Fertility in Swaziland, 1960

Swaziland
1960
Total fertility rate: 6.75
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
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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The total fertility rate of Swaziland was 6.75 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (294 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 16,367 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.75
Births
16,367
Births per 1,000 people
47.4
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
345,337
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
10-1415.41.1%337
15-19143.210.6%2,504
20-24294.121.8%4,310
25-29291.621.6%3,597
30-34255.919.0%2,683
35-39200.114.8%1,808
40-44120.28.9%937
45-4927.12.0%179
50-541.60.1%9