Fertility & birth rates in Papua New Guinea and Uruguay

Fertility rate in Papua New Guinea vs Uruguay 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 1.41 in Uruguay 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	Uruguay
1960	6.02	2.83
1961	6.07	2.85
1962	6.14	2.87
1963	6.15	2.88
1964	6.19	2.86
1965	6.2	2.84
1966	6.23	2.82
1967	6.24	2.78
1968	6.25	2.77
1969	6.26	2.77
1970	6.25	2.77
1971	6.23	2.77
1972	6.2	2.78
1973	6.16	2.86
1974	6.11	2.96
1975	6.07	3.02
1976	6.02	3.01
1977	5.96	2.9
1978	5.88	2.83
1979	5.79	2.71
1980	5.71	2.59
1981	5.65	2.53
1982	5.59	2.51
1983	5.56	2.49
1984	5.51	2.47
1985	5.47	2.47
1986	5.42	2.47
1987	5.36	2.49
1988	5.3	2.5
1989	5.24	2.5
1990	5.18	2.48
1991	5.11	2.45
1992	5.03	2.43
1993	4.96	2.41
1994	4.87	2.42
1995	4.78	2.4
1996	4.73	2.36
1997	4.68	2.33
1998	4.63	2.27
1999	4.59	2.25
2000	4.53	2.2
2001	4.47	2.16
2002	4.42	2.16
2003	4.36	2.12
2004	4.28	2.09
2005	4.22	2.1
2006	4.15	2.07
2007	4.08	2.05
2008	4.01	2.03
2009	3.94	2.02
2010	3.88	2.01
2011	3.82	1.99
2012	3.75	2.01
2013	3.68	2.03
2014	3.63	2.03
2015	3.56	2.04
2016	3.5	1.97
2017	3.43	1.82
2018	3.38	1.68
2019	3.32	1.57
2020	3.27	1.5
2021	3.22	1.45
2022	3.17	1.43
2023	3.1	1.41
2024	3.07	1.4
2025	3.03	1.39
2026	2.99	1.38
2027	2.95	1.38
2028	2.92	1.38
2029	2.88	1.38
2030	2.84	1.38
2031	2.81	1.39
2032	2.78	1.39
2033	2.75	1.39
2034	2.73	1.39
2035	2.69	1.4
2036	2.67	1.4
2037	2.64	1.4
2038	2.61	1.4
2039	2.59	1.41
2040	2.56	1.41
2041	2.54	1.41
2042	2.51	1.42
2043	2.49	1.42
2044	2.48	1.42
2045	2.46	1.42
2046	2.44	1.42
2047	2.42	1.43
2048	2.4	1.43
2049	2.38	1.43
2050	2.36	1.44

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Papua New Guinea	Uruguay
1960	43.4%	27.6%
1961	43.7%	27.6%
1962	43.9%	27.7%
1963	44.2%	27.8%
1964	44.4%	27.9%
1965	44.6%	27.9%
1966	44.9%	28%
1967	45.1%	28%
1968	45.3%	27.9%
1969	45.6%	27.8%
1970	45.8%	27.8%
1971	46%	27.7%
1972	46%	27.5%
1973	45.9%	27.4%
1974	45.8%	27.4%
1975	45.5%	27.4%
1976	45.2%	27.4%
1977	44.9%	27.3%
1978	44.4%	27.3%
1979	44%	27.2%
1980	43.5%	27%
1981	43.2%	26.9%
1982	43%	26.7%
1983	42.9%	26.6%
1984	42.8%	26.5%
1985	42.6%	26.4%
1986	42.5%	26.2%
1987	42.4%	26.1%
1988	42.4%	26%
1989	42.3%	25.8%
1990	42.1%	25.6%
1991	41.9%	25.3%
1992	41.7%	25.1%
1993	41.5%	24.9%
1994	41.2%	24.7%
1995	41%	24.7%
1996	40.8%	24.6%
1997	40.6%	24.6%
1998	40.4%	24.5%
1999	40.2%	24.5%
2000	40%	24.4%
2001	39.8%	24.2%
2002	39.5%	24.1%
2003	39.3%	23.9%
2004	39%	23.7%
2005	38.8%	23.5%
2006	38.5%	23.3%
2007	38.3%	23.1%
2008	38%	22.8%
2009	37.7%	22.6%
2010	37.5%	22.3%
2011	37.2%	22%
2012	37%	21.7%
2013	36.7%	21.5%
2014	36.5%	21.3%
2015	36.2%	21.1%
2016	35.9%	21%
2017	35.6%	20.8%
2018	35.3%	20.5%
2019	35%	20.2%
2020	34.7%	19.8%
2021	34.4%	19.4%
2022	34.1%	19.1%
2023	33.8%	18.7%
2024	33.5%	18.3%
2025	33.1%	17.9%
2026	32.8%	17.5%
2027	32.5%	17.1%
2028	32.1%	16.7%
2029	31.8%	16.3%
2030	31.4%	15.8%
2031	31.1%	15.4%
2032	30.7%	15.1%
2033	30.4%	14.8%
2034	30.1%	14.7%
2035	29.7%	14.6%
2036	29.4%	14.5%
2037	29.1%	14.5%
2038	28.8%	14.4%
2039	28.5%	14.4%
2040	28.3%	14.3%
2041	28%	14.3%
2042	27.8%	14.3%
2043	27.5%	14.2%
2044	27.3%	14.1%
2045	27.1%	14.1%
2046	26.9%	14%
2047	26.7%	13.9%
2048	26.5%	13.8%
2049	26.3%	13.7%
2050	26.1%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.5% of the population in Papua New Guinea and 18.3% in Uruguay in 2024, compared to 42.1% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Papua New Guinea and Uruguay compared.

Natural population change in Papua New Guinea vs Uruguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2% in Papua New Guinea and +0.19% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	56,326	30,438
1961	58,151	30,975
1962	59,974	31,441
1963	62,260	31,824
1964	64,558	31,340
1965	66,693	30,807
1966	69,206	30,293
1967	71,519	29,514
1968	73,983	29,103
1969	76,454	28,805
1970	78,712	28,737
1971	80,599	28,584
1972	82,672	28,896
1973	83,821	30,213
1974	84,829	32,221
1975	85,809	33,393
1976	86,965	33,199
1977	87,954	31,321
1978	88,747	30,076
1979	89,330	27,456
1980	90,266	25,451
1981	91,767	24,968
1982	93,522	25,224
1983	95,982	24,146
1984	98,103	23,684
1985	100,333	23,988
1986	102,346	24,505
1987	104,367	24,469
1988	106,256	25,071
1989	108,199	25,322
1990	110,033	25,699
1991	111,453	25,422
1992	114,818	24,847
1993	118,668	24,212
1994	122,113	24,637
1995	125,410	24,872
1996	129,802	24,635
1997	134,458	23,737
1998	136,677	22,114
1999	143,592	21,844
2000	147,496	21,060
2001	151,431	20,729
2002	155,091	20,073
2003	158,611	18,628
2004	161,023	18,067
2005	163,888	18,926
2006	166,540	17,783
2007	169,306	17,422
2008	172,823	16,838
2009	175,421	16,947
2010	178,998	16,231
2011	181,842	14,934
2012	183,658	15,520
2013	185,790	16,318
2014	187,592	16,238
2015	188,600	16,194
2016	189,281	14,008
2017	189,715	10,907
2018	190,662	7,322
2019	190,662	3,873
2020	189,130	4,048
2021	183,766	-5,621
2022	186,861	-2,964
2023	187,637	298

Maternal mortality chart: Papua New Guinea vs Uruguay

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 Uruguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Papua New Guinea	Uruguay
1985	393	41
1986	386	41
1987	379	41
1988	377	39
1989	369	36
1990	360	35
1991	354	33
1992	340	33
1993	333	31
1994	324	30
1995	318	29
1996	316	28
1997	316	27
1998	325	25
1999	321	24
2000	323	23
2001	325	24
2002	329	23
2003	328	23
2004	326	21
2005	326	20
2006	325	20
2007	326	19
2008	315	19
2009	302	18
2010	289	17
2011	271	17
2012	257	16
2013	243	16
2014	232	16
2015	221	16
2016	214	16
2017	207	16
2018	205	16
2019	199	16
2020	194	20
2021	223	49
2022	189	20
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 0.67% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	19.8%	6.33%
1961	19.2%	6.21%
1962	18.6%	6.06%
1963	18%	5.93%
1964	17.4%	5.83%
1965	16.9%	5.77%
1966	16.3%	5.74%
1967	15.8%	5.7%
1968	15.2%	5.64%
1969	14.7%	5.53%
1970	14.2%	5.4%
1971	13.7%	5.33%
1972	13.3%	5.34%
1973	12.9%	5.39%
1974	12.4%	5.46%
1975	12.1%	5.49%
1976	11.7%	5.41%
1977	11.3%	5.18%
1978	11%	4.83%
1979	10.7%	4.41%
1980	10.4%	3.98%
1981	10.2%	3.6%
1982	9.94%	3.31%
1983	9.71%	3.1%
1984	9.5%	2.95%
1985	9.3%	2.84%
1986	9.12%	2.74%
1987	8.96%	2.62%
1988	8.78%	2.51%
1989	8.63%	2.42%
1990	8.47%	2.37%
1991	8.31%	2.32%
1992	8.17%	2.29%
1993	8.03%	2.25%
1994	7.89%	2.19%
1995	7.77%	2.12%
1996	7.64%	2.03%
1997	7.52%	1.93%
1998	7.41%	1.84%
1999	7.3%	1.76%
2000	7.19%	1.7%
2001	7.08%	1.66%
2002	6.96%	1.62%
2003	6.84%	1.58%
2004	6.71%	1.52%
2005	6.58%	1.44%
2006	6.44%	1.35%
2007	6.31%	1.27%
2008	6.16%	1.19%
2009	6.02%	1.13%
2010	5.88%	1.08%
2011	5.73%	1.04%
2012	5.59%	1%
2013	5.44%	0.97%
2014	5.3%	0.93%
2015	5.17%	0.89%
2016	5.02%	0.85%
2017	4.87%	0.81%
2018	4.72%	0.77%
2019	4.59%	0.74%
2020	4.45%	0.71%
2021	4.31%	0.7%
2022	4.17%	0.68%
2023	4.03%	0.67%