Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Caribbean, 1994

Caribbean
1994
Total fertility rate: 2.71
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1994  +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 2.71 children per woman in 1994 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (146 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 829,241 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.71
Births
829,241
Births per 1,000 people
23.1
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
35,874,177
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
10-143.60.7%6,163
15-1983.515.4%138,762
20-24146.226.9%245,316
25-29131.124.1%208,865
30-3495.917.6%137,192
35-3956.310.4%66,007
40-4423.14.2%23,215
45-494.20.8%3,561
50-540.20.0%150