Fertility in Melanesia, 2047

Melanesia
2047
Total fertility rate: 2.42
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2047 2017, 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   2047  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 2.42 children per woman in 2047 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (125 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 324,884 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.42
Births
324,884
Births per 1,000 people
18.5
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
17,572,441
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%291
15-1938.17.9%27,546
20-24116.524.1%82,558
25-29124.825.8%86,429
30-34104.121.5%68,636
35-3972.415.0%44,125
40-4424.05.0%13,389
45-493.60.7%1,838
50-540.20.0%70