Fertility in Melanesia, 2029

Melanesia
2029
Total fertility rate: 2.85
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 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   2029  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 2.85 children per woman in 2029 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (143 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 311,631 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.85
Births
311,631
Births per 1,000 people
22.2
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
14,030,382
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
10-141.00.2%684
15-1947.48.3%30,915
20-24136.223.9%81,810
25-29143.125.1%79,592
30-34118.420.8%60,959
35-3982.114.4%39,469
40-4434.66.1%15,310
45-497.21.3%2,766
50-540.40.1%123