Fertility in Central America, 2029

Central America
2029
Total fertility rate: 1.88
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 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   2029  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America is projected at 1.88 children per woman in 2029 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (102 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 26.9 years old. In total, 2,911,617 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.88
Births
2,911,617
Births per 1,000 people
15.2
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
191,763,412
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%9,644
15-1958.415.5%464,866
20-24102.327.2%802,522
25-2995.725.4%749,616
30-3469.918.6%530,739
35-3937.910.1%279,277
40-4410.52.8%70,752
45-490.70.2%4,191
50-540.00.0%10