Kenya vs Papua New Guinea: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Kenya
3.17 live births per woman
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
3.07 live births per woman
in 2024
Kenya rank
54th
Papua New Guinea rank
57th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Kenya
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 3.17 live births per woman against 3.07 live births per woman in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.1 live births per woman.
Across all 75 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 54th and Papua New Guinea ranks 57th of 236 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.48 live births per woman | 5.82 live births per woman | 1.66 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 1960s | 7.85 live births per woman | 6.18 live births per woman | 1.68 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 1970s | 7.8 live births per woman | 6.07 live births per woman | 1.73 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 1980s | 7 live births per woman | 5.48 live births per woman | 1.52 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 1990s | 5.52 live births per woman | 4.86 live births per woman | 0.663 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 2000s | 4.86 live births per woman | 4.25 live births per woman | 0.6097 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 2010s | 3.87 live births per woman | 3.59 live births per woman | 0.2734 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 2020s | 3.26 live births per woman | 3.17 live births per woman | 0.0976 live births per woman | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Kenya or Papua New Guinea?
- Kenya, at 3.17 live births per woman against 3.07 live births per woman in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.1 live births per woman, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Papua New Guinea rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Kenya ranks 54th and Papua New Guinea ranks 57th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. 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.