Fertility in Solomon Islands, 2017

Solomon Islands
2017
Total fertility rate: 4.06
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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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The total fertility rate of Solomon Islands was 4.06 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (211 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 20,627 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.06
Births
20,627
Births per 1,000 people
30.1
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
685,672
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%41
15-1956.77.0%1,966
20-24189.023.3%5,433
25-29211.526.1%5,445
30-34174.921.5%4,272
35-39115.014.2%2,391
40-4449.56.1%879
45-4913.41.7%189
50-540.80.1%9