Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Samoa, 2002

Samoa
2002
Total fertility rate: 4.44
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Samoa was 4.44 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (221 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 5,637 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.44
Births
5,637
Births per 1,000 people
30.6
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
184,471
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
15-1941.74.7%371
20-24201.322.6%1,464
25-29221.524.9%1,470
30-34194.321.9%1,206
35-39141.816.0%740
40-4471.98.1%324
45-4914.51.6%51
50-540.80.1%3