Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Comoros, 1979

Comoros
1979
Total fertility rate: 7.16
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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Comoros was 7.16 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (325 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 15,318 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.16
Births
15,318
Births per 1,000 people
46.7
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
327,791
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
10-1417.21.2%367
15-19134.69.4%2,302
20-24289.420.2%3,995
25-29325.022.7%3,487
30-34291.820.4%2,452
35-39220.815.4%1,777
40-44118.58.3%774
45-4932.32.3%156
50-542.00.1%8