Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Samoa, 1996

Samoa
1996
Total fertility rate: 4.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Samoa was 4.74 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (238 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 6,013 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.74
Births
6,013
Births per 1,000 people
34.2
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
176,071
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
10-140.90.1%9
15-1951.55.4%467
20-24207.121.8%1,738
25-29238.125.0%1,593
30-34204.821.5%1,157
35-39154.916.3%723
40-4476.48.0%276
45-4916.21.7%46
50-540.90.1%2