Fertility in Melanesia, 1990

Melanesia
1990
Total fertility rate: 4.84
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1990  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia was 4.84 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (229 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 188,735 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.84
Births
188,735
Births per 1,000 people
35.4
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
5,325,750
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
10-145.40.6%1,625
15-1982.08.5%21,766
20-24221.822.9%53,138
25-29229.223.7%48,590
30-34186.819.3%32,431
35-39142.914.7%20,067
40-4477.58.0%8,906
45-4921.72.2%2,099
50-541.40.1%110