Fertility in Samoa, 2005

Samoa
2005
Total fertility rate: 4.32
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Samoa was 4.32 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (219 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.0 years old. In total, 5,520 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.32
Births
5,520
Births per 1,000 people
29.5
Mean age of mothers
30.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
186,978
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
10-140.70.1%7
15-1939.94.6%359
20-24194.722.5%1,412
25-29219.425.4%1,437
30-34190.522.1%1,179
35-39137.415.9%751
40-4466.07.6%316
45-4913.81.6%55
50-540.80.1%3