Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Caribbean, 2014

Caribbean
2014
Total fertility rate: 2.22
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +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 2.22 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (115 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 730,644 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.22
Births
730,644
Births per 1,000 people
17.2
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
42,436,162
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
10-142.20.5%3,898
15-1960.313.6%108,176
20-24115.125.9%206,011
25-29110.624.9%185,277
30-3487.319.7%129,723
35-3950.811.4%71,389
40-4415.93.6%23,089
45-492.10.5%2,976
50-540.10.0%92