Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Caribbean, 1952

Caribbean
1952
Total fertility rate: 5.12
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1952  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Caribbean was 5.12 children per woman in 1952 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (259 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 694,926 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.12
Births
694,926
Births per 1,000 people
38.9
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
17,871,448
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%5,273
15-19122.311.9%108,478
20-24258.925.3%199,773
25-29241.623.6%163,887
30-34184.518.0%110,214
35-39136.613.3%73,610
40-4462.06.1%28,895
45-4911.91.2%4,610
50-540.50.1%163