Fertility & birth rates in Papua New Guinea and Ukraine

Fertility rate in Papua New Guinea vs Ukraine 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 0.98 in Ukraine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Papua New Guinea vs Ukraine 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	Ukraine
1960	6.02	2.29
1961	6.07	2.2
1962	6.14	2.15
1963	6.15	2.11
1964	6.19	2.01
1965	6.2	1.94
1966	6.23	2.04
1967	6.24	2.04
1968	6.25	2.03
1969	6.26	2.01
1970	6.25	2.08
1971	6.23	2.11
1972	6.2	2.13
1973	6.16	2.04
1974	6.11	2.06
1975	6.07	2.05
1976	6.02	2.04
1977	5.96	1.98
1978	5.88	1.97
1979	5.79	1.96
1980	5.71	1.95
1981	5.65	1.92
1982	5.59	1.95
1983	5.56	2.1
1984	5.51	2.08
1985	5.47	2.03
1986	5.42	2.12
1987	5.36	2.07
1988	5.3	2.04
1989	5.24	1.93
1990	5.18	1.85
1991	5.11	1.77
1992	5.03	1.67
1993	4.96	1.56
1994	4.87	1.47
1995	4.78	1.4
1996	4.73	1.33
1997	4.68	1.27
1998	4.63	1.21
1999	4.59	1.13
2000	4.53	1.11
2001	4.47	1.09
2002	4.42	1.13
2003	4.36	1.17
2004	4.28	1.22
2005	4.22	1.22
2006	4.15	1.3
2007	4.08	1.34
2008	4.01	1.44
2009	3.94	1.47
2010	3.88	1.44
2011	3.82	1.46
2012	3.75	1.53
2013	3.68	1.52
2014	3.63	1.47
2015	3.56	1.39
2016	3.5	1.39
2017	3.43	1.3
2018	3.38	1.23
2019	3.32	1.22
2020	3.27	1.21
2021	3.22	1.15
2022	3.17	0.9
2023	3.1	0.98
2024	3.07	0.99
2025	3.03	1
2026	2.99	1
2027	2.95	1.01
2028	2.92	1.02
2029	2.88	1.02
2030	2.84	1.03
2031	2.81	1.04
2032	2.78	1.04
2033	2.75	1.05
2034	2.73	1.05
2035	2.69	1.06
2036	2.67	1.06
2037	2.64	1.07
2038	2.61	1.07
2039	2.59	1.08
2040	2.56	1.09
2041	2.54	1.09
2042	2.51	1.1
2043	2.49	1.1
2044	2.48	1.11
2045	2.46	1.11
2046	2.44	1.12
2047	2.42	1.13
2048	2.4	1.13
2049	2.38	1.14
2050	2.36	1.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Papua New Guinea	Ukraine
1960	43.4%	26.7%
1961	43.7%	27%
1962	43.9%	27.1%
1963	44.2%	27.1%
1964	44.4%	26.8%
1965	44.6%	26.4%
1966	44.9%	26.1%
1967	45.1%	25.8%
1968	45.3%	25.5%
1969	45.6%	25.1%
1970	45.8%	24.8%
1971	46%	24.4%
1972	46%	24%
1973	45.9%	23.6%
1974	45.8%	23.2%
1975	45.5%	22.8%
1976	45.2%	22.4%
1977	44.9%	22.1%
1978	44.4%	21.7%
1979	44%	21.5%
1980	43.5%	21.4%
1981	43.2%	21.4%
1982	43%	21.4%
1983	42.9%	21.5%
1984	42.8%	21.6%
1985	42.6%	21.7%
1986	42.5%	21.7%
1987	42.4%	21.7%
1988	42.4%	21.7%
1989	42.3%	21.7%
1990	42.1%	21.6%
1991	41.9%	21.5%
1992	41.7%	21.4%
1993	41.5%	21.2%
1994	41.2%	21%
1995	41%	20.6%
1996	40.8%	20.2%
1997	40.6%	19.7%
1998	40.4%	19.2%
1999	40.2%	18.5%
2000	40%	17.9%
2001	39.8%	17.1%
2002	39.5%	16.3%
2003	39.3%	15.7%
2004	39%	15.1%
2005	38.8%	14.7%
2006	38.5%	14.3%
2007	38.3%	14.1%
2008	38%	14%
2009	37.7%	14%
2010	37.5%	14.1%
2011	37.2%	14.2%
2012	37%	14.4%
2013	36.7%	14.6%
2014	36.5%	14.9%
2015	36.2%	15.1%
2016	35.9%	15.3%
2017	35.6%	15.4%
2018	35.3%	15.4%
2019	35%	15.4%
2020	34.7%	15.3%
2021	34.4%	15.1%
2022	34.1%	14.8%
2023	33.8%	14.3%
2024	33.5%	13.9%
2025	33.1%	13.7%
2026	32.8%	13.4%
2027	32.5%	12.9%
2028	32.1%	12.4%
2029	31.8%	12%
2030	31.4%	11.6%
2031	31.1%	11.2%
2032	30.7%	10.9%
2033	30.4%	10.6%
2034	30.1%	10.4%
2035	29.7%	10.2%
2036	29.4%	10%
2037	29.1%	9.95%
2038	28.8%	9.95%
2039	28.5%	9.92%
2040	28.3%	9.9%
2041	28%	9.92%
2042	27.8%	9.97%
2043	27.5%	10%
2044	27.3%	10.1%
2045	27.1%	10.1%
2046	26.9%	10.2%
2047	26.7%	10.2%
2048	26.5%	10.2%
2049	26.3%	10.2%
2050	26.1%	10.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.5% of the population in Papua New Guinea and 13.9% in Ukraine in 2024, compared to 42.1% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Papua New Guinea and Ukraine compared.

Natural population change in Papua New Guinea vs Ukraine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2% in Papua New Guinea and -0.56% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1960	56,326	538,812
1961	58,151	508,602
1962	59,974	481,887
1963	62,260	449,648
1964	64,558	391,120
1965	66,693	334,365
1966	69,206	337,794
1967	71,519	313,899
1968	73,983	295,162
1969	76,454	274,858
1970	78,712	291,839
1971	80,599	305,849
1972	82,672	309,785
1973	83,821	274,938
1974	84,829	273,486
1975	85,809	256,787
1976	86,965	247,323
1977	87,954	216,932
1978	88,747	206,554
1979	89,330	197,294
1980	90,266	197,223
1981	91,767	182,839
1982	93,522	194,101
1983	95,982	241,741
1984	98,103	222,430
1985	100,333	201,011
1986	102,346	225,751
1987	104,367	198,850
1988	106,256	162,002
1989	108,199	106,431
1990	110,033	48,463
1991	111,453	-16,486
1992	114,818	-95,857
1993	118,668	-169,405
1994	122,113	-238,820
1995	125,410	-281,629
1996	129,802	-305,154
1997	134,458	-306,549
1998	136,677	-318,299
1999	143,592	-348,286
2000	147,496	-364,143
2001	151,431	-374,734
2002	155,091	-364,544
2003	158,611	-351,299
2004	161,023	-344,157
2005	163,888	-337,857
2006	166,540	-300,787
2007	169,306	-282,659
2008	172,823	-229,086
2009	175,421	-197,918
2010	178,998	-180,388
2011	181,842	-158,372
2012	183,658	-130,451
2013	185,790	-129,662
2014	187,592	-140,216
2015	188,600	-147,107
2016	189,281	-135,710
2017	189,715	-158,390
2018	190,662	-227,491
2019	190,662	-236,296
2020	189,130	-307,533
2021	183,766	-449,941
2022	186,861	-349,284
2023	187,637	-283,185

Maternal mortality chart: Papua New Guinea vs Ukraine

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 15 deaths in Ukraine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Papua New Guinea	Ukraine
1985	393	53
1986	386	50
1987	379	46
1988	377	44
1989	369	42
1990	360	40
1991	354	40
1992	340	40
1993	333	42
1994	324	45
1995	318	46
1996	316	45
1997	316	41
1998	325	37
1999	321	34
2000	323	32
2001	325	30
2002	329	28
2003	328	28
2004	326	27
2005	326	27
2006	325	27
2007	326	27
2008	315	26
2009	302	24
2010	289	21
2011	271	20
2012	257	20
2013	243	20
2014	232	19
2015	221	17
2016	214	17
2017	207	16
2018	205	16
2019	199	16
2020	194	18
2021	223	26
2022	189	16
2023	189	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.03% in Papua New Guinea and 0.81% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
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%	3.23%
1972	13.3%	3.13%
1973	12.9%	3.04%
1974	12.4%	2.96%
1975	12.1%	2.89%
1976	11.7%	2.84%
1977	11.3%	2.78%
1978	11%	2.74%
1979	10.7%	2.69%
1980	10.4%	2.62%
1981	10.2%	2.55%
1982	9.94%	2.47%
1983	9.71%	2.39%
1984	9.5%	2.29%
1985	9.3%	2.21%
1986	9.12%	2.13%
1987	8.96%	2.05%
1988	8.78%	1.99%
1989	8.63%	1.95%
1990	8.47%	1.92%
1991	8.31%	1.92%
1992	8.17%	1.94%
1993	8.03%	1.97%
1994	7.89%	2%
1995	7.77%	2.02%
1996	7.64%	2.03%
1997	7.52%	2.01%
1998	7.41%	1.97%
1999	7.3%	1.9%
2000	7.19%	1.83%
2001	7.08%	1.75%
2002	6.96%	1.66%
2003	6.84%	1.58%
2004	6.71%	1.51%
2005	6.58%	1.45%
2006	6.44%	1.4%
2007	6.31%	1.34%
2008	6.16%	1.29%
2009	6.02%	1.23%
2010	5.88%	1.17%
2011	5.73%	1.12%
2012	5.59%	1.07%
2013	5.44%	1.02%
2014	5.3%	0.98%
2015	5.17%	0.94%
2016	5.02%	0.91%
2017	4.87%	0.89%
2018	4.72%	0.87%
2019	4.59%	0.85%
2020	4.45%	0.84%
2021	4.31%	0.82%
2022	4.17%	0.85%
2023	4.03%	0.81%