Fertility in Solomon Islands, 2009

Solomon Islands
2009
Total fertility rate: 4.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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   2009  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Solomon Islands was 4.35 children per woman in 2009 — 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, 17,450 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.35
Births
17,450
Births per 1,000 people
33.7
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
518,141
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
10-141.50.2%43
15-1962.27.1%1,568
20-24202.723.2%4,702
25-29225.625.9%4,912
30-34187.721.5%3,518
35-39120.313.8%1,914
40-4455.26.3%635
45-4915.91.8%149
50-541.10.1%7