Fertility in Caribbean, 2005

Caribbean
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.36
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Caribbean was 2.36 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 748,734 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.36
Births
748,734
Births per 1,000 people
18.7
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
39,936,714
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
10-143.00.6%5,720
15-1965.013.8%119,774
20-24127.026.9%209,379
25-29120.825.6%181,524
30-3487.818.6%134,372
35-3948.210.2%71,357
40-4416.73.5%23,255
45-492.90.6%3,216
50-540.10.0%123