Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Melanesia, 2054

Melanesia
2054
Total fertility rate: 2.30
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2054  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 2.30 children per woman in 2054 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (120 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 322,291 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.30
Births
322,291
Births per 1,000 people
17.2
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
18,738,358
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%227
15-1934.87.6%25,828
20-24109.823.8%79,647
25-29120.326.1%85,202
30-34101.121.9%69,872
35-3969.915.2%46,421
40-4421.64.7%13,405
45-492.90.6%1,629
50-540.10.0%58