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Reading no. 2024/022

PopulationObserved data

Number of children per woman, Pacific

3.88children per woman

Pacific

SamoaVanuatuSolomon IslandsNauruTuvaluKiribatiTongaPapua New Guinea

Total fertility rate, latest known year of each territory up to 2022: the top ten of the Pacific.

  1. Samoa3.88
  2. Vanuatu3.65
  3. Solomon Islands3.62
  4. Nauru3.38
  5. Tuvalu3.24
  6. Kiribati3.18
  7. Tonga3.17
  8. Papua New Guinea3.17
  9. Marshall Islands2.94
  10. Guam2.82

In the first territory of the ranking, Samoa, the rate is 3.88 children per woman.

Observation

Method

World Bank indicator SP.DYN.TFRT.IN, read for seventeen territories of the Pacific from 2015 to 2022. The latest published value of each is kept, then the ten highest are ranked.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Confidence

Medium

See also

2024/069 · 9 Mar40.5% of adultsShare of smokers among adults, Pacific2026/278 · 5 Oct40.2pupils/teacherPupils per teacher in primary education, Pacific2026/251 · 8 Sep87.0%Adult literacy rate in the Pacific2025/278 · 5 Oct40.2pupils per teacherPupils per teacher in primary education, Pacific

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