Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Melanesia, 2034

Melanesia
2034
Total fertility rate: 2.71
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2034  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 2.71 children per woman in 2034 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 316,998 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.71
Births
316,998
Births per 1,000 people
21.0
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
15,074,764
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
10-140.70.1%530
15-1944.88.3%30,780
20-24130.424.1%84,606
25-29136.925.3%81,514
30-34113.420.9%62,343
35-3978.914.6%40,069
40-4430.75.7%14,526
45-495.81.1%2,524
50-540.30.1%107