Fertility in Central America, 2017

Central America
2017
Total fertility rate: 2.16
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 2.16 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (120 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 3,163,757 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.16
Births
3,163,757
Births per 1,000 people
18.5
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
171,470,402
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
10-141.90.4%14,982
15-1969.416.0%553,270
20-24119.727.6%931,052
25-29107.924.9%795,532
30-3478.618.1%530,881
35-3942.49.8%263,996
40-4412.02.8%68,051
45-491.20.3%5,940
50-540.00.0%52