Papua New Guinea - Fertility Rate 1998
4.63
−0.05 from 1997
Papua New Guinea's fertility rate was 4.63 in 1998, decreased +0.05 from 4.68 in 1997. This was the 167th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1998▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.02 | -9.8% |
| 2nd | Latvia | 1.09 | -1.8% |
| 3rd | Bulgaria | 1.11 | 1.8% |
| 4th | Macao SAR, China | 1.11 | -7.6% |
| 5th | Spain | 1.13 | -1.7% |
| 6th | Czechia | 1.16 | -0.9% |
| 7th | Ukraine | 1.21 | -5.1% |
| 8th | Italy | 1.22 | 0.0% |
| 9th | Slovenia | 1.23 | -1.6% |
| 10th | Russian Federation | 1.23 | 1.1% |
| 11th | Greece | 1.24 | -2.4% |
| 12th | San Marino | 1.26 | 1.6% |
| 13th | Estonia | 1.28 | -3.0% |
| 14th | Belarus | 1.30 | 4.0% |
| 15th | Hungary | 1.32 | -3.6% |
| 16th | Romania | 1.32 | 0.0% |
| 17th | Germany | 1.36 | 0.7% |
| 18th | Austria | 1.37 | -1.4% |
| 19th | Serbia | 1.37 | -2.0% |
| 20th | Slovak Republic | 1.37 | -4.2% |
| 21st | Japan | 1.38 | -0.7% |
| 22nd | Andorra | 1.38 | 2.1% |
| 23rd | European Union | 1.41 | -0.7% |
| 24th | Poland | 1.44 | -4.6% |
| 25th | Croatia | 1.45 | -14.2% |
| 26th | Lithuania | 1.46 | -0.7% |
| 27th | Korea | 1.46 | -4.7% |
| 28th | Switzerland | 1.47 | -0.7% |
| 29th | Portugal | 1.47 | 0.0% |
| 30th | Singapore | 1.48 | -8.1% |
| 31st | Sweden | 1.50 | -1.3% |
| 32nd | Channel Islands | 1.51 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | China | 1.52 | -0.3% |
| 34th | British Virgin Islands | 1.52 | -24.2% |
| 35th | Canada | 1.56 | -0.6% |
| 36th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.56 | -7.4% |
| 37th | Liechtenstein | 1.59 | 1.1% |
| 38th | Belgium | 1.60 | 0.0% |
| 39th | Cuba | 1.62 | 1.7% |
| 40th | Barbados | 1.62 | -1.5% |
| 41st | Netherlands | 1.63 | 4.5% |
| 42nd | Moldova | 1.65 | -7.8% |
| 43rd | Luxembourg | 1.68 | -1.8% |
| 44th | Northern Mariana Islands | 1.69 | -24.9% |
| 45th | Finland | 1.70 | -2.9% |
| 46th | Cayman Islands | 1.70 | 0.1% |
| 47th | Georgia | 1.70 | -1.4% |
| 48th | United Kingdom | 1.71 | -0.6% |
| 49th | Denmark | 1.72 | -1.7% |
| 50th | Cyprus | 1.76 | -5.3% |
| 51st | Australia | 1.76 | -0.9% |
| 52nd | France | 1.78 | 0.6% |
| 53rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.78 | -2.6% |
| 54th | Bermuda | 1.79 | 6.0% |
| 55th | Armenia | 1.81 | -4.7% |
| 56th | Norway | 1.81 | -2.7% |
| 57th | Thailand | 1.82 | -1.6% |
| 58th | Malta | 1.84 | -4.7% |
| 59th | North Macedonia | 1.89 | -1.4% |
| 60th | New Zealand | 1.89 | -3.6% |
| 61st | Montenegro | 1.89 | 0.4% |
| 62nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.90 | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Isle of Man | 1.90 | -1.3% |
| 64th | Kazakhstan | 1.94 | -1.6% |
| 65th | Ireland | 1.94 | 0.5% |
| 66th | Monaco | 1.95 | 3.7% |
| 67th | Mauritius | 1.97 | -3.4% |
| 68th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.99 | -1.8% |
| 69th | United States | 2.00 | 1.4% |
| 70th | Azerbaijan | 2.00 | -3.4% |
| 71st | Aruba | 2.00 | -6.4% |
| 72nd | Palau | 2.01 | -8.3% |
| 73rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.02 | -7.9% |
| 74th | Seychelles | 2.04 | -2.9% |
| 75th | Iceland | 2.05 | 0.5% |
| 76th | Viet Nam | 2.10 | -7.7% |
| 77th | Sri Lanka | 2.14 | -3.6% |
| 78th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2.14 | -1.4% |
| 79th | Chile | 2.15 | -2.4% |
| 80th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.19 | -5.7% |
| 81st | Tunisia | 2.20 | -6.0% |
| 82nd | Gibraltar | 2.20 | -1.3% |
| 83rd | Bahamas, The | 2.23 | -2.7% |
| 84th | Uruguay | 2.27 | -2.4% |
| 85th | Mongolia | 2.30 | -4.2% |
| 86th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.31 | 0.4% |
| 87th | Curaçao | 2.32 | -2.2% |
| 88th | Dominica | 2.32 | -3.8% |
| 89th | Faroe Islands | 2.34 | -7.1% |
| 90th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.35 | -3.6% |
| 91st | Kosovo | 2.35 | 1.6% |
| 92nd | St. Lucia | 2.40 | -12.4% |
| 93rd | Brazil | 2.42 | -2.0% |
| 94th | Albania | 2.43 | -4.3% |
| 95th | Greenland | 2.46 | -8.7% |
| 96th | French Polynesia | 2.49 | -3.9% |
| 97th | Grenada | 2.49 | -11.0% |
| 98th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.52 | -2.4% |
| 99th | Costa Rica | 2.53 | -2.4% |
| 100th | Brunei Darussalam | 2.53 | -2.6% |
| 101st | New Caledonia | 2.55 | -3.7% |
| 102nd | Jamaica | 2.57 | -3.8% |
| 103rd | South Africa | 2.63 | -3.8% |
| 104th | Lebanon | 2.65 | -0.7% |
| 105th | Indonesia | 2.66 | -3.0% |
| 106th | Argentina | 2.66 | -1.6% |
| 107th | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.68 | -11.3% |
| 108th | Algeria | 2.69 | -6.8% |
| 109th | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.70 | 3.8% |
| 110th | Türkiye | 2.71 | -1.3% |
| 111th | Colombia | 2.72 | -0.9% |
| 112th | United Arab Emirates | 2.77 | -2.1% |
| 113th | Panama | 2.79 | -0.7% |
| 114th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.80 | 1.8% |
| 115th | Mexico | 2.82 | -2.5% |
| 116th | Dominican Republic | 2.84 | -3.0% |
| 117th | Bahrain | 2.89 | -1.2% |
| 118th | Myanmar | 2.91 | -2.4% |
| 119th | Israel | 2.98 | 1.4% |
| 120th | Uzbekistan | 2.99 | -6.3% |
| 121st | Suriname | 2.99 | 1.2% |
| 122nd | Peru | 3.00 | -3.1% |
| 123rd | Guam | 3.01 | -0.5% |
| 124th | Morocco | 3.04 | -3.5% |
| 125th | Kuwait | 3.04 | -3.1% |
| 126th | Libya | 3.04 | -2.8% |
| 127th | Turkmenistan | 3.08 | -3.3% |
| 128th | Fiji | 3.12 | -2.2% |
| 129th | Malaysia | 3.12 | -3.3% |
| 130th | Maldives | 3.17 | -8.8% |
| 131st | Guyana | 3.18 | -1.2% |
| 132nd | Qatar | 3.21 | -3.5% |
| 133rd | Ecuador | 3.23 | -1.8% |
| 134th | Nicaragua | 3.34 | -3.9% |
| 135th | El Salvador | 3.34 | -1.0% |
| 136th | Botswana | 3.36 | -2.0% |
| 137th | Bangladesh | 3.43 | -2.1% |
| 138th | India | 3.45 | -1.9% |
| 139th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 3.68 | 0.0% |
| 140th | Nauru | 3.68 | -1.5% |
| 141st | Belize | 3.75 | 0.4% |
| 142nd | Paraguay | 3.80 | -2.9% |
| 143rd | Lesotho | 3.82 | -4.2% |
| 144th | Bhutan | 3.85 | -5.7% |
| 145th | American Samoa | 3.88 | -0.2% |
| 146th | Philippines | 3.88 | -1.5% |
| 147th | Cabo Verde | 3.90 | -3.8% |
| 148th | Tuvalu | 3.95 | 0.0% |
| 149th | Zimbabwe | 4.07 | -0.2% |
| 150th | Tajikistan | 4.07 | 0.2% |
| 151st | Jordan | 4.11 | -4.8% |
| 152nd | Eswatini | 4.13 | -2.6% |
| 153rd | Cambodia | 4.13 | -6.0% |
| 154th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.15 | -1.7% |
| 155th | Namibia | 4.18 | 0.2% |
| 156th | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.25 | -2.8% |
| 157th | Oman | 4.27 | -5.5% |
| 158th | Nepal | 4.28 | -3.8% |
| 159th | Kiribati | 4.29 | -1.8% |
| 160th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 4.30 | -1.2% |
| 161st | Tonga | 4.31 | -1.6% |
| 162nd | Honduras | 4.47 | -2.5% |
| 163rd | Saudi Arabia | 4.52 | -2.8% |
| 164th | Haiti | 4.56 | -2.3% |
| 165th | Gabon | 4.58 | -1.7% |
| 166th | Vanuatu | 4.60 | -1.2% |
| 167th | Papua New Guinea | 4.63 | -1.0% |
| 168th | Samoa | 4.65 | -1.1% |
| 169th | Lao PDR | 4.79 | -3.4% |
| 170th | Djibouti | 4.80 | -3.4% |
| 171st | Guatemala | 4.80 | -2.2% |
| 172nd | Ghana | 4.83 | -1.1% |
| 173rd | Marshall Islands | 4.87 | -1.8% |
| 174th | Congo, Republic of | 4.91 | -1.8% |
| 175th | Solomon Islands | 4.98 | -2.3% |
| 176th | Iraq | 5.11 | -1.6% |
| 177th | Kenya | 5.24 | -0.5% |
| 178th | Togo | 5.29 | -1.4% |
| 179th | São Tomé and Principe | 5.30 | -1.7% |
| 180th | Comoros | 5.39 | -2.2% |
| 181st | Pakistan | 5.51 | -2.4% |
| 182nd | Senegal | 5.58 | -1.0% |
| 183rd | Mauritania | 5.62 | -2.1% |
| 184th | Eritrea | 5.63 | -1.9% |
| 185th | Sudan | 5.65 | -1.2% |
| 186th | Cameroon | 5.66 | -0.9% |
| 187th | West Bank and Gaza | 5.69 | -2.1% |
| 188th | Tanzania | 5.81 | -0.4% |
| 189th | Gambia, The | 5.82 | -0.6% |
| 190th | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.85 | -0.8% |
| 191st | Central African Republic | 5.89 | -0.6% |
| 192nd | Mozambique | 5.91 | -0.5% |
| 193rd | Equatorial Guinea | 5.91 | -0.5% |
| 194th | Timor-Leste | 5.96 | 0.1% |
| 195th | Guinea-Bissau | 5.97 | -1.5% |
| 196th | Madagascar | 5.99 | -0.5% |
| 197th | Liberia | 6.02 | -1.0% |
| 198th | Guinea | 6.05 | -1.2% |
| 199th | Zambia | 6.07 | -0.9% |
| 200th | Nigeria | 6.07 | -1.1% |
| 201st | Benin | 6.14 | -1.5% |
| 202nd | Rwanda | 6.17 | -1.0% |
| 203rd | Malawi | 6.21 | -0.4% |
| 204th | Sierra Leone | 6.50 | -0.6% |
| 205th | Yemen, Republic of | 6.64 | -2.7% |
| 206th | Burkina Faso | 6.66 | -0.9% |
| 207th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.70 | 0.1% |
| 208th | Angola | 6.73 | -0.8% |
| 209th | Uganda | 6.84 | -0.3% |
| 210th | Mali | 6.94 | -0.5% |
| 211th | Burundi | 6.96 | -1.2% |
| 212th | South Sudan | 7.08 | -1.7% |
| 213th | Chad | 7.27 | -0.1% |
| 214th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.66 | -0.1% |
| 215th | Afghanistan | 7.69 | -0.5% |
| 216th | Niger | 7.84 | 0.5% |
FAQ
What was Papua New Guinea's fertility rate in 1998?▾
Papua New Guinea's fertility rate in 1998 was 4.63. This ranked 167th globally.
How did Papua New Guinea's fertility rate change in 1998?▾
Papua New Guinea's fertility rate decreased by 1.0% in 1998 compared to 1997.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1998?▾
Niger had the highest fertility rate in 1998 at 7.84.
What is the fertility rate of Papua New Guinea in 1998?▾
The fertility rate of Papua New Guinea in 1998 was 4.63. This ranked 167th globally.
How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Papua New Guinea's fertility rate?▾
Papua New Guinea's fertility rate went from 4.68 in 1997 to 4.63 in 1998, a 1.0% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Papua New Guinea matched the Currency Crisis Pattern pattern in 1998. Historically: 128 occurrences, 35 successful (27%). Outcome 24 months later: 15.6%. View full analysis →
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