Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Melanesia

Total fertility rate in Melanesia in 2024 — 3.03 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 50.5%.

2024 3.03 births −0.83% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 6.18 births1964
Period minimum 3.03 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Melanesia, 1960–20243456719601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.13 births1962: 6.18 births1964: 6.18 births1966: 6.14 births1968: 6.08 births1970: 6.01 births1972: 5.91 births1974: 5.8 births1976: 5.72 births1978: 5.59 births1980: 5.44 births1982: 5.33 births1984: 5.23 births1986: 5.1 births1988: 4.99 births1990: 4.89 births1992: 4.76 births1994: 4.62 births1996: 4.51 births1998: 4.4 births2000: 4.3 births2002: 4.2 births2004: 4.09 births2006: 3.98 births2008: 3.87 births2010: 3.76 births2012: 3.64 births2014: 3.55 births2016: 3.43 births2018: 3.32 births2020: 3.22 births2022: 3.12 births2024: 3.03 births
Change over the period: −3.1 (−50.54%) Average annual rate: -1.09 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Melanesia

Melanesia 3.03 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 3.03 −0.03 −0.83%
2023 3.06 −0.06 −1.93%
2022 3.12 −0.05 −1.5%
2021 3.16 −0.05 −1.64%
2020 3.22 −0.04 −1.36%
2019 3.26 −0.06 −1.74%
2018 3.32 −0.05 −1.48%
2017 3.37 −0.06 −1.83%
2016 3.43 −0.06 −1.67%
2015 3.49 −0.06 −1.67%
2014 3.55 −0.05 −1.28%
2013 3.59 −0.05 −1.35%
2012 3.64 −0.06 −1.5%
2011 3.7 −0.06 −1.52%
2010 3.76 −0.05 −1.33%
2009 3.81 −0.06 −1.61%
2008 3.87 −0.05 −1.29%
2007 3.92 −0.06 −1.47%
2006 3.98 −0.06 −1.39%
2005 4.03 −0.05 −1.32%
2004 4.09 −0.07 −1.61%
2003 4.15 −0.05 −1.19%
2002 4.2 −0.04 −1.05%
2001 4.25 −0.05 −1.17%
2000 4.3 −0.06 −1.3%
1999 4.36 −0.05 −1.1%
1998 4.4 −0.05 −1.16%
1997 4.46 −0.05 −1.13%
1996 4.51 −0.04 −0.96%
1995 4.55 −0.07 −1.53%
1994 4.62 −0.08 −1.63%
1993 4.7 −0.06 −1.29%
1992 4.76 −0.07 −1.39%
1991 4.83 −0.06 −1.21%
1990 4.89 −0.05 −1.04%
1989 4.94 −0.05 −1.09%
1988 4.99 −0.05 −1.07%
1987 5.05 −0.06 −1.11%
1986 5.1 −0.07 −1.27%
1985 5.17 −0.06 −1.22%
1984 5.23 −0.06 −1.13%
1983 5.29 −0.04 −0.68%
1982 5.33 −0.06 −1.07%
1981 5.39 −0.06 −1.05%
1980 5.44 −0.07 −1.29%
1979 5.51 −0.08 −1.41%
1978 5.59 −0.07 −1.19%
1977 5.66 −0.06 −0.99%
1976 5.72 −0.04 −0.74%
1975 5.76 −0.04 −0.7%
1974 5.8 −0.06 −0.96%
1973 5.86 −0.06 −0.94%
1972 5.91 −0.05 −0.9%
1971 5.96 −0.05 −0.79%
1970 6.01 −0.04 −0.59%
1969 6.05 −0.03 −0.49%
1968 6.08 −0.03 −0.53%
1967 6.11 −0.03 −0.5%
1966 6.14 −0.02 −0.27%
1965 6.16 −0.03 −0.43%
1964 6.18 +0.01 +0.13%
1963 6.18 −0.01 −0.11%
1962 6.18 +0.03 +0.45%
1961 6.15 +0.03 +0.46%
1960 6.13

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.