Fertility in Melanesia, 1961

Melanesia
1961
Total fertility rate: 6.16
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
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The total fertility rate of Melanesia was 6.16 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (300 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 122,456 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.16
Births
122,456
Births per 1,000 people
44.4
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
2,755,230
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
10-143.00.2%451
15-1991.87.4%11,358
20-24286.123.2%32,201
25-29300.224.3%31,860
30-34255.720.7%24,433
35-39189.615.4%15,480
40-4487.07.1%5,699
45-4919.21.6%934
50-541.10.1%36