Papua New Guinea - Fertility Rate 1996
4.73
−0.05 from 1995
Papua New Guinea's fertility rate was 4.73 in 1996, decreased +0.05 from 4.78 in 1995. This was the 161st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1996▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Spain | 1.14 | -1.7% |
| 2nd | Latvia | 1.16 | -7.2% |
| 3rd | Czechia | 1.18 | -7.8% |
| 4th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.19 | -8.0% |
| 5th | Italy | 1.20 | 0.8% |
| 6th | San Marino | 1.21 | 3.9% |
| 7th | Bulgaria | 1.23 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Greece | 1.26 | -1.6% |
| 9th | Russian Federation | 1.27 | -5.0% |
| 10th | Slovenia | 1.28 | -0.8% |
| 11th | Macao SAR, China | 1.29 | -5.8% |
| 12th | Germany | 1.30 | 4.0% |
| 13th | Romania | 1.30 | -2.3% |
| 14th | Andorra | 1.33 | 0.8% |
| 15th | Ukraine | 1.33 | -4.7% |
| 16th | Belarus | 1.34 | -5.0% |
| 17th | Estonia | 1.37 | -0.7% |
| 18th | European Union | 1.41 | -0.1% |
| 19th | Japan | 1.43 | 0.7% |
| 20th | Serbia | 1.44 | -2.2% |
| 21st | Portugal | 1.44 | 2.1% |
| 22nd | Austria | 1.45 | 2.1% |
| 23rd | Cuba | 1.46 | -1.6% |
| 24th | Hungary | 1.46 | -7.0% |
| 25th | Slovak Republic | 1.47 | -3.3% |
| 26th | Channel Islands | 1.49 | 2.8% |
| 27th | Lithuania | 1.49 | -3.9% |
| 28th | Switzerland | 1.50 | 1.4% |
| 29th | Liechtenstein | 1.52 | 5.6% |
| 30th | Netherlands | 1.53 | 0.0% |
| 31st | China | 1.55 | -2.1% |
| 32nd | Korea | 1.57 | -3.7% |
| 33rd | Belgium | 1.59 | 1.9% |
| 34th | Poland | 1.59 | -1.9% |
| 35th | Sweden | 1.60 | -7.5% |
| 36th | Canada | 1.63 | -2.4% |
| 37th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.65 | -1.0% |
| 38th | Singapore | 1.66 | -0.6% |
| 39th | Croatia | 1.67 | 5.7% |
| 40th | Barbados | 1.67 | -1.8% |
| 41st | Cayman Islands | 1.69 | 1.0% |
| 42nd | Bermuda | 1.70 | 1.3% |
| 43rd | Moldova | 1.71 | -6.4% |
| 44th | United Kingdom | 1.73 | 1.2% |
| 45th | Denmark | 1.75 | -2.8% |
| 46th | France | 1.75 | 0.6% |
| 47th | Georgia | 1.76 | -2.7% |
| 48th | Luxembourg | 1.77 | 4.1% |
| 49th | Finland | 1.78 | -1.7% |
| 50th | Australia | 1.80 | -1.4% |
| 51st | Monaco | 1.82 | 2.3% |
| 52nd | Thailand | 1.87 | -1.2% |
| 53rd | Ireland | 1.88 | 2.2% |
| 54th | Norway | 1.89 | 1.1% |
| 55th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.89 | -3.7% |
| 56th | British Virgin Islands | 1.89 | 6.6% |
| 57th | Montenegro | 1.92 | -1.8% |
| 58th | Isle of Man | 1.93 | 0.4% |
| 59th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.94 | -13.7% |
| 60th | Cyprus | 1.95 | -3.9% |
| 61st | New Zealand | 1.96 | -1.0% |
| 62nd | United States | 1.98 | -0.1% |
| 63rd | Malta | 1.99 | 12.4% |
| 64th | North Macedonia | 2.06 | -3.3% |
| 65th | Armenia | 2.06 | -0.3% |
| 66th | Azerbaijan | 2.06 | -10.0% |
| 67th | Kazakhstan | 2.08 | -7.5% |
| 68th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.09 | -2.5% |
| 69th | Iceland | 2.12 | 1.9% |
| 70th | Mauritius | 2.12 | -0.9% |
| 71st | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.18 | 1.9% |
| 72nd | Aruba | 2.23 | -2.4% |
| 73rd | Gibraltar | 2.25 | -3.6% |
| 74th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.26 | -1.9% |
| 75th | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.27 | 5.0% |
| 76th | Chile | 2.28 | -2.9% |
| 77th | Sri Lanka | 2.29 | -2.9% |
| 78th | Seychelles | 2.31 | -2.1% |
| 79th | Bahamas, The | 2.35 | -2.7% |
| 80th | Uruguay | 2.36 | -1.5% |
| 81st | Palau | 2.39 | -6.4% |
| 82nd | Curaçao | 2.40 | -0.7% |
| 83rd | Viet Nam | 2.47 | -8.6% |
| 84th | Tunisia | 2.49 | -6.8% |
| 85th | Greenland | 2.49 | -0.8% |
| 86th | Mongolia | 2.50 | -9.7% |
| 87th | Brazil | 2.51 | -2.2% |
| 88th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.53 | -3.2% |
| 89th | Kosovo | 2.54 | 0.5% |
| 90th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.54 | -10.9% |
| 91st | Dominica | 2.55 | -6.0% |
| 92nd | Faroe Islands | 2.59 | 5.3% |
| 93rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.59 | -15.9% |
| 94th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.65 | -1.9% |
| 95th | New Caledonia | 2.65 | 0.1% |
| 96th | Albania | 2.67 | -3.5% |
| 97th | Brunei Darussalam | 2.68 | -3.8% |
| 98th | Costa Rica | 2.68 | -3.5% |
| 99th | Lebanon | 2.70 | -1.0% |
| 100th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.71 | 0.8% |
| 101st | St. Lucia | 2.71 | -10.4% |
| 102nd | French Polynesia | 2.72 | -2.3% |
| 103rd | Colombia | 2.77 | -2.9% |
| 104th | Jamaica | 2.77 | -2.8% |
| 105th | Türkiye | 2.78 | -2.0% |
| 106th | Argentina | 2.78 | -2.9% |
| 107th | Indonesia | 2.78 | -1.0% |
| 108th | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.80 | -9.7% |
| 109th | Panama | 2.83 | -0.8% |
| 110th | Grenada | 2.85 | 0.9% |
| 111th | Israel | 2.90 | 0.0% |
| 112th | Suriname | 2.92 | 0.8% |
| 113th | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.94 | -9.1% |
| 114th | Mexico | 2.96 | -2.6% |
| 115th | Bahrain | 2.99 | -4.5% |
| 116th | South Africa | 2.99 | -5.7% |
| 117th | Guam | 3.03 | -0.2% |
| 118th | Dominican Republic | 3.04 | -2.0% |
| 119th | Myanmar | 3.06 | -2.2% |
| 120th | United Arab Emirates | 3.06 | -6.7% |
| 121st | Algeria | 3.14 | -10.0% |
| 122nd | Peru | 3.20 | -3.4% |
| 123rd | Kuwait | 3.22 | -0.8% |
| 124th | Morocco | 3.23 | -2.0% |
| 125th | Guyana | 3.23 | -0.2% |
| 126th | Fiji | 3.25 | -0.1% |
| 127th | Libya | 3.26 | -5.4% |
| 128th | Turkmenistan | 3.29 | -5.7% |
| 129th | Malaysia | 3.30 | -0.6% |
| 130th | Ecuador | 3.35 | -0.9% |
| 131st | Uzbekistan | 3.39 | -4.9% |
| 132nd | Qatar | 3.44 | -3.2% |
| 133rd | El Salvador | 3.48 | -2.4% |
| 134th | Bangladesh | 3.51 | -2.3% |
| 135th | Botswana | 3.57 | -5.8% |
| 136th | India | 3.58 | -1.9% |
| 137th | Nicaragua | 3.62 | -4.1% |
| 138th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 3.70 | -1.7% |
| 139th | Belize | 3.76 | -3.1% |
| 140th | Nauru | 3.78 | -0.9% |
| 141st | Maldives | 3.86 | -10.1% |
| 142nd | Tajikistan | 3.94 | -15.5% |
| 143rd | American Samoa | 3.94 | -4.3% |
| 144th | Tuvalu | 3.95 | -0.3% |
| 145th | Philippines | 4.00 | -1.5% |
| 146th | Paraguay | 4.01 | -2.3% |
| 147th | Lesotho | 4.06 | -1.6% |
| 148th | Zimbabwe | 4.11 | -1.0% |
| 149th | Namibia | 4.20 | -4.9% |
| 150th | Cabo Verde | 4.26 | -5.3% |
| 151st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.34 | -1.7% |
| 152nd | Bhutan | 4.37 | -5.5% |
| 153rd | Eswatini | 4.38 | -3.2% |
| 154th | Kiribati | 4.43 | 0.1% |
| 155th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 4.43 | -1.5% |
| 156th | Tonga | 4.46 | -2.4% |
| 157th | Jordan | 4.51 | -3.6% |
| 158th | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.54 | -3.4% |
| 159th | Nepal | 4.67 | -4.1% |
| 160th | Honduras | 4.71 | -2.5% |
| 161st | Papua New Guinea | 4.73 | -1.1% |
| 162nd | Samoa | 4.74 | -0.6% |
| 163rd | Gabon | 4.74 | -2.9% |
| 164th | Vanuatu | 4.75 | -2.0% |
| 165th | Haiti | 4.78 | -2.2% |
| 166th | Oman | 4.79 | -5.5% |
| 167th | Saudi Arabia | 4.81 | -3.5% |
| 168th | Cambodia | 4.87 | -4.1% |
| 169th | Ghana | 4.96 | -2.9% |
| 170th | Guatemala | 5.01 | -1.9% |
| 171st | Marshall Islands | 5.02 | -1.4% |
| 172nd | Congo, Republic of | 5.03 | -0.7% |
| 173rd | Lao PDR | 5.15 | -3.9% |
| 174th | Djibouti | 5.15 | -3.4% |
| 175th | Solomon Islands | 5.22 | -2.1% |
| 176th | Iraq | 5.25 | -2.1% |
| 177th | Kenya | 5.31 | -1.2% |
| 178th | Togo | 5.46 | -1.9% |
| 179th | São Tomé and Principe | 5.47 | -1.4% |
| 180th | Comoros | 5.63 | -1.8% |
| 181st | Senegal | 5.72 | -1.6% |
| 182nd | Pakistan | 5.77 | -2.1% |
| 183rd | Sudan | 5.79 | -1.1% |
| 184th | Cameroon | 5.80 | -2.1% |
| 185th | Tanzania | 5.83 | 0.1% |
| 186th | Eritrea | 5.84 | -1.7% |
| 187th | Mauritania | 5.86 | -1.7% |
| 188th | Gambia, The | 5.93 | -1.2% |
| 189th | Timor-Leste | 5.94 | 0.1% |
| 190th | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.95 | -1.4% |
| 191st | Equatorial Guinea | 5.96 | -0.2% |
| 192nd | Central African Republic | 5.96 | 0.3% |
| 193rd | Mozambique | 5.97 | -0.8% |
| 194th | West Bank and Gaza | 5.99 | -2.8% |
| 195th | Madagascar | 6.03 | -0.1% |
| 196th | Liberia | 6.13 | -0.7% |
| 197th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.14 | -1.3% |
| 198th | Zambia | 6.18 | -0.8% |
| 199th | Guinea | 6.21 | -1.3% |
| 200th | Nigeria | 6.22 | -0.9% |
| 201st | Benin | 6.28 | -0.8% |
| 202nd | Malawi | 6.29 | -1.7% |
| 203rd | Rwanda | 6.29 | -0.9% |
| 204th | Sierra Leone | 6.55 | 0.0% |
| 205th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.67 | -0.1% |
| 206th | Burkina Faso | 6.78 | -0.5% |
| 207th | Uganda | 6.84 | -0.5% |
| 208th | Angola | 6.85 | -1.0% |
| 209th | Yemen, Republic of | 7.00 | -6.9% |
| 210th | Mali | 7.01 | -0.6% |
| 211th | Burundi | 7.12 | -0.8% |
| 212th | Chad | 7.29 | 0.0% |
| 213th | South Sudan | 7.32 | -0.2% |
| 214th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.62 | 0.5% |
| 215th | Afghanistan | 7.76 | -0.1% |
| 216th | Niger | 7.78 | 0.1% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's fertility rate in 1996?▾
Papua New Guinea's fertility rate in 1996 was 4.73. This ranked 161st globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's fertility rate change in 1996?▾
Papua New Guinea's fertility rate decreased by 1.1% in 1996 compared to 1995.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1996?▾
Niger had the highest fertility rate in 1996 at 7.78.
What is the fertility rate of Papua New Guinea in 1996?▾
The fertility rate of Papua New Guinea in 1996 was 4.73. This ranked 161st globally.
How does 1996 compare to 1995 for Papua New Guinea's fertility rate?▾
Papua New Guinea's fertility rate went from 4.78 in 1995 to 4.73 in 1996, a 1.1% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Papua New Guinea matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1996. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: -3.8%. View full analysis →
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