Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Melanesia, 2098

Melanesia
2098
Total fertility rate: 1.90
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2098  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Melanesia is projected at 1.90 children per woman in 2098 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (107 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.8 years old. In total, 279,653 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.90
Births
279,653
Births per 1,000 people
12.4
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
22,551,540
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%65
15-1917.54.6%12,513
20-2471.918.9%52,211
25-29107.328.2%78,798
30-34102.827.0%75,870
35-3965.117.1%48,163
40-4415.03.9%11,056
45-491.30.3%953
50-540.00.0%22