Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Samoa, 1997

Samoa
1997
Total fertility rate: 4.69
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Samoa was 4.69 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (235 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 6,027 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.69
Births
6,027
Births per 1,000 people
33.9
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
177,547
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
15-1951.15.4%451
20-24208.022.1%1,716
25-29235.125.0%1,629
30-34202.421.5%1,155
35-39152.516.2%736
40-4475.28.0%282
45-4915.91.7%46
50-540.90.1%3