Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Melanesia, 2003

Melanesia
2003
Total fertility rate: 4.13
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia was 4.13 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (197 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 254,141 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.13
Births
254,141
Births per 1,000 people
32.2
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
7,893,860
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%2,594
15-1970.08.5%27,920
20-24182.522.0%66,274
25-29197.123.8%64,410
30-34164.119.8%47,179
35-39118.714.3%29,129
40-4467.78.2%13,346
45-4921.02.5%3,130
50-541.40.2%163