Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Melanesia, 2046

Melanesia
2046
Total fertility rate: 2.44
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2046  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 2.44 children per woman in 2046 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (126 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 325,069 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.44
Births
325,069
Births per 1,000 people
18.7
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
17,394,171
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
10-140.40.1%302
15-1938.67.9%27,827
20-24117.524.1%83,115
25-29125.625.7%86,460
30-34104.721.5%68,303
35-3972.914.9%43,680
40-4424.55.0%13,436
45-493.70.8%1,873
50-540.20.0%72