Fertility in Central America, 2040

Central America
2040
Total fertility rate: 1.79
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2040 2010, 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   2040  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America is projected at 1.79 children per woman in 2040 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (96 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.1 years old. In total, 2,723,994 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.79
Births
2,723,994
Births per 1,000 people
13.2
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
206,714,505
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
10-140.90.3%6,680
15-1952.914.7%382,283
20-2495.626.6%714,811
25-2993.125.9%726,109
30-3469.019.2%530,848
35-3937.210.4%285,746
40-449.92.8%73,983
45-490.50.1%3,522
50-540.00.0%8