Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Melanesia, 2043

Melanesia
2043
Total fertility rate: 2.49
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2043  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 2.49 children per woman in 2043 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (128 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 323,829 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.49
Births
323,829
Births per 1,000 people
19.2
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
16,842,038
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
10-140.50.1%343
15-1940.08.0%28,595
20-24120.324.1%84,368
25-29127.825.6%85,994
30-34106.321.3%66,546
35-3973.914.8%42,349
40-4425.85.2%13,567
45-494.10.8%1,985
50-540.20.0%79