Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Melanesia, 2049

Melanesia
2049
Total fertility rate: 2.38
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2049  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 2.38 children per woman in 2049 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (123 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 324,441 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.38
Births
324,441
Births per 1,000 people
18.1
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
17,921,362
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%269
15-1937.17.8%27,011
20-24114.524.0%81,676
25-29123.425.9%86,100
30-34103.121.6%69,176
35-3971.615.0%45,031
40-4423.34.9%13,339
45-493.40.7%1,768
50-540.10.0%67