Fertility in Melanesia, 2026

Melanesia
2026
Total fertility rate: 2.95
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 2.95 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (147 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 309,505 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.95
Births
309,505
Births per 1,000 people
23.1
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.34
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
13,383,874
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
10-141.20.2%798
15-1949.28.3%30,626
20-24140.223.7%80,856
25-29147.525.0%78,738
30-34122.020.6%60,672
35-3984.714.3%39,354
40-4437.36.3%15,395
45-498.31.4%2,923
50-540.50.1%134