Fertility in Caribbean, 2023

Caribbean
2023
Total fertility rate: 1.98
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +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 1.98 children per woman in 2023 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (101 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 654,307 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.98
Births
654,307
Births per 1,000 people
14.8
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
44,249,267
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
10-141.40.3%2,350
15-1945.911.6%76,746
20-2497.824.7%166,995
25-29101.425.6%168,994
30-3482.020.7%136,789
35-3949.912.6%77,121
40-4416.54.1%22,632
45-491.90.5%2,594
50-540.10.0%72