Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Melanesia, 2039

Melanesia
2039
Total fertility rate: 2.58
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2039  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 2.58 children per woman in 2039 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 321,637 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.58
Births
321,637
Births per 1,000 people
20.0
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
16,080,192
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%409
15-1942.28.2%29,826
20-24124.624.1%85,270
25-29131.525.5%84,642
30-34109.021.1%64,125
35-3976.014.7%41,222
40-4427.75.4%13,858
45-494.70.9%2,193
50-540.20.0%93