Fertility in Central America, 2016

Central America
2016
Total fertility rate: 2.21
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 2.21 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (123 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 3,211,765 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.21
Births
3,211,765
Births per 1,000 people
18.9
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
169,626,744
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
10-142.00.4%15,640
15-1971.016.0%564,420
20-24123.527.9%959,979
25-29109.624.8%797,661
30-3480.118.1%535,023
35-3943.29.7%264,448
40-4412.22.8%68,356
45-491.30.3%6,172
50-540.00.0%68