Fertility in Samoa, 2001

Samoa
2001
Total fertility rate: 4.48
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Samoa was 4.48 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (224 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 5,725 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.48
Births
5,725
Births per 1,000 people
31.3
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
183,166
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
15-1942.34.7%364
20-24202.622.6%1,516
25-29223.825.0%1,548
30-34195.721.9%1,179
35-39143.016.0%745
40-4471.38.0%313
45-4914.91.7%50
50-540.80.1%2