Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Melanesia, 1998

Melanesia
1998
Total fertility rate: 4.37
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia was 4.37 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (209 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 225,923 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.37
Births
225,923
Births per 1,000 people
33.2
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
6,800,078
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
10-146.30.7%2,403
15-1969.67.9%23,794
20-24196.222.4%60,637
25-29208.923.9%57,829
30-34172.019.6%41,773
35-39127.314.5%25,459
40-4472.18.2%11,205
45-4921.82.5%2,686
50-541.40.2%139