Fertility in Swaziland, 1959

Swaziland
1959
Total fertility rate: 6.73
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Swaziland was 6.73 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (293 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 16,020 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.73
Births
16,020
Births per 1,000 people
47.5
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
337,509
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
10-1415.21.1%319
15-19142.810.6%2,423
20-24293.121.8%4,217
25-29290.921.6%3,533
30-34255.319.0%2,640
35-39199.614.8%1,781
40-44119.98.9%920
45-4927.12.0%176
50-541.60.1%9