Fertility in Central America, 2026

Central America
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.93
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Central America is projected at 1.93 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (105 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 26.9 years old. In total, 2,961,185 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.93
Births
2,961,185
Births per 1,000 people
15.8
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
186,868,130
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
10-141.30.3%10,633
15-1960.415.6%478,769
20-24105.327.3%831,264
25-2997.625.3%755,368
30-3471.218.4%536,790
35-3938.810.0%274,040
40-4410.82.8%69,795
45-490.80.2%4,508
50-540.00.0%12