Fertility in Central America, 2022

Central America
2022
Total fertility rate: 2.01
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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

Year

-5 -1   2022  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 2.01 children per woman in 2022 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 3,035,184 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.01
Births
3,035,184
Births per 1,000 people
16.9
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
179,821,110
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
10-141.50.4%11,906
15-1963.715.8%505,656
20-24110.227.3%866,526
25-29101.425.2%774,656
30-3473.918.3%535,369
35-3940.110.0%266,803
40-4411.32.8%69,197
45-490.90.2%5,053
50-540.00.0%21