Fertility in Central America, 2021

Central America
2021
Total fertility rate: 2.04
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 2.04 children per woman in 2021 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (112 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 3,061,417 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.04
Births
3,061,417
Births per 1,000 people
17.2
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
178,237,936
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%12,360
15-1964.615.8%514,686
20-24111.827.3%874,703
25-29102.925.2%783,891
30-3474.918.3%534,612
35-3940.69.9%266,873
40-4411.52.8%69,010
45-491.00.2%5,253
50-540.00.0%26