Fertility in Swaziland, 2009

Swaziland
2009
Total fertility rate: 3.50
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 30 years earlier
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 3.50 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (180 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 35,242 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.50
Births
35,242
Births per 1,000 people
31.9
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.0
Population
1,105,153
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
10-142.00.3%141
15-1987.412.4%6,148
20-24180.125.6%11,542
25-29155.622.1%8,325
30-34136.919.5%5,254
35-3993.113.2%2,645
40-4442.46.0%1,069
45-495.60.8%114
50-540.20.0%2