Fertility in Melanesia, 2060

Melanesia
2060
Total fertility rate: 2.22
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2060 2030, 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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-5 -1   2060  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 2.22 children per woman in 2060 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (117 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.0 years old. In total, 318,363 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.22
Births
318,363
Births per 1,000 people
16.2
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
19,610,656
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
10-140.20.1%186
15-1932.17.2%24,279
20-24104.223.5%77,452
25-29117.126.4%84,811
30-3499.522.4%70,039
35-3968.315.4%46,897
40-4419.94.5%13,131
45-492.50.6%1,521
50-540.10.0%51