Fertility in Caribbean, 2026

Caribbean
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.94
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Caribbean is projected at 1.94 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (100 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.2 years old. In total, 639,077 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.94
Births
639,077
Births per 1,000 people
14.3
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
44,783,001
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
10-141.30.3%2,166
15-1942.911.0%72,456
20-2494.624.4%157,237
25-2999.625.6%165,854
30-3482.121.1%134,503
35-3949.812.8%80,497
40-4416.24.2%23,702
45-492.00.5%2,577
50-540.10.0%69