Fertility in Caribbean, 2008

Caribbean
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.33
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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

Year

-5 -1   2008  +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 2.33 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (123 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 750,747 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.33
Births
750,747
Births per 1,000 people
18.4
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
40,851,132
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%5,534
15-1965.514.1%123,027
20-24122.726.4%212,114
25-29118.325.4%180,067
30-3488.319.0%130,300
35-3949.510.6%73,937
40-4415.63.3%22,530
45-492.50.5%3,103
50-540.10.0%108