Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Caribbean, 1958

Caribbean
1958
Total fertility rate: 5.21
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1958  +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 5.21 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (265 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 774,831 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.21
Births
774,831
Births per 1,000 people
38.6
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
20,050,324
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
10-144.60.4%5,252
15-19126.312.1%124,572
20-24264.925.4%226,760
25-29247.423.7%180,859
30-34188.118.1%121,231
35-39137.213.2%79,033
40-4461.65.9%31,724
45-4911.51.1%5,206
50-540.50.0%184