Fertility in Melanesia, 2023

Melanesia
2023
Total fertility rate: 3.05
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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

Year

-5 -1   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia was 3.05 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (152 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 306,632 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.05
Births
306,632
Births per 1,000 people
24.1
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
12,724,064
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
10-141.40.2%930
15-1951.18.4%30,459
20-24144.023.6%79,695
25-29151.724.8%78,044
30-34125.620.5%60,570
35-3987.214.3%38,370
40-4440.36.6%15,317
45-499.61.6%3,096
50-540.50.1%144