Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Samoa, 1957

Samoa
1957
Total fertility rate: 7.76
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Samoa was 7.76 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (442 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 5,408 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.76
Births
5,408
Births per 1,000 people
52.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
103,894
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
15-1992.25.9%458
20-24357.523.0%1,547
25-29441.728.4%1,698
30-34334.621.5%1,012
35-39226.414.6%511
40-4481.55.2%148
45-4919.71.3%28
50-541.10.1%1