Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Central America, 1971

Central America
1971
Total fertility rate: 6.36
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1971  +1 +5

Country

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 Central America was 6.36 children per woman in 1971 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (302 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 3,076,219 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.36
Births
3,076,219
Births per 1,000 people
43.6
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.63
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
70,610,303
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
10-146.70.5%30,320
15-19130.010.2%493,519
20-24285.922.5%878,068
25-29301.923.7%729,680
30-34258.420.3%491,175
35-39188.914.9%313,344
40-4484.26.6%122,511
45-4914.41.1%17,080
50-540.60.0%520