Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Swaziland, 1997

Swaziland
1997
Total fertility rate: 4.23
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Swaziland was 4.23 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (191 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 32,598 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.23
Births
32,598
Births per 1,000 people
32.4
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
102.8
Population
1,006,635
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
10-145.00.6%370
15-19110.413.1%6,589
20-24188.322.3%8,621
25-29190.822.5%7,062
30-34167.119.7%5,320
35-39119.214.1%3,218
40-4454.96.5%1,228
45-4910.01.2%184
50-540.40.0%4