Fertility in Caribbean, 2021

Caribbean
2021
Total fertility rate: 2.01
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +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 2.01 children per woman in 2021 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (103 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 664,808 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.01
Births
664,808
Births per 1,000 people
15.1
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
43,895,981
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
10-141.40.4%2,464
15-1947.311.7%80,672
20-2499.724.7%171,101
25-29103.225.6%173,302
30-3482.720.5%136,523
35-3950.612.5%75,674
40-4416.54.1%22,276
45-491.90.5%2,702
50-540.10.0%78