Fertility in Melanesia, 2008

Melanesia
2008
Total fertility rate: 3.86
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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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The total fertility rate of Melanesia was 3.86 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (186 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 276,652 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.86
Births
276,652
Births per 1,000 people
30.5
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.69
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
9,075,912
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
10-144.70.6%2,226
15-1965.38.4%29,327
20-24172.822.3%72,692
25-29186.324.1%70,767
30-34154.920.0%52,012
35-39107.013.8%30,899
40-4461.58.0%14,801
45-4919.82.6%3,737
50-541.40.2%191