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Booming Papua New Guinea Eyes 'Three Child' Policy

The policy aims to curb population growth and ease pressure on schools, health services and rural household budgets, officials said.

Summary by France24
China for decades enforced a "one child" policy to curb population growth before ending it in 2016, while nations such as Vietnam and Iran have experimented with measures to limit families to two kids. Official figures rank Papua New Guinea among the fastest growing countries in the world, although census data is notoriously unreliable in the South Pacific nation. Marape said limiting families to three children would "curtail uncontrolled demog…

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The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea announced this Monday, 9 November, to consider limiting the number of births to three children per family, so he wants to avoid a demographic explosion that is too strong. Towards birth control in Papua New Guinea ? In order to frame the explosion of demographics in the country, the government plans to limit the number of children per family. "It is a matter of preventing unplanned pregnancies and births, a…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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RNZ broke the news in Wellington, New Zealand on Monday, November 9, 2026.
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