Fertility in Central America, 2000

Central America
2000
Total fertility rate: 2.95
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 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   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 2.95 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (163 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 3,475,823 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.95
Births
3,475,823
Births per 1,000 people
25.7
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
135,055,823
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
10-142.50.4%18,763
15-1982.714.0%595,331
20-24162.927.6%1,075,519
25-29146.724.8%864,622
30-34106.618.0%546,110
35-3962.210.5%277,312
40-4423.44.0%86,584
45-493.80.6%11,243
50-540.10.0%349