Fertility in Solomon Islands, 2016

Solomon Islands
2016
Total fertility rate: 4.20
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Solomon Islands was 4.20 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (218 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 20,624 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.20
Births
20,624
Births per 1,000 people
31.1
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
662,378
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
10-141.10.1%40
15-1958.36.9%1,942
20-24195.323.3%5,356
25-29217.926.0%5,541
30-34180.521.5%4,248
35-39119.814.3%2,408
40-4452.26.2%895
45-4913.81.6%184
50-540.90.1%8