Fertility rate in Oceania

19 countries in Oceania, 2024. Unit: births per woman. World ranking →

First in the ranking
3.80
Samoa
Median country
2.75
half above, half below
World
2.19
World Bank aggregate
Range
1.48 to 3.80
Australia - Samoa

How to read it

Across 19 countries in Oceania, the highest value is in Samoa (3.80) and the lowest in Australia (1.48).

The median country is at 2.75: half are above, half below.

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices… · via World Bank WDI (SP.DYN.TFRT.IN) · licence

Fertility rate over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Samoa3.80
2Vanuatu3.57
3Solomon Islands3.51
4Nauru3.29
5Tuvalu3.17
6Kiribati3.12
7Tonga3.10
8Papua New Guinea3.07
9Marshall Islands2.86
10Guam2.75
11Federated States of Micronesia2.74
12Northern Mariana Islands2.32
13Fiji2.27
14American Samoa2.27
15New Caledonia1.96
16Palau1.88
17New Zealand1.57
18French Polynesia1.49
19Australia1.48
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