Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Melanesia, 2048

Melanesia
2048
Total fertility rate: 2.40
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2048  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 2.40 children per woman in 2048 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (124 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 324,728 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.40
Births
324,728
Births per 1,000 people
18.3
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
17,748,072
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%279
15-1937.67.8%27,273
20-24115.524.0%82,115
25-29124.125.8%86,298
30-34103.621.6%68,942
35-3972.015.0%44,590
40-4423.74.9%13,357
45-493.50.7%1,801
50-540.10.0%70