Fertility in Melanesia, 2000

Melanesia
2000
Total fertility rate: 4.27
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia was 4.27 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (204 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 237,418 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.27
Births
237,418
Births per 1,000 people
32.8
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
7,227,820
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
10-146.50.8%2,631
15-1971.98.4%26,217
20-24187.321.9%61,974
25-29203.523.8%60,474
30-34168.419.7%43,866
35-39123.814.5%27,080
40-4471.38.3%12,182
45-4921.52.5%2,844
50-541.40.2%149