Fertility in Central America, 2018

Central America
2018
Total fertility rate: 2.14
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 2.14 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (117 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 3,152,615 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.14
Births
3,152,615
Births per 1,000 people
18.2
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
173,310,399
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
10-141.80.4%14,267
15-1968.115.9%544,603
20-24117.427.4%913,530
25-29107.525.1%802,222
30-3478.218.2%534,308
35-3942.69.9%268,475
40-4412.02.8%69,364
45-491.10.3%5,814
50-540.00.0%36