Fertility in Melanesia, 2030

Melanesia
2030
Total fertility rate: 2.82
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2030 2000, 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   2030  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 2.82 children per woman in 2030 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (142 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.1 years old. In total, 312,445 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.82
Births
312,445
Births per 1,000 people
21.9
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
14,242,885
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
10-140.90.2%649
15-1946.88.3%30,964
20-24134.923.9%82,272
25-29141.725.1%79,896
30-34117.320.8%61,124
35-3981.414.4%39,503
40-4433.76.0%15,200
45-496.91.2%2,717
50-540.40.1%120