Fertility in Melanesia, 2015

Melanesia
2015
Total fertility rate: 3.49
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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 3.49 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (171 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 300,954 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.49
Births
300,954
Births per 1,000 people
27.7
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.55
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
10,850,508
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
10-141.90.3%1,078
15-1958.08.3%30,058
20-24162.523.3%79,283
25-29171.124.5%78,701
30-34140.720.2%57,853
35-3998.014.0%34,954
40-4448.77.0%14,730
45-4916.42.4%4,078
50-541.10.2%218