Fertility in Melanesia, 2018

Melanesia
2018
Total fertility rate: 3.32
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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 3.32 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (164 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 305,171 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.32
Births
305,171
Births per 1,000 people
26.3
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
11,589,594
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%996
15-1954.58.2%29,961
20-24156.223.5%80,131
25-29164.024.7%79,279
30-34134.820.3%59,822
35-3993.514.1%36,221
40-4444.56.7%14,733
45-4913.92.1%3,828
50-540.90.1%201