Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Melanesia, 2014

Melanesia
2014
Total fertility rate: 3.54
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia was 3.54 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (173 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 299,060 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.54
Births
299,060
Births per 1,000 people
28.2
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.58
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
10,599,397
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
10-142.20.3%1,207
15-1960.68.5%30,776
20-24164.023.1%78,753
25-29173.124.4%77,861
30-34142.920.1%57,147
35-3998.613.9%34,173
40-4450.57.1%14,800
45-4917.22.4%4,120
50-541.20.2%219