Which country in Oceania has the highest fertility rate?

Samoa has the highest fertility rate in Oceania: 3.80 births per woman (2024). Next come Vanuatu (3.57 births per woman) and the Solomon Islands (3.51 births per woman).

Which country in Oceania has the lowest fertility rate?

Australia, with 1.48 births per woman (2024).

What is the typical fertility rate of a country in Oceania?

The median of the 13 countries in Oceania is 3.07 births per woman: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

Births per woman: how many children a woman would have if the birth rates of the year held all her life. Source: World Bank, 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in Oceania by fertility rate

Births per woman: how many children a woman would have if the birth rates of the year held all her life. 13 countries in Oceania, highest first. World Bank, 2024

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Highest

3.80

Samoa

Median country

3.07

half above, half below

Lowest

1.48

Australia

Countries in Oceania by fertility rate, World Bank, 2024
#	Country	Births per woman	Region
1	Samoa	3.80	Polynesia
2	Vanuatu	3.57	Melanesia
3	Solomon Islands	3.51	Melanesia
4	Nauru	3.29	Micronesia
5	Kiribati	3.12	Micronesia
6	Tonga	3.10	Polynesia
7	Papua New Guinea	3.07	Melanesia
8	Marshall Islands	2.86	Micronesia
9	Micronesia	2.74	Micronesia
10	Fiji	2.27	Melanesia
11	Palau	1.88	Micronesia
12	New Zealand	1.57	Australia and New Zealand
13	Australia	1.48	Australia and New Zealand

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed. Highest first.

Place	Births per woman	Status
Guam	2.75	Territory of United States of America
Northern Mariana Islands	2.32	Territory of United States of America
American Samoa	2.27	Territory of United States of America
New Caledonia	1.96	Territory of France
French Polynesia	1.49	Territory of France

Questions

Which country in Oceania has the highest fertility rate?: Samoa has the highest fertility rate in Oceania: 3.80 births per woman (2024). Next come Vanuatu (3.57 births per woman) and the Solomon Islands (3.51 births per woman).
Which country in Oceania has the lowest fertility rate?: Australia, with 1.48 births per woman (2024).
What is the typical fertility rate of a country in Oceania?: The median of the 13 countries in Oceania is 3.07 births per woman: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.
Where do the figures come from?: Births per woman: how many children a woman would have if the birth rates of the year held all her life. Source: World Bank, 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.