Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Central America, 2003

Central America
2003
Total fertility rate: 2.77
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 2.77 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (153 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 3,407,381 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.77
Births
3,407,381
Births per 1,000 people
24.1
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
141,425,504
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
10-142.40.4%18,699
15-1980.714.6%590,999
20-24153.127.6%1,038,375
25-29138.425.0%849,242
30-34101.318.3%553,206
35-3955.710.0%266,076
40-4419.53.5%79,861
45-493.20.6%10,597
50-540.10.0%324