Fertility in Caribbean, 2000

Caribbean
2000
Total fertility rate: 2.57
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Caribbean was 2.57 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (142 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 802,610 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.57
Births
802,610
Births per 1,000 people
21.0
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
38,248,849
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
10-143.50.7%6,546
15-1976.114.8%130,753
20-24141.527.6%223,336
25-29128.225.0%204,148
30-3490.617.6%138,570
35-3950.99.9%73,123
40-4419.33.8%22,595
45-493.40.7%3,402
50-540.20.0%135