Fertility in Caribbean, 2016

Caribbean
2016
Total fertility rate: 2.16
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Caribbean was 2.16 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (111 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 713,167 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.16
Births
713,167
Births per 1,000 people
16.6
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
42,900,908
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%3,398
15-1956.313.0%100,301
20-24111.025.7%194,693
25-29108.925.2%186,540
30-3485.119.7%131,168
35-3951.511.9%71,443
40-4415.83.6%22,612
45-492.10.5%2,903
50-540.10.0%87