Fertility in Central America, 2013

Central America
2013
Total fertility rate: 2.37
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2013 1983, 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   2013  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 2.37 children per woman in 2013 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 3,357,951 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.37
Births
3,357,951
Births per 1,000 people
20.5
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
163,625,975
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
10-142.30.5%18,374
15-1980.416.9%636,682
20-24133.028.0%1,014,238
25-29115.624.3%806,041
30-3483.817.6%538,003
35-3945.59.6%266,385
40-4413.62.9%71,367
45-491.50.3%6,774
50-540.00.0%84