Fertility in Melanesia, 1950

Melanesia
1950
Total fertility rate: 5.88
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
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The total fertility rate of Melanesia was 5.88 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (288 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 93,170 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.88
Births
93,170
Births per 1,000 people
44.9
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
2,076,908
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-142.80.2%339
15-1993.07.9%10,454
20-24270.722.9%27,229
25-29287.624.3%24,936
30-34246.120.8%17,302
35-39180.715.3%9,477
40-4481.36.9%2,974
45-4918.31.5%445
50-540.90.1%14