Fertility in Solomon Islands, 2008

Solomon Islands
2008
Total fertility rate: 4.36
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2008  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Solomon Islands was 4.36 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (226 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 17,221 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.36
Births
17,221
Births per 1,000 people
33.8
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
508,790
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
10-141.60.2%46
15-1963.37.2%1,588
20-24203.223.2%4,717
25-29226.225.9%4,829
30-34187.921.5%3,460
35-39119.413.7%1,810
40-4455.16.3%615
45-4916.41.9%146
50-541.10.1%7