Fertility in Central America, 2019

Central America
2019
Total fertility rate: 2.11
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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   2019  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 2.11 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (116 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 3,130,461 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.11
Births
3,130,461
Births per 1,000 people
17.9
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
175,136,476
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
10-141.70.4%13,585
15-1967.115.9%537,499
20-24115.827.4%901,287
25-29106.225.1%800,564
30-3477.218.2%534,584
35-3941.99.9%268,028
40-4411.82.8%69,252
45-491.10.3%5,631
50-540.00.0%31