Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Central America, 2042

Central America
2042
Total fertility rate: 1.78
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2042  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Central America is projected at 1.78 children per woman in 2042 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (94 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.1 years old. In total, 2,676,623 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.78
Births
2,676,623
Births per 1,000 people
12.8
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
208,851,022
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%6,284
15-1951.814.5%368,993
20-2494.426.5%693,449
25-2992.926.0%711,968
30-3469.119.4%533,920
35-3937.210.4%284,130
40-449.92.8%74,489
45-490.50.1%3,385
50-540.00.0%8