Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Caribbean, 2003

Caribbean
2003
Total fertility rate: 2.46
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Caribbean was 2.46 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 773,464 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.46
Births
773,464
Births per 1,000 people
19.7
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
39,291,676
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
10-143.30.7%6,358
15-1968.413.9%123,041
20-24133.327.1%212,390
25-29124.325.3%190,553
30-3491.018.5%139,685
35-3949.810.1%74,279
40-4418.23.7%23,728
45-493.10.6%3,286
50-540.10.0%128