Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Caribbean, 2011

Caribbean
2011
Total fertility rate: 2.32
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Caribbean was 2.32 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 759,095 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.32
Births
759,095
Births per 1,000 people
18.2
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
41,648,810
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
10-142.70.6%4,867
15-1966.414.3%121,879
20-24121.226.1%217,330
25-29116.325.0%186,626
30-3489.819.3%128,901
35-3949.810.7%73,322
40-4416.03.4%22,964
45-492.20.5%3,104
50-540.10.0%98