Fertility in Melanesia, 2035

Melanesia
2035
Total fertility rate: 2.68
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2035 2005, 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   2035  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 2.68 children per woman in 2035 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 317,930 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.68
Births
317,930
Births per 1,000 people
20.8
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
15,279,190
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%503
15-1944.28.2%30,613
20-24129.124.1%84,967
25-29135.725.3%82,045
30-34112.421.0%62,635
35-3978.314.6%40,240
40-4430.15.6%14,356
45-495.61.0%2,461
50-540.30.1%104