Fertility & birth rates in Papua New Guinea and Yemen

Fertility rate in Papua New Guinea vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Papua New Guinea vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	6.02	7.99
1961	6.07	8
1962	6.14	8.01
1963	6.15	8.03
1964	6.19	8.07
1965	6.2	8.1
1966	6.23	8.14
1967	6.24	8.17
1968	6.25	8.19
1969	6.26	8.22
1970	6.25	8.23
1971	6.23	8.26
1972	6.2	8.27
1973	6.16	8.29
1974	6.11	8.33
1975	6.07	8.37
1976	6.02	8.42
1977	5.96	8.47
1978	5.88	8.5
1979	5.79	8.67
1980	5.71	8.71
1981	5.65	8.75
1982	5.59	8.79
1983	5.56	8.83
1984	5.51	8.85
1985	5.47	8.86
1986	5.42	8.86
1987	5.36	8.83
1988	5.3	8.79
1989	5.24	8.71
1990	5.18	8.61
1991	5.11	8.46
1992	5.03	8.27
1993	4.96	8.05
1994	4.87	7.8
1995	4.78	7.53
1996	4.73	7
1997	4.68	6.82
1998	4.63	6.64
1999	4.59	6.49
2000	4.53	6.32
2001	4.47	6.14
2002	4.42	5.97
2003	4.36	5.84
2004	4.28	5.71
2005	4.22	5.56
2006	4.15	5.41
2007	4.08	5.26
2008	4.01	5.11
2009	3.94	5
2010	3.88	4.81
2011	3.82	4.63
2012	3.75	4.63
2013	3.68	4.62
2014	3.63	4.62
2015	3.56	4.62
2016	3.5	4.61
2017	3.43	4.61
2018	3.38	4.61
2019	3.32	4.6
2020	3.27	4.6
2021	3.22	4.6
2022	3.17	4.59
2023	3.1	4.59
2024	3.07	4.5
2025	3.03	4.41
2026	2.99	4.33
2027	2.95	4.23
2028	2.92	4.14
2029	2.88	4.06
2030	2.84	3.97
2031	2.81	3.87
2032	2.78	3.8
2033	2.75	3.73
2034	2.73	3.66
2035	2.69	3.59
2036	2.67	3.51
2037	2.64	3.44
2038	2.61	3.38
2039	2.59	3.32
2040	2.56	3.26
2041	2.54	3.21
2042	2.51	3.16
2043	2.49	3.12
2044	2.48	3.07
2045	2.46	3.02
2046	2.44	2.97
2047	2.42	2.93
2048	2.4	2.89
2049	2.38	2.85
2050	2.36	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Papua New Guinea	Yemen
1960	43.4%	40.3%
1961	43.7%	40.4%
1962	43.9%	40.4%
1963	44.2%	40.6%
1964	44.4%	40.9%
1965	44.6%	41.3%
1966	44.9%	41.8%
1967	45.1%	42.3%
1968	45.3%	42.8%
1969	45.6%	43.3%
1970	45.8%	43.8%
1971	46%	44.3%
1972	46%	44.8%
1973	45.9%	45.3%
1974	45.8%	45.7%
1975	45.5%	46.2%
1976	45.2%	46.6%
1977	44.9%	47%
1978	44.4%	47.5%
1979	44%	47.9%
1980	43.5%	48.3%
1981	43.2%	48.7%
1982	43%	49.1%
1983	42.9%	49.4%
1984	42.8%	49.7%
1985	42.6%	50%
1986	42.5%	50.3%
1987	42.4%	50.5%
1988	42.4%	50.7%
1989	42.3%	50.9%
1990	42.1%	51.1%
1991	41.9%	51.2%
1992	41.7%	51.2%
1993	41.5%	51.2%
1994	41.2%	51.1%
1995	41%	50.9%
1996	40.8%	50.6%
1997	40.6%	50.3%
1998	40.4%	49.9%
1999	40.2%	49.5%
2000	40%	49%
2001	39.8%	48.6%
2002	39.5%	48.1%
2003	39.3%	47.6%
2004	39%	47.1%
2005	38.8%	46.5%
2006	38.5%	45.9%
2007	38.3%	45.3%
2008	38%	44.7%
2009	37.7%	44.1%
2010	37.5%	43.5%
2011	37.2%	43%
2012	37%	42.7%
2013	36.7%	42.3%
2014	36.5%	42.1%
2015	36.2%	41.8%
2016	35.9%	41.7%
2017	35.6%	41.6%
2018	35.3%	41.5%
2019	35%	41.4%
2020	34.7%	41.4%
2021	34.4%	41.4%
2022	34.1%	41.3%
2023	33.8%	41.2%
2024	33.5%	41.1%
2025	33.1%	41%
2026	32.8%	40.9%
2027	32.5%	40.8%
2028	32.1%	40.6%
2029	31.8%	40.3%
2030	31.4%	40%
2031	31.1%	39.6%
2032	30.7%	39.2%
2033	30.4%	38.7%
2034	30.1%	38.2%
2035	29.7%	37.7%
2036	29.4%	37.1%
2037	29.1%	36.5%
2038	28.8%	36%
2039	28.5%	35.4%
2040	28.3%	34.8%
2041	28%	34.3%
2042	27.8%	33.8%
2043	27.5%	33.4%
2044	27.3%	33%
2045	27.1%	32.6%
2046	26.9%	32.3%
2047	26.7%	32%
2048	26.5%	31.7%
2049	26.3%	31.4%
2050	26.1%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.5% of the population in Papua New Guinea and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 42.1% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Papua New Guinea and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Papua New Guinea vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2% in Papua New Guinea and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	56,326	122,994
1961	58,151	129,787
1962	59,974	131,262
1963	62,260	133,781
1964	64,558	147,299
1965	66,693	155,398
1966	69,206	164,091
1967	71,519	173,637
1968	73,983	182,518
1969	76,454	196,305
1970	78,712	207,613
1971	80,599	219,095
1972	82,672	229,322
1973	83,821	240,235
1974	84,829	252,737
1975	85,809	266,815
1976	86,965	281,078
1977	87,954	296,115
1978	88,747	312,439
1979	89,330	336,378
1980	90,266	355,767
1981	91,767	374,482
1982	93,522	392,302
1983	95,982	414,823
1984	98,103	434,674
1985	100,333	455,576
1986	102,346	464,665
1987	104,367	493,337
1988	106,256	513,296
1989	108,199	530,464
1990	110,033	549,654
1991	111,453	565,837
1992	114,818	582,072
1993	118,668	595,459
1994	122,113	602,363
1995	125,410	607,966
1996	129,802	588,786
1997	134,458	604,443
1998	136,677	615,488
1999	143,592	633,166
2000	147,496	646,694
2001	151,431	658,704
2002	155,091	672,494
2003	158,611	694,457
2004	161,023	710,493
2005	163,888	726,708
2006	166,540	750,082
2007	169,306	764,780
2008	172,823	779,123
2009	175,421	798,911
2010	178,998	803,246
2011	181,842	806,359
2012	183,658	845,645
2013	185,790	884,929
2014	187,592	920,330
2015	188,600	939,922
2016	189,281	975,697
2017	189,715	1,006,725
2018	190,662	1,020,238
2019	190,662	1,056,432
2020	189,130	1,086,322
2021	183,766	1,103,622
2022	186,861	1,153,375
2023	187,637	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Papua New Guinea vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Papua New Guinea	Yemen
1985	393	430
1986	386	430
1987	379	400
1988	377	388
1989	369	371
1990	360	359
1991	354	341
1992	340	330
1993	333	319
1994	324	311
1995	318	296
1996	316	282
1997	316	271
1998	325	260
1999	321	250
2000	323	241
2001	325	231
2002	329	218
2003	328	205
2004	326	194
2005	326	181
2006	325	171
2007	326	161
2008	315	153
2009	302	149
2010	289	144
2011	271	140
2012	257	137
2013	243	135
2014	232	134
2015	221	135
2016	214	134
2017	207	142
2018	205	134
2019	199	131
2020	194	135
2021	223	156
2022	189	125
2023	189	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.03% in Papua New Guinea and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	19.8%	42.9%
1961	19.2%	42.2%
1962	18.6%	41.5%
1963	18%	40.8%
1964	17.4%	40%
1965	16.9%	39%
1966	16.3%	38%
1967	15.8%	36.8%
1968	15.2%	35.6%
1969	14.7%	34.3%
1970	14.2%	33%
1971	13.7%	31.8%
1972	13.3%	30.6%
1973	12.9%	29.5%
1974	12.4%	28.4%
1975	12.1%	27.2%
1976	11.7%	26%
1977	11.3%	24.7%
1978	11%	23.4%
1979	10.7%	22.1%
1980	10.4%	20.8%
1981	10.2%	19.6%
1982	9.94%	18.4%
1983	9.71%	17.2%
1984	9.5%	16.2%
1985	9.3%	15.3%
1986	9.12%	14.6%
1987	8.96%	14%
1988	8.78%	13.4%
1989	8.63%	12.9%
1990	8.47%	12.5%
1991	8.31%	12.1%
1992	8.17%	11.8%
1993	8.03%	11.6%
1994	7.89%	11.3%
1995	7.77%	11.1%
1996	7.64%	10.8%
1997	7.52%	10.5%
1998	7.41%	10.2%
1999	7.3%	9.77%
2000	7.19%	9.32%
2001	7.08%	8.84%
2002	6.96%	8.36%
2003	6.84%	7.9%
2004	6.71%	7.47%
2005	6.58%	7.06%
2006	6.44%	6.68%
2007	6.31%	6.33%
2008	6.16%	6.02%
2009	6.02%	5.74%
2010	5.88%	5.49%
2011	5.73%	5.3%
2012	5.59%	5.14%
2013	5.44%	4.95%
2014	5.3%	4.84%
2015	5.17%	4.9%
2016	5.02%	4.77%
2017	4.87%	4.66%
2018	4.72%	4.7%
2019	4.59%	4.59%
2020	4.45%	4.32%
2021	4.31%	4.24%
2022	4.17%	4.08%
2023	4.03%	3.93%