Fertility in Caribbean, 2015

Caribbean
2015
Total fertility rate: 2.20
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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   2015  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Caribbean was 2.20 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (114 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 726,258 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.20
Births
726,258
Births per 1,000 people
17.0
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
42,673,846
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
10-142.00.5%3,607
15-1958.613.3%104,744
20-24114.125.9%202,111
25-29110.325.0%186,940
30-3486.719.6%131,124
35-3951.411.7%71,698
40-4415.93.6%22,984
45-492.10.5%2,942
50-540.10.0%89