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How many babies are born in Papua New Guinea?

257 thousand babies born in Papua New Guinea in 2026. That is 0.19% of all births worldwide, and the 78th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Papua New Guinea: history and projections

100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Papua New Guinea’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~23K ~560K 40.5 Modelled estimate
1000 ~36K ~890K 40.5 Modelled estimate
1500 ~45K ~1.1M 40.5 Modelled estimate
1800 ~32.6K ~755K 43.3 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~36.4K ~842K 43.3 Historical reconstruction
1950 70.9K 1.54M 45.9 UN estimate
2000 191K 5.54M 34.4 UN estimate
2023 255K 10.4M 24.6 UN estimate
2026 257K 10.9M 23.5 UN projection
2050 269K 14.9M 18.1 UN projection
2075 254K 17.6M 14.5 UN projection
2100 229K 18.6M 12.3 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Papua New Guinea among estimates through 2023 were in 2022, at about 257K. That is roughly 11 times the estimated ~22.6K births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.99 children per woman, fertility in Papua New Guinea is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Papua New Guinea each year?

An estimated 257 thousand babies are born in Papua New Guinea in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 705 a day and 0.19% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea has an estimated 23.5 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.99 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.