Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Colombia, 1956

Colombia
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.66
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 6.66 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (317 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 648,098 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.66
Births
648,098
Births per 1,000 people
46.8
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.54
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
13,861,801
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
10-144.40.3%3,678
15-19115.88.7%80,403
20-24309.423.2%185,298
25-29316.623.8%161,629
30-34261.919.7%110,607
35-39211.115.8%73,184
40-4493.37.0%28,378
45-4919.41.5%4,739
50-540.90.1%178