Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Melanesia, 2085

Melanesia
2085
Total fertility rate: 1.99
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2085  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 1.99 children per woman in 2085 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.5 years old. In total, 297,269 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.99
Births
297,269
Births per 1,000 people
13.5
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.4
Population
22,028,124
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
10-140.10.0%88
15-1922.25.6%16,434
20-2482.920.9%61,997
25-29109.527.6%82,287
30-3499.625.1%74,809
35-3965.416.5%48,858
40-4415.94.0%11,682
45-491.50.4%1,075
50-540.00.0%30