Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Samoa, 1966

Samoa
1966
Total fertility rate: 7.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Samoa was 7.60 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (436 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.7 years old. In total, 5,929 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.60
Births
5,929
Births per 1,000 people
45.2
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.0%
Net reproduction rate
3.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.7
Population
131,073
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
15-1956.33.7%357
20-24350.723.1%1,613
25-29435.528.7%1,808
30-34328.121.6%1,167
35-39233.315.4%732
40-4490.56.0%208
45-4920.81.4%39
50-541.30.1%1