Fertility in Central America, 2023

Central America
2023
Total fertility rate: 1.99
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America was 1.99 children per woman in 2023 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (109 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 3,011,139 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.99
Births
3,011,139
Births per 1,000 people
16.6
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
181,618,074
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
10-141.40.4%11,503
15-1962.815.8%497,572
20-24108.627.3%858,413
25-29100.025.2%765,707
30-3473.018.4%536,391
35-3939.710.0%267,351
40-4411.22.8%69,307
45-490.90.2%4,890
50-540.00.0%17