Fertility in Comoros, 1959

Comoros
1959
Total fertility rate: 6.73
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Comoros was 6.73 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (313 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 9,587 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.73
Births
9,587
Births per 1,000 people
49.3
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
194,286
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
10-1418.21.4%177
15-19152.511.3%1,374
20-24296.822.1%2,406
25-29313.323.3%2,270
30-34263.619.6%1,708
35-39181.913.5%1,053
40-4489.56.6%464
45-4928.12.1%125
50-541.90.1%6