88	1.19
2030	2.84	1.2
2031	2.81	1.2
2032	2.78	1.21
2033	2.75	1.21
2034	2.73	1.22
2035	2.69	1.22
2036	2.67	1.23
2037	2.64	1.23
2038	2.61	1.24
2039	2.59	1.24
2040	2.56	1.25
2041	2.54	1.25
2042	2.51	1.26
2043	2.49	1.26
2044	2.48	1.26
2045	2.46	1.27
2046	2.44	1.27
2047	2.42	1.28
2048	2.4	1.28
2049	2.38	1.28
2050	2.36	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Papua New Guinea	Thailand
1960	43.4%	44.3%
1961	43.7%	44.6%
1962	43.9%	44.8%
1963	44.2%	45.1%
1964	44.4%	45.3%
1965	44.6%	45.4%
1966	44.9%	45.4%
1967	45.1%	45.3%
1968	45.3%	45.2%
1969	45.6%	45%
1970	45.8%	44.8%
1971	46%	44.4%
1972	46%	44%
1973	45.9%	43.5%
1974	45.8%	43%
1975	45.5%	42.4%
1976	45.2%	41.8%
1977	44.9%	41.1%
1978	44.4%	40.3%
1979	44%	39.5%
1980	43.5%	38.7%
1981	43.2%	37.8%
1982	43%	37%
1983	42.9%	36%
1984	42.8%	35.1%
1985	42.6%	34.1%
1986	42.5%	33.2%
1987	42.4%	32.4%
1988	42.4%	31.5%
1989	42.3%	30.7%
1990	42.1%	30%
1991	41.9%	29.2%
1992	41.7%	28.5%
1993	41.5%	28%
1994	41.2%	27.4%
1995	41%	26.9%
1996	40.8%	26.4%
1997	40.6%	25.9%
1998	40.4%	25.4%
1999	40.2%	24.9%
2000	40%	24.4%
2001	39.8%	23.9%
2002	39.5%	23.4%
2003	39.3%	23%
2004	39%	22.6%
2005	38.8%	22.2%
2006	38.5%	21.7%
2007	38.3%	21.3%
2008	38%	20.9%
2009	37.7%	20.6%
2010	37.5%	20.1%
2011	37.2%	19.7%
2012	37%	19.2%
2013	36.7%	18.8%
2014	36.5%	18.5%
2015	36.2%	18.1%
2016	35.9%	17.7%
2017	35.6%	17.3%
2018	35.3%	16.9%
2019	35%	16.6%
2020	34.7%	16.2%
2021	34.4%	15.8%
2022	34.1%	15.4%
2023	33.8%	15.1%
2024	33.5%	14.7%
2025	33.1%	14.4%
2026	32.8%	14.1%
2027	32.5%	13.7%
2028	32.1%	13.4%
2029	31.8%	13.1%
2030	31.4%	12.9%
2031	31.1%	12.7%
2032	30.7%	12.5%
2033	30.4%	12.3%
2034	30.1%	12.2%
2035	29.7%	12.1%
2036	29.4%	12%
2037	29.1%	11.9%
2038	28.8%	11.9%
2039	28.5%	11.8%
2040	28.3%	11.8%
2041	28%	11.8%
2042	27.8%	11.8%
2043	27.5%	11.7%
2044	27.3%	11.7%
2045	27.1%	11.7%
2046	26.9%	11.7%
2047	26.7%	11.6%
2048	26.5%	11.6%
2049	26.3%	11.6%
2050	26.1%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.5% of the population in Papua New Guinea and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 42.1% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Papua New Guinea and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Papua New Guinea vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2% in Papua New Guinea and +0.18% in Thailand. 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	Thailand
1960	56,326	774,190
1961	58,151	801,140
1962	59,974	828,741
1963	62,260	860,728
1964	64,558	885,137
1965	66,693	909,000
1966	69,206	929,469
1967	71,519	944,980
1968	73,983	953,806
1969	76,454	948,314
1970	78,712	937,116
1971	80,599	936,215
1972	82,672	940,420
1973	83,821	933,540
1974	84,829	923,151
1975	85,809	911,980
1976	86,965	894,072
1977	87,954	871,232
1978	88,747	847,799
1979	89,330	843,434
1980	90,266	845,575
1981	91,767	839,297
1982	93,522	817,951
1983	95,982	794,239
1984	98,103	779,856
1985	100,333	776,935
1986	102,346	783,430
1987	104,367	774,498
1988	106,256	765,252
1989	108,199	774,563
1990	110,033	760,808
1991	111,453	760,508
1992	114,818	754,999
1993	118,668	737,696
1994	122,113	712,589
1995	125,410	682,703
1996	129,802	661,397
1997	134,458	644,834
1998	136,677	617,318
1999	143,592	578,073
2000	147,496	543,884
2001	151,431	524,230
2002	155,091	504,299
2003	158,611	488,003
2004	161,023	466,542
2005	163,888	456,378
2006	166,540	441,211
2007	169,306	425,362
2008	172,823	401,730
2009	175,421	382,636
2010	178,998	370,466
2011	181,842	365,670
2012	183,658	351,485
2013	185,790	325,059
2014	187,592	294,628
2015	188,600	266,362
2016	189,281	226,255
2017	189,715	194,695
2018	190,662	159,383
2019	190,662	116,867
2020	189,130	84,107
2021	183,766	57,382
2022	186,861	-61,046
2023	187,637	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Papua New Guinea vs Thailand

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 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Papua New Guinea	Thailand
1985	393	88
1986	386	78
1987	379	72
1988	377	67
1989	369	64
1990	360	60
1991	354	59
1992	340	58
1993	333	57
1994	324	54
1995	318	52
1996	316	49
1997	316	48
1998	325	47
1999	321	48
2000	323	49
2001	325	47
2002	329	44
2003	328	42
2004	326	44
2005	326	40
2006	325	38
2007	326	38
2008	315	37
2009	302	37
2010	289	37
2011	271	37
2012	257	36
2013	243	35
2014	232	34
2015	221	34
2016	214	34
2017	207	34
2018	205	34
2019	199	34
2020	194	36
2021	223	38
2022	189	112
2023	189	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.03% in Papua New Guinea and 0.92% in Thailand. 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	Thailand
1960	19.8%	14.7%
1961	19.2%	14.2%
1962	18.6%	13.7%
1963	18%	13.2%
1964	17.4%	12.8%
1965	16.9%	12.3%
1966	16.3%	11.8%
1967	15.8%	11.4%
1968	15.2%	10.9%
1969	14.7%	10.4%
1970	14.2%	9.95%
1971	13.7%	9.47%
1972	13.3%	9.01%
1973	12.9%	8.56%
1974	12.4%	8.14%
1975	12.1%	7.73%
1976	11.7%	7.35%
1977	11.3%	7%
1978	11%	6.67%
1979	10.7%	6.36%
1980	10.4%	6.07%
1981	10.2%	5.79%
1982	9.94%	5.53%
1983	9.71%	5.28%
1984	9.5%	5.03%
1985	9.3%	4.8%
1986	9.12%	4.57%
1987	8.96%	4.34%
1988	8.78%	4.12%
1989	8.63%	3.91%
1990	8.47%	3.69%
1991	8.31%	3.49%
1992	8.17%	3.3%
1993	8.03%	3.12%
1994	7.89%	2.96%
1995	7.77%	2.81%
1996	7.64%	2.67%
1997	7.52%	2.53%
1998	7.41%	2.41%
1999	7.3%	2.29%
2000	7.19%	2.18%
2001	7.08%	2.08%
2002	6.96%	1.98%
2003	6.84%	1.89%
2004	6.71%	1.81%
2005	6.58%	1.73%
2006	6.44%	1.66%
2007	6.31%	1.59%
2008	6.16%	1.53%
2009	6.02%	1.47%
2010	5.88%	1.42%
2011	5.73%	1.37%
2012	5.59%	1.32%
2013	5.44%	1.27%
2014	5.3%	1.23%
2015	5.17%	1.19%
2016	5.02%	1.15%
2017	4.87%	1.11%
2018	4.72%	1.08%
2019	4.59%	1.04%
2020	4.45%	1.01%
2021	4.31%	0.98%
2022	4.17%	0.95%
2023	4.03%	0.92%