Fertility in Caribbean, 1990

Caribbean
1990
Total fertility rate: 2.96
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1990  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Caribbean was 2.96 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (158 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 871,906 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.96
Births
871,906
Births per 1,000 people
25.6
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
34,097,042
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
10-144.40.7%7,408
15-1988.514.9%154,211
20-24158.226.6%263,311
25-29146.924.7%223,943
30-34104.817.6%130,479
35-3961.410.3%65,358
40-4426.04.4%23,602
45-494.50.8%3,425
50-540.20.0%136