Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Central America, 1958

Central America
1958
Total fertility rate: 6.78
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 6.78 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (317 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 2,235,922 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.78
Births
2,235,922
Births per 1,000 people
47.5
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.51
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
47,069,018
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
10-147.30.5%20,719
15-19133.19.8%308,120
20-24314.223.2%610,840
25-29317.123.4%554,368
30-34276.720.4%407,920
35-39204.315.1%237,840
40-4487.36.4%82,759
45-4915.41.1%12,902
50-540.70.1%456