Fertility in Central America, 2015

Central America
2015
Total fertility rate: 2.26
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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   2015  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 2.26 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 3,258,136 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.26
Births
3,258,136
Births per 1,000 people
19.4
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
167,748,854
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
10-142.10.5%16,647
15-1973.816.3%584,660
20-24126.728.0%982,254
25-29111.424.6%799,523
30-3481.217.9%535,627
35-3943.79.6%263,593
40-4412.62.8%69,398
45-491.30.3%6,367
50-540.00.0%76