Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Central America, 2038

Central America
2038
Total fertility rate: 1.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2038  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America is projected at 1.81 children per woman in 2038 — 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 27.1 years old. In total, 2,768,960 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.81
Births
2,768,960
Births per 1,000 people
13.5
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
204,387,380
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%7,081
15-1954.114.9%397,144
20-2496.726.7%739,832
25-2993.525.8%730,527
30-3469.019.1%530,758
35-3937.310.3%286,204
40-449.92.7%73,771
45-490.50.1%3,633
50-540.00.0%8