Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Caribbean, 1997

Caribbean
1997
Total fertility rate: 2.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +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 2.64 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 816,911 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.64
Births
816,911
Births per 1,000 people
22.0
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
37,095,874
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
10-143.40.7%6,216
15-1980.215.2%131,621
20-24144.027.3%235,434
25-29129.124.5%206,409
30-3493.017.6%142,043
35-3953.610.2%69,249
40-4420.53.9%22,206
45-493.80.7%3,566
50-540.20.0%150