Fertility in Melanesia, 2009

Melanesia
2009
Total fertility rate: 3.80
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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   2009  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia was 3.80 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (183 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 280,324 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.80
Births
280,324
Births per 1,000 people
30.1
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
9,321,798
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
10-144.40.6%2,132
15-1964.28.4%29,381
20-24171.622.5%74,142
25-29183.224.1%71,702
30-34152.720.1%52,800
35-39104.613.7%31,181
40-4460.37.9%14,988
45-4919.22.5%3,803
50-541.30.2%197