Fertility in Central America, 1990

Central America
1990
Total fertility rate: 3.71
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 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   1990  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 3.71 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (199 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 3,478,129 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.71
Births
3,478,129
Births per 1,000 people
31.0
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
112,148,081
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
10-142.70.4%19,038
15-1993.412.6%607,646
20-24198.626.7%1,099,483
25-29182.324.5%847,319
30-34135.318.2%519,304
35-3989.712.1%283,489
40-4435.94.8%90,168
45-495.70.8%11,347
50-540.20.0%339