Fertility in Melanesia, 2010

Melanesia
2010
Total fertility rate: 3.75
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia was 3.75 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (180 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 284,870 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.75
Births
284,870
Births per 1,000 people
29.7
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
9,576,740
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
10-144.10.5%2,028
15-1965.08.6%30,346
20-24170.522.7%75,619
25-29180.224.0%72,631
30-34150.820.1%53,723
35-39101.913.6%31,358
40-4458.77.8%15,063
45-4918.92.5%3,897
50-541.30.2%205