Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Melanesia, 2033

Melanesia
2033
Total fertility rate: 2.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2033  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 2.74 children per woman in 2033 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 315,894 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.74
Births
315,894
Births per 1,000 people
21.2
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
14,868,888
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
10-140.80.1%557
15-1945.38.3%30,895
20-24131.524.0%84,081
25-29138.125.2%81,064
30-34114.420.9%62,014
35-3979.514.5%39,903
40-4431.45.7%14,690
45-496.11.1%2,577
50-540.30.1%109