Fertility & birth rates in Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Papua New Guinea vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Papua New Guinea vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	6.02	7.2
1961	6.07	7.21
1962	6.14	7.23
1963	6.15	7.23
1964	6.19	7.23
1965	6.2	7.23
1966	6.23	7.2
1967	6.24	7.16
1968	6.25	7.11
1969	6.26	7.04
1970	6.25	6.98
1971	6.23	6.94
1972	6.2	6.94
1973	6.16	6.94
1974	6.11	6.88
1975	6.07	6.83
1976	6.02	6.77
1977	5.96	6.71
1978	5.88	6.66
1979	5.79	6.59
1980	5.71	6.52
1981	5.65	6.45
1982	5.59	6.33
1983	5.56	6.2
1984	5.51	6.04
1985	5.47	5.87
1986	5.42	5.69
1987	5.36	5.5
1988	5.3	5.28
1989	5.24	5.07
1990	5.18	4.88
1991	5.11	4.72
1992	5.03	4.57
1993	4.96	4.39
1994	4.87	4.28
1995	4.78	4.15
1996	4.73	4.11
1997	4.68	4.08
1998	4.63	4.07
1999	4.59	4.06
2000	4.53	4.01
2001	4.47	3.98
2002	4.42	3.93
2003	4.36	3.86
2004	4.28	3.78
2005	4.22	3.69
2006	4.15	3.64
2007	4.08	3.68
2008	4.01	3.78
2009	3.94	3.95
2010	3.88	4.04
2011	3.82	4.13
2012	3.75	4.13
2013	3.68	4.11
2014	3.63	4.01
2015	3.56	3.91
2016	3.5	3.83
2017	3.43	3.77
2018	3.38	3.74
2019	3.32	3.75
2020	3.27	3.75
2021	3.22	3.77
2022	3.17	3.77
2023	3.1	3.72
2024	3.07	3.67
2025	3.03	3.62
2026	2.99	3.57
2027	2.95	3.52
2028	2.92	3.47
2029	2.88	3.43
2030	2.84	3.38
2031	2.81	3.33
2032	2.78	3.29
2033	2.75	3.25
2034	2.73	3.21
2035	2.69	3.17
2036	2.67	3.13
2037	2.64	3.09
2038	2.61	3.06
2039	2.59	3.02
2040	2.56	2.99
2041	2.54	2.96
2042	2.51	2.93
2043	2.49	2.9
2044	2.48	2.87
2045	2.46	2.84
2046	2.44	2.81
2047	2.42	2.78
2048	2.4	2.75
2049	2.38	2.72
2050	2.36	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Papua New Guinea	Zimbabwe
1960	43.4%	47.3%
1961	43.7%	47.7%
1962	43.9%	48.1%
1963	44.2%	48.5%
1964	44.4%	48.8%
1965	44.6%	48.7%
1966	44.9%	48.6%
1967	45.1%	48.5%
1968	45.3%	48.5%
1969	45.6%	48.4%
1970	45.8%	48.3%
1971	46%	48.2%
1972	46%	48.2%
1973	45.9%	48.1%
1974	45.8%	48.1%
1975	45.5%	48.1%
1976	45.2%	48.2%
1977	44.9%	48.3%
1978	44.4%	48.5%
1979	44%	48.8%
1980	43.5%	48.7%
1981	43.2%	48.4%
1982	43%	48.3%
1983	42.9%	48.2%
1984	42.8%	48.1%
1985	42.6%	48%
1986	42.5%	47.9%
1987	42.4%	47.9%
1988	42.4%	47.9%
1989	42.3%	47.6%
1990	42.1%	47.1%
1991	41.9%	46.6%
1992	41.7%	46.8%
1993	41.5%	47.1%
1994	41.2%	46.6%
1995	41%	45.9%
1996	40.8%	45%
1997	40.6%	44%
1998	40.4%	43.1%
1999	40.2%	42.4%
2000	40%	41.9%
2001	39.8%	41.5%
2002	39.5%	41.4%
2003	39.3%	41.5%
2004	39%	41.7%
2005	38.8%	41.9%
2006	38.5%	42%
2007	38.3%	42.1%
2008	38%	42.4%
2009	37.7%	42.7%
2010	37.5%	43%
2011	37.2%	43.4%
2012	37%	43.7%
2013	36.7%	43.9%
2014	36.5%	43.9%
2015	36.2%	43.8%
2016	35.9%	43.6%
2017	35.6%	43.3%
2018	35.3%	42.9%
2019	35%	42.5%
2020	34.7%	42.2%
2021	34.4%	41.9%
2022	34.1%	41.6%
2023	33.8%	41.3%
2024	33.5%	40.9%
2025	33.1%	40.3%
2026	32.8%	39.6%
2027	32.5%	39%
2028	32.1%	38.4%
2029	31.8%	37.8%
2030	31.4%	37.4%
2031	31.1%	37%
2032	30.7%	36.8%
2033	30.4%	36.5%
2034	30.1%	36.3%
2035	29.7%	36.1%
2036	29.4%	35.8%
2037	29.1%	35.6%
2038	28.8%	35.3%
2039	28.5%	35.1%
2040	28.3%	34.8%
2041	28%	34.6%
2042	27.8%	34.3%
2043	27.5%	34.1%
2044	27.3%	33.8%
2045	27.1%	33.5%
2046	26.9%	33.2%
2047	26.7%	32.9%
2048	26.5%	32.6%
2049	26.3%	32.2%
2050	26.1%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 33.5% of the population in Papua New Guinea and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 42.1% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Papua New Guinea vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2% in Papua New Guinea and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	56,326	126,959
1961	58,151	131,531
1962	59,974	136,317
1963	62,260	140,984
1964	64,558	145,848
1965	66,693	151,164
1966	69,206	156,014
1967	71,519	161,205
1968	73,983	166,865
1969	76,454	172,626
1970	78,712	178,979
1971	80,599	185,427
1972	82,672	193,725
1973	83,821	201,885
1974	84,829	208,806
1975	85,809	216,947
1976	86,965	221,419
1977	87,954	225,139
1978	88,747	222,979
1979	89,330	223,657
1980	90,266	241,179
1981	91,767	271,361
1982	93,522	279,934
1983	95,982	286,545
1984	98,103	290,052
1985	100,333	290,756
1986	102,346	289,894
1987	104,367	286,766
1988	106,256	277,498
1989	108,199	270,838
1990	110,033	265,444
1991	111,453	260,943
1992	114,818	255,291
1993	118,668	228,045
1994	122,113	216,343
1995	125,410	206,695
1996	129,802	205,269
1997	134,458	216,288
1998	136,677	225,614
1999	143,592	232,393
2000	147,496	236,343
2001	151,431	227,909
2002	155,091	244,170
2003	158,611	243,057
2004	161,023	248,307
2005	163,888	248,545
2006	166,540	248,963
2007	169,306	261,805
2008	172,823	280,527
2009	175,421	309,316
2010	178,998	335,570
2011	181,842	359,572
2012	183,658	371,135
2013	185,790	374,757
2014	187,592	366,350
2015	188,600	356,203
2016	189,281	348,772
2017	189,715	344,035
2018	190,662	345,883
2019	190,662	348,798
2020	189,130	354,790
2021	183,766	349,908
2022	186,861	371,243
2023	187,637	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Papua New Guinea vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Papua New Guinea	Zimbabwe
1985	393	573
1986	386	525
1987	379	480
1988	377	431
1989	369	382
1990	360	353
1991	354	332
1992	340	333
1993	333	331
1994	324	332
1995	318	332
1996	316	352
1997	316	357
1998	325	368
1999	321	399
2000	323	405
2001	325	467
2002	329	418
2003	328	455
2004	326	451
2005	326	454
2006	325	480
2007	326	519
2008	315	526
2009	302	540
2010	289	567
2011	271	564
2012	257	558
2013	243	525
2014	232	468
2015	221	428
2016	214	411
2017	207	389
2018	205	386
2019	199	388
2020	194	380
2021	223	446
2022	189	368
2023	189	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.03% in Papua New Guinea and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	19.8%	15.2%
1961	19.2%	14.8%
1962	18.6%	14.4%
1963	18%	14%
1964	17.4%	13.5%
1965	16.9%	13.1%
1966	16.3%	12.7%
1967	15.8%	12.4%
1968	15.2%	12.1%
1969	14.7%	11.8%
1970	14.2%	11.7%
1971	13.7%	11.5%
1972	13.3%	11.5%
1973	12.9%	11.4%
1974	12.4%	11.4%
1975	12.1%	11.4%
1976	11.7%	11.5%
1977	11.3%	11.5%
1978	11%	11.5%
1979	10.7%	11.3%
1980	10.4%	11.1%
1981	10.2%	10.7%
1982	9.94%	10.1%
1983	9.71%	9.5%
1984	9.5%	8.87%
1985	9.3%	8.31%
1986	9.12%	7.86%
1987	8.96%	7.61%
1988	8.78%	7.55%
1989	8.63%	7.69%
1990	8.47%	7.97%
1991	8.31%	8.33%
1992	8.17%	8.73%
1993	8.03%	9.16%
1994	7.89%	9.52%
1995	7.77%	9.83%
1996	7.64%	10%
1997	7.52%	10.1%
1998	7.41%	10%
1999	7.3%	9.92%
2000	7.19%	9.83%
2001	7.08%	9.79%
2002	6.96%	8.48%
2003	6.84%	8.85%
2004	6.71%	9.17%
2005	6.58%	9.23%
2006	6.44%	9.4%
2007	6.31%	9.47%
2008	6.16%	9.34%
2009	6.02%	9.03%
2010	5.88%	8.5%
2011	5.73%	7.88%
2012	5.59%	7.14%
2013	5.44%	6.55%
2014	5.3%	6.18%
2015	5.17%	5.98%
2016	5.02%	5.69%
2017	4.87%	5.5%
2018	4.72%	5.23%
2019	4.59%	5.11%
2020	4.45%	5.01%
2021	4.31%	4.76%
2022	4.17%	4.6%
2023	4.03%	4.42%