Fertility in Melanesia, 2050

Melanesia
2050
Total fertility rate: 2.37
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2050 2020, 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

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 2.37 children per woman in 2050 — 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, 324,180 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.37
Births
324,180
Births per 1,000 people
17.9
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
18,090,929
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
10-140.30.1%259
15-1936.67.7%26,768
20-24113.624.0%81,246
25-29122.725.9%85,919
30-34102.621.7%69,407
35-3971.315.1%45,427
40-4422.94.8%13,346
45-493.30.7%1,737
50-540.10.0%66