Fertility in Swaziland, 2008

Swaziland
2008
Total fertility rate: 3.57
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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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-5 -1   2008  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Swaziland was 3.57 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (181 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 35,446 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.57
Births
35,446
Births per 1,000 people
32.3
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
1,098,092
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
10-142.20.3%159
15-1990.412.6%6,410
20-24181.125.3%11,635
25-29158.122.1%8,240
30-34139.119.4%5,100
35-3995.213.3%2,712
40-4443.56.1%1,074
45-495.70.8%115
50-540.20.0%2