Fertility in Central America, 2020

Central America
2020
Total fertility rate: 2.07
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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   2020  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 2.07 children per woman in 2020 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (114 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 3,085,884 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.07
Births
3,085,884
Births per 1,000 people
17.5
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
176,794,354
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
10-141.60.4%12,877
15-1965.615.8%524,220
20-24113.627.4%884,735
25-29104.325.2%791,114
30-3475.718.3%532,191
35-3941.19.9%266,488
40-4411.62.8%68,787
45-491.00.2%5,436
50-540.00.0%34