Fertility in Caribbean, 1980

Caribbean
1980
Total fertility rate: 3.25
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Caribbean was 3.25 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (175 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 769,971 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.25
Births
769,971
Births per 1,000 people
25.9
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.40
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
29,679,852
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
10-143.90.6%7,018
15-1992.114.2%153,735
20-24174.726.9%237,182
25-29157.124.2%179,110
30-34110.817.1%107,911
35-3971.211.0%58,157
40-4432.45.0%22,758
45-496.51.0%3,936
50-540.30.0%159