Papua New Guinea - Birth Rate 1981
37.9
−0.3 from 1980
Papua New Guinea's birth rate was 37.9 in 1981, decreased +0.3 from 38.1 in 1980. This was the 137th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1981▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Denmark | 10.4 | -7.1% |
| 2nd | San Marino | 10.8 | -6.2% |
| 3rd | Germany | 11.0 | -0.9% |
| 4th | Italy | 11.0 | -2.7% |
| 5th | Channel Islands | 11.3 | -1.7% |
| 6th | Sweden | 11.3 | -3.4% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 11.6 | -0.9% |
| 8th | Luxembourg | 12.1 | 6.1% |
| 9th | Isle of Man | 12.1 | 0.6% |
| 10th | Austria | 12.4 | 3.3% |
| 11th | Norway | 12.4 | -0.8% |
| 12th | Netherlands | 12.5 | -2.3% |
| 13th | Belgium | 12.6 | 0.0% |
| 14th | United Kingdom | 13.0 | -3.0% |
| 15th | Japan | 13.0 | -4.4% |
| 16th | Finland | 13.2 | 0.0% |
| 17th | Hungary | 13.3 | -4.3% |
| 18th | European Union | 13.6 | -2.7% |
| 19th | Bermuda | 13.9 | -4.9% |
| 20th | Cuba | 13.9 | 0.1% |
| 21st | Bulgaria | 14.0 | -3.4% |
| 22nd | Czechia | 14.0 | -6.0% |
| 23rd | Spain | 14.1 | -7.2% |
| 24th | France | 14.1 | 0.7% |
| 25th | Latvia | 14.2 | 0.7% |
| 26th | Liechtenstein | 14.4 | -6.5% |
| 27th | Serbia | 14.4 | -1.4% |
| 28th | Greece | 14.5 | -5.8% |
| 29th | Monaco | 14.6 | -0.5% |
| 30th | Croatia | 14.6 | -1.4% |
| 31st | Ukraine | 14.8 | -1.4% |
| 32nd | Lithuania | 15.2 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Canada | 15.3 | -0.6% |
| 34th | Slovenia | 15.3 | -2.5% |
| 35th | Andorra | 15.4 | -0.1% |
| 36th | Estonia | 15.4 | 2.7% |
| 37th | Portugal | 15.4 | -4.9% |
| 38th | Australia | 15.7 | 2.6% |
| 39th | United States | 15.8 | -0.6% |
| 40th | Russian Federation | 16.0 | 0.6% |
| 41st | New Zealand | 16.1 | 0.1% |
| 42nd | Belarus | 16.3 | -0.2% |
| 43rd | Barbados | 16.6 | 5.5% |
| 44th | Malta | 16.6 | -6.2% |
| 45th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 16.8 | -1.2% |
| 46th | Macao SAR, China | 17.0 | 24.4% |
| 47th | Romania | 17.0 | -5.6% |
| 48th | Faroe Islands | 17.2 | 0.6% |
| 49th | Aruba | 17.4 | -7.6% |
| 50th | Singapore | 17.6 | 0.0% |
| 51st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.9 | 2.9% |
| 52nd | Montenegro | 18.2 | -0.9% |
| 53rd | Uruguay | 18.2 | -1.9% |
| 54th | Cyprus | 18.6 | -6.3% |
| 55th | Slovak Republic | 18.6 | -2.6% |
| 56th | Iceland | 18.8 | -5.1% |
| 57th | Poland | 19.0 | -3.1% |
| 58th | Georgia | 19.7 | 0.8% |
| 59th | Gibraltar | 19.7 | 0.1% |
| 60th | North Macedonia | 20.1 | -3.3% |
| 61st | British Virgin Islands | 20.3 | -20.4% |
| 62nd | Curaçao | 20.5 | 0.6% |
| 63rd | Greenland | 20.7 | 0.5% |
| 64th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 20.8 | 3.6% |
| 65th | Ireland | 20.9 | -3.7% |
| 66th | China | 20.9 | 14.8% |
| 67th | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.0 | -4.3% |
| 68th | Moldova | 21.7 | 1.1% |
| 69th | Cayman Islands | 21.7 | 1.7% |
| 70th | Puerto Rico (US) | 22.0 | -3.5% |
| 71st | Bahamas, The | 22.1 | -1.2% |
| 72nd | Palau | 22.3 | -2.4% |
| 73rd | Korea | 22.4 | -0.9% |
| 74th | Chile | 23.0 | -1.2% |
| 75th | Dominica | 23.3 | 5.4% |
| 76th | Israel | 23.6 | -2.9% |
| 77th | Argentina | 24.3 | -1.9% |
| 78th | Grenada | 24.8 | -7.7% |
| 79th | Virgin Islands (US) | 25.3 | -2.1% |
| 80th | Mauritius | 25.5 | -6.3% |
| 81st | Thailand | 25.5 | -2.8% |
| 82nd | Northern Mariana Islands | 25.9 | -7.1% |
| 83rd | Armenia | 26.0 | 2.1% |
| 84th | Guam | 26.1 | -2.8% |
| 85th | Azerbaijan | 26.3 | -5.0% |
| 86th | Albania | 26.5 | -1.0% |
| 87th | Kazakhstan | 26.6 | -0.1% |
| 88th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 26.8 | -3.4% |
| 89th | New Caledonia | 27.2 | -1.2% |
| 90th | Qatar | 27.8 | -2.2% |
| 91st | Bahrain | 27.9 | -1.8% |
| 92nd | Seychelles | 28.1 | -2.8% |
| 93rd | Sri Lanka | 28.1 | -1.6% |
| 94th | Jamaica | 28.3 | 0.1% |
| 95th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 28.4 | 2.8% |
| 96th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 28.7 | 2.0% |
| 97th | United Arab Emirates | 28.8 | 1.0% |
| 98th | Trinidad and Tobago | 29.3 | 0.7% |
| 99th | Brunei Darussalam | 29.7 | -1.8% |
| 100th | Panama | 30.2 | -0.7% |
| 101st | Suriname | 30.3 | 3.8% |
| 102nd | Costa Rica | 30.4 | 0.2% |
| 103rd | French Polynesia | 30.5 | 1.4% |
| 104th | Kyrgyz Republic | 30.7 | 3.7% |
| 105th | Malaysia | 30.8 | 0.2% |
| 106th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 30.8 | 1.1% |
| 107th | Colombia | 30.8 | -0.8% |
| 108th | St. Martin (French part) | 31.1 | -4.7% |
| 109th | Nauru | 31.2 | 5.0% |
| 110th | Lebanon | 31.5 | 0.1% |
| 111th | Guyana | 31.6 | 0.5% |
| 112th | Brazil | 32.0 | -1.2% |
| 113th | Myanmar | 32.9 | -1.2% |
| 114th | Indonesia | 33.0 | -2.0% |
| 115th | Türkiye | 33.1 | -1.7% |
| 116th | American Samoa | 33.2 | -0.9% |
| 117th | Viet Nam | 33.4 | -0.2% |
| 118th | Kuwait | 33.6 | -3.2% |
| 119th | St. Lucia | 33.6 | -1.6% |
| 120th | Kosovo | 33.7 | -1.8% |
| 121st | Fiji | 33.9 | 0.1% |
| 122nd | Tunisia | 33.9 | -0.2% |
| 123rd | Mexico | 34.3 | -1.9% |
| 124th | Dominican Republic | 34.4 | -2.0% |
| 125th | South Africa | 34.6 | -0.2% |
| 126th | Ecuador | 34.7 | -1.5% |
| 127th | Uzbekistan | 34.7 | -0.2% |
| 128th | Samoa | 35.0 | -0.2% |
| 129th | Tuvalu | 35.0 | 3.8% |
| 130th | Peru | 35.9 | -1.6% |
| 131st | Tonga | 36.0 | -0.2% |
| 132nd | Turkmenistan | 36.5 | 0.3% |
| 133rd | India | 36.8 | -0.8% |
| 134th | Philippines | 36.9 | -0.8% |
| 135th | Paraguay | 36.9 | 1.9% |
| 136th | Kiribati | 37.4 | 1.5% |
| 137th | Papua New Guinea | 37.9 | -0.7% |
| 138th | Mongolia | 38.4 | -0.1% |
| 139th | Gabon | 39.0 | 1.0% |
| 140th | Morocco | 39.0 | -0.7% |
| 141st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 39.3 | -1.0% |
| 142nd | Haiti | 39.3 | -0.5% |
| 143rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 39.4 | -1.8% |
| 144th | El Salvador | 39.6 | -0.6% |
| 145th | Namibia | 39.8 | -1.9% |
| 146th | Lesotho | 39.9 | -1.1% |
| 147th | Iraq | 40.2 | -0.7% |
| 148th | Nepal | 40.3 | -0.4% |
| 149th | Tajikistan | 40.7 | -0.2% |
| 150th | Vanuatu | 40.8 | 1.3% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 41.4 | -1.5% |
| 152nd | Congo, Republic of | 41.4 | -0.8% |
| 153rd | São Tomé and Principe | 41.5 | -0.2% |
| 154th | Solomon Islands | 41.7 | -0.6% |
| 155th | Djibouti | 41.8 | -0.5% |
| 156th | Belize | 41.9 | -0.8% |
| 157th | Algeria | 42.2 | -1.8% |
| 158th | Equatorial Guinea | 42.6 | -0.4% |
| 159th | Libya | 42.6 | -4.0% |
| 160th | Cabo Verde | 42.7 | 0.0% |
| 161st | Syrian Arab Republic | 43.0 | -1.8% |
| 162nd | Jordan | 43.1 | -1.8% |
| 163rd | Lao PDR | 43.3 | -0.1% |
| 164th | Guatemala | 43.4 | -0.5% |
| 165th | Nicaragua | 43.4 | -1.5% |
| 166th | Botswana | 43.4 | -2.7% |
| 167th | Honduras | 43.7 | -1.4% |
| 168th | Ghana | 43.9 | -0.4% |
| 169th | Bhutan | 44.0 | -1.2% |
| 170th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 44.2 | -2.0% |
| 171st | Mauritania | 44.4 | -0.3% |
| 172nd | Pakistan | 44.4 | 1.7% |
| 173rd | Bangladesh | 44.6 | -1.3% |
| 174th | Eritrea | 44.8 | -0.1% |
| 175th | Sudan | 45.6 | 0.8% |
| 176th | Togo | 45.6 | -1.0% |
| 177th | Cameroon | 45.7 | 0.8% |
| 178th | Guinea | 45.7 | -0.1% |
| 179th | Central African Republic | 45.8 | 1.5% |
| 180th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 46.1 | -0.1% |
| 181st | Madagascar | 46.2 | -1.3% |
| 182nd | Timor-Leste | 46.3 | 6.8% |
| 183rd | Zimbabwe | 46.3 | 3.3% |
| 184th | Maldives | 46.5 | -0.1% |
| 185th | Chad | 46.6 | -5.9% |
| 186th | Saudi Arabia | 46.6 | -0.9% |
| 187th | Sierra Leone | 46.8 | -0.1% |
| 188th | Comoros | 46.9 | 0.2% |
| 189th | Zambia | 47.3 | -0.4% |
| 190th | Nigeria | 47.9 | -0.9% |
| 191st | Tanzania | 47.9 | -0.9% |
| 192nd | Senegal | 47.9 | -0.8% |
| 193rd | Kenya | 48.2 | -0.1% |
| 194th | Cambodia | 48.2 | 2.2% |
| 195th | Benin | 48.2 | 0.6% |
| 196th | Liberia | 48.4 | -0.5% |
| 197th | Gambia, The | 48.5 | 0.5% |
| 198th | Guinea-Bissau | 48.8 | 0.3% |
| 199th | Uganda | 48.8 | 0.2% |
| 200th | Côte d'Ivoire | 49.0 | -0.5% |
| 201st | Burkina Faso | 49.4 | -0.1% |
| 202nd | Angola | 49.4 | 0.5% |
| 203rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 49.5 | 4.2% |
| 204th | Eswatini | 49.5 | -0.7% |
| 205th | Mali | 50.4 | -0.3% |
| 206th | Marshall Islands | 50.5 | -1.2% |
| 207th | Burundi | 51.2 | 5.9% |
| 208th | Oman | 51.6 | 0.0% |
| 209th | South Sudan | 51.7 | -0.6% |
| 210th | Mozambique | 51.9 | -2.1% |
| 211th | Malawi | 52.4 | -0.6% |
| 212th | Rwanda | 52.7 | 0.0% |
| 213th | Yemen, Republic of | 54.6 | -0.4% |
| 214th | Afghanistan | 55.2 | 3.2% |
| 215th | Niger | 56.6 | 0.1% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's birth rate in 1981?▾
Papua New Guinea's birth rate in 1981 was 37.9. This ranked 137th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's birth rate change in 1981?▾
Papua New Guinea's birth rate decreased by 0.7% in 1981 compared to 1980.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 1981?▾
Niger had the highest birth rate in 1981 at 56.6.
What is the birth rate of Papua New Guinea in 1981?▾
The birth rate of Papua New Guinea in 1981 was 37.9. This ranked 137th globally.
How does 1981 compare to 1980 for Papua New Guinea's birth rate?▾
Papua New Guinea's birth rate went from 38.1 in 1980 to 37.9 in 1981, a 0.7% decrease.
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