Fertility in Caribbean, 2024

Caribbean
2024
Total fertility rate: 1.97
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 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   2024  +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 is projected at 1.97 children per woman in 2024 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (101 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.1 years old. In total, 650,221 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.97
Births
650,221
Births per 1,000 people
14.6
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
44,444,810
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%2,310
15-1944.811.4%74,923
20-2496.924.6%164,535
25-29100.925.6%167,846
30-3482.220.8%136,413
35-3950.012.7%78,478
40-4416.44.2%23,045
45-491.90.5%2,589
50-540.10.0%71