Marshall Islands vs Papua New Guinea: Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility)
Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility) over time
- Marshall Islands
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 3.1 live births per woman against 2.92 live births per woman in Marshall Islands, a difference of 0.18 live births per woman.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Marshall Islands's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Marshall Islands ahead.
Marshall Islands ranks 60th and Papua New Guinea ranks 57th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Marshall Islands averaged higher in 6 and Papua New Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Marshall Islands | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.88 live births per woman | 5.82 live births per woman | 2.06 live births per woman | Marshall Islands |
| 1960s | 8.14 live births per woman | 6.18 live births per woman | 1.96 live births per woman | Marshall Islands |
| 1970s | 7.83 live births per woman | 6.07 live births per woman | 1.76 live births per woman | Marshall Islands |
| 1980s | 6.86 live births per woman | 5.48 live births per woman | 1.38 live births per woman | Marshall Islands |
| 1990s | 5.26 live births per woman | 4.86 live births per woman | 0.4049 live births per woman | Marshall Islands |
| 2000s | 4.29 live births per woman | 4.25 live births per woman | 0.0426 live births per woman | Marshall Islands |
| 2010s | 3.23 live births per woman | 3.59 live births per woman | 0.3598 live births per woman | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 2.95 live births per woman | 3.19 live births per woman | 0.2363 live births per woman | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Marshall Islands or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 3.1 live births per woman against 2.92 live births per woman in Marshall Islands as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Marshall Islands and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.18 live births per woman, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Marshall Islands and Papua New Guinea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Marshall Islands and Papua New Guinea rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Marshall Islands ranks 60th and Papua New Guinea ranks 57th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.