Fertility in Caribbean, 2019

Caribbean
2019
Total fertility rate: 2.08
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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   2019  +1 +5

Country

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 2.08 children per woman in 2019 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (106 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 686,579 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.08
Births
686,579
Births per 1,000 people
15.8
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
43,510,817
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
10-141.70.4%2,826
15-1951.912.4%90,618
20-24104.325.0%178,835
25-29105.725.3%180,215
30-3484.020.1%134,953
35-3951.612.4%74,001
40-4416.33.9%22,234
45-492.00.5%2,814
50-540.10.0%82