Papua New Guinea - Birth Rate 1961
44.9
−0.2 from 1960
Papua New Guinea's birth rate was 44.9 in 1961, decreased +0.2 from 45.1 in 1960. This was the 135th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1961▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Isle of Man | 13.7 | -3.4% |
| 2nd | Czechia | 13.7 | 2.2% |
| 3rd | Sweden | 13.9 | 1.5% |
| 4th | Hungary | 14.0 | -4.8% |
| 5th | Channel Islands | 15.7 | 1.9% |
| 6th | Luxembourg | 16.1 | 0.6% |
| 7th | Estonia | 16.5 | -1.2% |
| 8th | Denmark | 16.6 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Monaco | 16.6 | -0.6% |
| 10th | Latvia | 16.7 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Japan | 16.9 | -1.7% |
| 12th | Belgium | 17.3 | 3.0% |
| 13th | Norway | 17.3 | 0.0% |
| 14th | Bulgaria | 17.4 | -2.2% |
| 15th | Romania | 17.5 | -8.4% |
| 16th | Croatia | 17.8 | -3.3% |
| 17th | Germany | 17.9 | 3.5% |
| 18th | United Kingdom | 17.9 | 2.3% |
| 19th | Greece | 17.9 | -5.3% |
| 20th | Serbia | 18.0 | -2.8% |
| 21st | China | 18.0 | -13.6% |
| 22nd | Slovenia | 18.2 | 3.4% |
| 23rd | Switzerland | 18.3 | 3.4% |
| 24th | Finland | 18.4 | -0.5% |
| 25th | Italy | 18.4 | 1.7% |
| 26th | Austria | 18.6 | 3.9% |
| 27th | European Union | 18.6 | -0.6% |
| 28th | France | 18.7 | 0.0% |
| 29th | San Marino | 19.4 | 10.9% |
| 30th | Andorra | 19.6 | 0.9% |
| 31st | Ukraine | 19.7 | -5.2% |
| 32nd | Slovak Republic | 20.8 | -4.1% |
| 33rd | Poland | 20.9 | -7.5% |
| 34th | Spain | 21.2 | -2.3% |
| 35th | Ireland | 21.2 | -1.4% |
| 36th | Liechtenstein | 21.3 | -7.8% |
| 37th | Netherlands | 21.3 | 2.4% |
| 38th | Uruguay | 21.8 | 0.1% |
| 39th | Lithuania | 22.2 | -1.3% |
| 40th | Faroe Islands | 22.4 | -3.0% |
| 41st | Russian Federation | 22.5 | -6.0% |
| 42nd | Gibraltar | 22.9 | 2.3% |
| 43rd | Australia | 22.9 | 2.2% |
| 44th | United States | 23.3 | -1.7% |
| 45th | Malta | 23.6 | -9.9% |
| 46th | Belarus | 23.8 | -2.3% |
| 47th | Argentina | 23.9 | -1.2% |
| 48th | Portugal | 24.4 | 1.2% |
| 49th | Israel | 25.1 | -6.7% |
| 50th | Bermuda | 25.5 | -2.8% |
| 51st | Iceland | 25.5 | -8.9% |
| 52nd | Nauru | 25.6 | -4.9% |
| 53rd | Canada | 26.0 | -2.6% |
| 54th | Cyprus | 26.3 | 6.5% |
| 55th | Georgia | 26.3 | -1.3% |
| 56th | New Zealand | 27.0 | 2.0% |
| 57th | Moldova | 27.7 | -3.9% |
| 58th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 27.9 | -1.0% |
| 59th | Montenegro | 28.2 | -1.4% |
| 60th | North Macedonia | 29.2 | -5.7% |
| 61st | Macao SAR, China | 29.6 | -11.1% |
| 62nd | Barbados | 31.0 | -11.4% |
| 63rd | Aruba | 31.2 | -2.6% |
| 64th | Puerto Rico (US) | 31.4 | -3.1% |
| 65th | Gabon | 32.3 | 1.2% |
| 66th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 32.3 | -7.3% |
| 67th | British Virgin Islands | 33.1 | -0.2% |
| 68th | Cuba | 33.7 | 2.7% |
| 69th | Curaçao | 34.0 | -2.1% |
| 70th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 34.0 | -1.7% |
| 71st | Northern Mariana Islands | 34.3 | -0.9% |
| 72nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 34.6 | -1.1% |
| 73rd | Guam | 34.7 | -1.8% |
| 74th | Chile | 34.8 | -1.5% |
| 75th | Antigua and Barbuda | 35.0 | 0.0% |
| 76th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 35.0 | -3.5% |
| 77th | Singapore | 35.2 | -6.1% |
| 78th | Sri Lanka | 35.6 | -2.1% |
| 79th | Viet Nam | 35.6 | -14.3% |
| 80th | Cayman Islands | 35.7 | -0.1% |
| 81st | Kazakhstan | 36.0 | -2.2% |
| 82nd | Seychelles | 36.9 | 1.2% |
| 83rd | New Caledonia | 37.3 | 0.5% |
| 84th | Bahamas, The | 37.7 | 0.6% |
| 85th | Trinidad and Tobago | 37.8 | 0.0% |
| 86th | Tuvalu | 38.8 | -4.8% |
| 87th | Lebanon | 39.1 | -1.0% |
| 88th | St. Martin (French part) | 39.3 | -1.1% |
| 89th | Mauritius | 39.7 | 0.7% |
| 90th | South Africa | 39.7 | -0.2% |
| 91st | United Arab Emirates | 39.8 | -0.3% |
| 92nd | Armenia | 39.9 | -3.1% |
| 93rd | Jamaica | 40.0 | -1.2% |
| 94th | Iraq | 40.0 | 9.1% |
| 95th | Equatorial Guinea | 40.3 | -0.3% |
| 96th | Albania | 40.3 | -1.8% |
| 97th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 40.6 | -3.1% |
| 98th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 40.7 | -4.4% |
| 99th | Korea | 40.9 | -2.9% |
| 100th | American Samoa | 41.1 | -1.0% |
| 101st | Kyrgyz Republic | 41.2 | -0.9% |
| 102nd | Panama | 41.3 | 0.5% |
| 103rd | Myanmar | 41.4 | -1.2% |
| 104th | Dominica | 41.8 | -1.0% |
| 105th | Malaysia | 42.2 | -1.6% |
| 106th | Namibia | 42.2 | 0.3% |
| 107th | French Polynesia | 42.2 | -0.5% |
| 108th | Paraguay | 42.3 | -0.3% |
| 109th | Guyana | 42.4 | -0.8% |
| 110th | India | 42.7 | -0.5% |
| 111th | Kosovo | 42.9 | -0.2% |
| 112th | Fiji | 43.0 | -1.5% |
| 113th | Haiti | 43.2 | -0.4% |
| 114th | Brazil | 43.3 | -1.3% |
| 115th | Congo, Republic of | 43.3 | -0.4% |
| 116th | Central African Republic | 43.4 | -0.3% |
| 117th | Ecuador | 43.5 | -0.4% |
| 118th | Thailand | 43.6 | -0.5% |
| 119th | Kiribati | 43.6 | 0.2% |
| 120th | Cambodia | 43.7 | -0.4% |
| 121st | Belize | 43.7 | -1.9% |
| 122nd | Tonga | 43.9 | -1.0% |
| 123rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 43.9 | -0.1% |
| 124th | Cameroon | 43.9 | 0.3% |
| 125th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 44.0 | -0.6% |
| 126th | Vanuatu | 44.2 | -0.4% |
| 127th | Mongolia | 44.2 | 0.1% |
| 128th | Indonesia | 44.3 | -0.3% |
| 129th | Lesotho | 44.3 | -0.5% |
| 130th | Suriname | 44.4 | -1.2% |
| 131st | São Tomé and Principe | 44.6 | 0.2% |
| 132nd | Lao PDR | 44.8 | -0.2% |
| 133rd | Costa Rica | 44.8 | -1.4% |
| 134th | Nepal | 44.8 | 0.0% |
| 135th | Papua New Guinea | 44.9 | -0.5% |
| 136th | Qatar | 44.9 | -0.8% |
| 137th | Brunei Darussalam | 45.0 | -4.8% |
| 138th | Türkiye | 45.2 | 0.4% |
| 139th | Guinea-Bissau | 45.2 | -0.3% |
| 140th | Timor-Leste | 45.3 | 0.2% |
| 141st | Palau | 45.3 | -2.2% |
| 142nd | Kuwait | 45.3 | -1.3% |
| 143rd | Colombia | 45.5 | -0.9% |
| 144th | Guinea | 45.6 | 0.0% |
| 145th | St. Lucia | 45.7 | -2.9% |
| 146th | Chad | 45.8 | -0.2% |
| 147th | Burundi | 46.4 | -1.0% |
| 148th | Burkina Faso | 46.4 | 0.5% |
| 149th | Marshall Islands | 46.5 | -0.8% |
| 150th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 46.5 | -0.5% |
| 151st | Nigeria | 46.6 | 0.2% |
| 152nd | Botswana | 46.6 | -1.2% |
| 153rd | Mauritania | 46.6 | 0.8% |
| 154th | Peru | 46.6 | -0.7% |
| 155th | Pakistan | 46.6 | -0.1% |
| 156th | Solomon Islands | 46.7 | -0.2% |
| 157th | Philippines | 46.7 | -1.0% |
| 158th | Benin | 46.7 | 2.1% |
| 159th | Mexico | 46.8 | -0.2% |
| 160th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 46.8 | -1.5% |
| 161st | Djibouti | 46.9 | 0.1% |
| 162nd | El Salvador | 47.0 | -0.1% |
| 163rd | Madagascar | 47.1 | -1.2% |
| 164th | Cabo Verde | 47.2 | -1.6% |
| 165th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 47.2 | 0.3% |
| 166th | Zimbabwe | 47.3 | -0.4% |
| 167th | Syrian Arab Republic | 47.3 | -0.2% |
| 168th | Eswatini | 47.4 | -0.1% |
| 169th | Turkmenistan | 47.5 | 0.1% |
| 170th | Azerbaijan | 47.6 | -0.4% |
| 171st | Sudan | 47.6 | -0.2% |
| 172nd | Tajikistan | 47.7 | 0.0% |
| 173rd | Tunisia | 47.7 | -0.1% |
| 174th | Eritrea | 47.8 | 0.1% |
| 175th | Uzbekistan | 48.0 | 0.1% |
| 176th | Guatemala | 48.0 | -1.1% |
| 177th | Togo | 48.0 | 0.2% |
| 178th | Grenada | 48.1 | -1.3% |
| 179th | Sierra Leone | 48.1 | 0.3% |
| 180th | Uganda | 48.2 | -0.8% |
| 181st | Mozambique | 48.4 | 0.3% |
| 182nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 48.5 | -1.7% |
| 183rd | Liberia | 48.7 | 0.7% |
| 184th | Bhutan | 48.7 | -0.1% |
| 185th | Greenland | 48.8 | 0.0% |
| 186th | Zambia | 48.9 | -0.1% |
| 187th | Honduras | 49.0 | -0.9% |
| 188th | Algeria | 49.1 | 0.2% |
| 189th | Bangladesh | 49.1 | 0.3% |
| 190th | Tanzania | 49.1 | 0.3% |
| 191st | Bahrain | 49.2 | -0.7% |
| 192nd | Nicaragua | 49.3 | -1.4% |
| 193rd | Comoros | 49.4 | 0.0% |
| 194th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 49.8 | -2.3% |
| 195th | Ghana | 50.0 | -0.8% |
| 196th | Gambia, The | 50.3 | -0.3% |
| 197th | Senegal | 50.3 | -0.1% |
| 198th | Samoa | 50.5 | -1.0% |
| 199th | Afghanistan | 50.6 | 0.1% |
| 200th | Morocco | 50.6 | -0.4% |
| 201st | Jordan | 50.7 | 1.1% |
| 202nd | Mali | 50.8 | 0.0% |
| 203rd | Libya | 51.2 | -0.2% |
| 204th | Dominican Republic | 51.2 | -1.7% |
| 205th | Saudi Arabia | 51.4 | -0.3% |
| 206th | Maldives | 51.7 | 1.0% |
| 207th | Rwanda | 52.0 | -1.8% |
| 208th | Angola | 52.0 | 0.8% |
| 209th | South Sudan | 52.3 | 0.5% |
| 210th | Oman | 52.7 | -0.1% |
| 211th | Malawi | 54.0 | 0.4% |
| 212th | Côte d'Ivoire | 54.6 | -0.1% |
| 213th | Kenya | 55.4 | 0.4% |
| 214th | Yemen, Republic of | 56.2 | 0.3% |
| 215th | Niger | 57.4 | -0.4% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's birth rate in 1961?▾
Papua New Guinea's birth rate in 1961 was 44.9. This ranked 135th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's birth rate change in 1961?▾
Papua New Guinea's birth rate decreased by 0.5% in 1961 compared to 1960.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 1961?▾
Niger had the highest birth rate in 1961 at 57.4.
What is the birth rate of Papua New Guinea in 1961?▾
The birth rate of Papua New Guinea in 1961 was 44.9. This ranked 135th globally.
How does 1961 compare to 1960 for Papua New Guinea's birth rate?▾
Papua New Guinea's birth rate went from 45.1 in 1960 to 44.9 in 1961, a 0.5% decrease.
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