Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Melanesia, 2037

Melanesia
2037
Total fertility rate: 2.63
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2037  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 2.63 children per woman in 2037 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 319,601 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.63
Births
319,601
Births per 1,000 people
20.4
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
15,683,689
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
10-140.60.1%452
15-1943.18.2%30,246
20-24126.724.1%85,243
25-29133.425.4%83,279
30-34110.521.0%63,252
35-3977.014.7%40,644
40-4428.85.5%14,068
45-495.11.0%2,315
50-540.20.0%98