Fertility in Melanesia, 2021

Melanesia
2021
Total fertility rate: 3.16
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia was 3.16 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (157 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 307,454 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.16
Births
307,454
Births per 1,000 people
25.0
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.42
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
12,283,281
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
10-141.50.2%954
15-1952.68.3%30,435
20-24149.223.6%80,169
25-29156.824.8%78,688
30-34129.520.5%60,946
35-3989.714.2%37,646
40-4441.96.6%15,072
45-4911.11.8%3,374
50-540.70.1%164