Fertility in Central America, 2010

Central America
2010
Total fertility rate: 2.46
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 2.46 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 3,346,220 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.46
Births
3,346,220
Births per 1,000 people
21.3
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
156,800,326
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%19,673
15-1980.816.4%635,271
20-24136.327.7%994,489
25-29121.524.6%813,969
30-3487.917.8%538,152
35-3948.29.8%268,122
40-4414.02.8%68,596
45-491.80.4%7,791
50-540.00.0%159