Fertility in Comoros, 2008

Comoros
2008
Total fertility rate: 4.81
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Comoros was 4.81 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (222 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 21,459 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.81
Births
21,459
Births per 1,000 people
34.1
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
629,307
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
10-143.60.4%152
15-1978.38.1%2,853
20-24178.118.5%5,592
25-29215.622.4%5,037
30-34221.523.1%4,023
35-39158.516.5%2,401
40-4478.68.2%1,098
45-4924.92.6%289
50-541.50.2%14