Fertility in Central America, 2008

Central America
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.53
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2008  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 2.53 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (140 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 3,334,647 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.53
Births
3,334,647
Births per 1,000 people
21.9
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
152,173,004
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
10-142.50.5%19,804
15-1980.015.8%617,470
20-24140.127.7%992,395
25-29125.424.8%817,308
30-3491.518.1%543,530
35-3949.69.8%264,819
40-4415.13.0%70,500
45-492.20.4%8,606
50-540.10.0%211