Fertility in Central America, 1980

Central America
1980
Total fertility rate: 4.92
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 4.92 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (242 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 3,285,665 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.92
Births
3,285,665
Births per 1,000 people
36.4
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
90,213,734
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
10-144.40.4%26,759
15-19116.511.8%597,252
20-24242.124.6%1,008,223
25-29230.523.4%770,421
30-34184.818.8%487,509
35-39134.713.7%281,021
40-4459.76.1%98,454
45-4910.51.1%15,485
50-540.40.0%528