Fertility in Central America, 2009

Central America
2009
Total fertility rate: 2.50
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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   2009  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 2.50 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (138 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 3,341,341 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.50
Births
3,341,341
Births per 1,000 people
21.6
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
154,486,896
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%19,951
15-1980.816.2%630,568
20-24138.127.6%991,883
25-29123.224.7%814,149
30-3489.517.9%539,770
35-3948.99.8%266,921
40-4414.62.9%69,686
45-492.00.4%8,229
50-540.10.0%182