Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Samoa, 1956

Samoa
1956
Total fertility rate: 7.73
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Samoa was 7.73 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (440 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 5,310 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.73
Births
5,310
Births per 1,000 people
52.4
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
101,318
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
10-140.30.0%1
15-1993.36.0%453
20-24356.823.0%1,525
25-29440.228.4%1,669
30-34333.421.5%987
35-39225.314.5%500
40-4481.35.2%146
45-4919.51.3%28
50-541.10.1%1