Fertility in Melanesia, 2022

Melanesia
2022
Total fertility rate: 3.11
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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 3.11 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (155 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 307,937 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.11
Births
307,937
Births per 1,000 people
24.6
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
12,503,827
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%942
15-1952.08.3%30,566
20-24147.023.6%80,195
25-29154.624.8%78,616
30-34127.820.5%60,934
35-3988.614.2%38,094
40-4441.16.6%15,201
45-4910.41.7%3,232
50-540.60.1%153