Jordan vs Papua New Guinea: Number of births

Jordan
235,776 births
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
255,331 births
in 2023
Jordan rank
82nd
Papua New Guinea rank
79th

Number of births over time

  • Jordan
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 255,331 births against 235,776 births in Jordan, a difference of 19,555 births.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Jordan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Jordan ranks 82nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 79th of 236 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Jordan Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1950s 29,523 births 80,091 births 50,568 births Papua New Guinea
1960s 55,444 births 98,915 births 43,472 births Papua New Guinea
1970s 87,013 births 115,209 births 28,196 births Papua New Guinea
1980s 112,095 births 129,737 births 17,642 births Papua New Guinea
1990s 156,407 births 161,864 births 5,457 births Papua New Guinea
2000s 173,086 births 211,613 births 38,526 births Papua New Guinea
2010s 220,246 births 246,017 births 25,771 births Papua New Guinea
2020s 235,787 births 256,077 births 20,290 births Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, Jordan or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 255,331 births against 235,776 births in Jordan as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Jordan and Papua New Guinea?
19,555 births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Papua New Guinea?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Jordan and Papua New Guinea rank globally for number of births?
Jordan ranks 82nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 79th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of births
Unit
births
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Number of live births in a calendar year.