Andrew Mason

High fertility rate impacts education, health investments

Senior fellow at the East West Center in Hawai’i and expert in population, health and economic studies, Andrew Mason, said the majority of the population in these countries is young adults.

PNG’s fertility rate was reported at 3.7 in 2015, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators.

Mason highlighted that about half the population is under the age of 25 and that’s the age in which people start to provide for themselves.