Fertility in Caribbean, 1959

Caribbean
1959
Total fertility rate: 5.25
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Caribbean was 5.25 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (267 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 791,561 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.25
Births
791,561
Births per 1,000 people
38.7
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
20,443,441
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
10-144.50.4%5,273
15-19126.312.0%126,766
20-24266.625.4%232,518
25-29249.723.8%185,069
30-34189.818.1%123,452
35-39138.113.2%80,522
40-4462.56.0%32,465
45-4911.41.1%5,279
50-540.50.0%188