Israel vs Papua New Guinea: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Israel
2.81 children per women
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
2.9 children per women
in 2023
Israel rank
60th
Papua New Guinea rank
59th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Israel
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 2.9 children per women against 2.81 children per women in Israel, a difference of 0.09 children per women.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Israel ahead.
Israel ranks 60th and Papua New Guinea ranks 59th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.19 children per women | 4.06 children per women | 0.1277 children per women | Israel |
| 1960s | 3.83 children per women | 4.76 children per women | 0.9358 children per women | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 3.48 children per women | 5 children per women | 1.52 children per women | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 2.96 children per women | 4.7 children per women | 1.73 children per women | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 2.82 children per women | 4.28 children per women | 1.45 children per women | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 2.85 children per women | 3.83 children per women | 0.9797 children per women | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 3.04 children per women | 3.31 children per women | 0.265 children per women | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 2.91 children per women | 2.98 children per women | 0.0651 children per women | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Israel or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 2.9 children per women against 2.81 children per women in Israel as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Israel and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.09 children per women, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Papua New Guinea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Israel and Papua New Guinea rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Israel ranks 60th and Papua New Guinea ranks 59th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).