Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Melanesia, 2012

Melanesia
2012
Total fertility rate: 3.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia was 3.64 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (176 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 292,181 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.64
Births
292,181
Births per 1,000 people
29.0
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.61
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
10,090,432
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
10-142.90.4%1,544
15-1963.78.7%31,083
20-24166.522.8%77,255
25-29175.924.1%75,124
30-34146.420.1%55,244
35-3999.913.7%32,720
40-4454.57.5%14,949
45-4918.12.5%4,046
50-541.20.2%212