Fertility in Caribbean, 2001

Caribbean
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Caribbean was 2.53 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (139 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 790,072 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.53
Births
790,072
Births per 1,000 people
20.5
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
38,604,809
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%6,507
15-1973.314.5%128,234
20-24138.627.5%217,709
25-29126.825.1%199,890
30-3490.317.9%138,043
35-3949.99.9%73,341
40-4418.93.7%22,791
45-493.30.7%3,398
50-540.20.0%133