Fertility in Melanesia, 2013

Melanesia
2013
Total fertility rate: 3.59
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 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 3.59 children per woman in 2013 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (174 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 295,747 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.59
Births
295,747
Births per 1,000 people
28.6
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.59
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
10,345,299
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
10-142.50.3%1,335
15-1963.28.8%31,475
20-24164.922.9%77,895
25-29174.324.2%76,469
30-34144.520.1%56,160
35-3998.813.7%33,298
40-4452.17.2%14,790
45-4917.72.5%4,111
50-541.20.2%217