Fertility in Melanesia, 2016

Melanesia
2016
Total fertility rate: 3.43
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 3.43 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (169 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 302,521 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.43
Births
302,521
Births per 1,000 people
27.3
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
11,098,772
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
10-141.80.3%1,024
15-1955.88.1%29,487
20-24160.923.4%79,831
25-29169.124.6%79,242
30-34138.520.2%58,434
35-3996.914.1%35,538
40-4447.26.9%14,739
45-4915.62.3%4,012
50-541.00.2%212