Fertility in Caribbean, 2018

Caribbean
2018
Total fertility rate: 2.12
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Caribbean was 2.12 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (108 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 697,197 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.12
Births
697,197
Births per 1,000 people
16.1
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
43,261,407
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
10-141.80.4%3,056
15-1954.112.7%95,054
20-24107.325.2%183,977
25-29107.525.3%183,775
30-3484.419.9%133,232
35-3951.912.2%72,974
40-4416.03.8%22,171
45-492.00.5%2,860
50-540.10.0%84