Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Melanesia, 1996

Melanesia
1996
Total fertility rate: 4.46
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia was 4.46 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (214 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 214,544 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.46
Births
214,544
Births per 1,000 people
33.6
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
6,389,105
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
10-146.00.7%2,145
15-1972.78.1%23,227
20-24201.322.5%58,010
25-29213.723.9%55,123
30-34175.219.6%39,456
35-39130.014.5%23,631
40-4472.18.1%10,301
45-4922.02.5%2,509
50-541.50.2%135