Fertility in Caribbean, 2010

Caribbean
2010
Total fertility rate: 2.33
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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   2010  +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 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (122 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 759,659 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.33
Births
759,659
Births per 1,000 people
18.3
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
41,406,457
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
10-142.80.6%5,141
15-1966.514.3%123,302
20-24122.426.2%217,299
25-29117.525.2%185,211
30-3489.319.1%128,846
35-3949.910.7%74,125
40-4415.73.4%22,555
45-492.30.5%3,068
50-540.10.0%95