Fertility in Caribbean, 1951

Caribbean
1951
Total fertility rate: 5.14
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1951
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-5 -1   1951  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Caribbean was 5.14 children per woman in 1951 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (260 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 686,397 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.14
Births
686,397
Births per 1,000 people
39.2
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
17,530,835
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
10-145.20.5%5,180
15-19122.311.9%106,168
20-24260.125.3%197,645
25-29242.623.6%162,075
30-34185.518.0%109,128
35-39137.613.4%73,365
40-4462.16.0%28,154
45-4911.91.2%4,501
50-540.50.1%158