Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Central America, 2037

Central America
2037
Total fertility rate: 1.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2037  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America is projected at 1.81 children per woman in 2037 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (97 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.0 years old. In total, 2,787,645 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.81
Births
2,787,645
Births per 1,000 people
13.7
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
203,147,958
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
10-141.00.3%7,278
15-1954.515.0%403,950
20-2497.226.8%752,487
25-2993.625.8%729,634
30-3468.919.0%531,431
35-3937.410.3%285,278
40-4410.02.7%73,876
45-490.50.1%3,692
50-540.00.0%8