Fertility in Caribbean, 1955

Caribbean
1955
Total fertility rate: 5.17
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1955
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-5 -1   1955  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Caribbean was 5.17 children per woman in 1955 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (261 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 735,003 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.17
Births
735,003
Births per 1,000 people
38.8
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
18,928,801
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
10-145.00.5%5,344
15-19126.112.2%118,780
20-24261.325.3%211,279
25-29243.923.6%171,963
30-34185.217.9%115,601
35-39137.413.3%76,113
40-4461.76.0%30,817
45-4911.71.1%4,910
50-540.50.0%170