Fertility in Melanesia, 2017

Melanesia
2017
Total fertility rate: 3.36
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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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-5 -1   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia was 3.36 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (166 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 303,453 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.36
Births
303,453
Births per 1,000 people
26.7
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.51
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
11,345,197
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
10-141.70.3%1,008
15-1955.18.2%29,683
20-24158.223.5%79,869
25-29166.424.7%79,287
30-34136.420.2%59,054
35-3994.814.1%35,729
40-4445.66.8%14,663
45-4914.82.2%3,947
50-541.00.1%209