Fertility in Caribbean, 2009

Caribbean
2009
Total fertility rate: 2.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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   2009  +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 2.35 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (124 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 762,103 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.35
Births
762,103
Births per 1,000 people
18.5
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
41,154,155
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
10-142.90.6%5,320
15-1966.414.1%124,245
20-24124.126.4%217,547
25-29118.825.3%183,915
30-3489.419.0%130,253
35-3950.310.7%75,112
40-4415.63.3%22,506
45-492.40.5%3,083
50-540.10.0%103