Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Central America, 1969

Central America
1969
Total fertility rate: 6.56
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-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 6.56 children per woman in 1969 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (315 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 2,967,780 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.56
Births
2,967,780
Births per 1,000 people
44.7
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
66,463,648
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
10-146.60.5%28,303
15-19128.79.8%456,639
20-24294.622.5%836,108
25-29314.724.0%708,154
30-34267.720.4%484,289
35-39196.115.0%317,761
40-4486.76.6%119,614
45-4915.01.1%16,406
50-540.60.0%509