Fertility in Solomon Islands, 2021

Solomon Islands
2021
Total fertility rate: 3.69
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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

Year

-5 -1   2021  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Solomon Islands was 3.69 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (195 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 21,123 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.69
Births
21,123
Births per 1,000 people
27.7
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
762,592
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
10-140.90.1%40
15-1951.87.0%1,979
20-24173.323.4%5,931
25-29194.926.4%5,431
30-34160.221.7%4,205
35-39103.814.0%2,484
40-4442.75.8%856
45-4910.91.5%186
50-540.70.1%9