Fertility in Colombia, 1959

Colombia
1959
Total fertility rate: 6.74
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 6.74 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (320 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 699,430 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.74
Births
699,430
Births per 1,000 people
46.2
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.67
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
15,136,215
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
10-144.50.3%4,131
15-19116.58.6%88,829
20-24312.723.2%196,856
25-29320.123.8%173,426
30-34264.619.7%120,825
35-39213.515.9%80,150
40-4494.57.0%29,706
45-4919.41.4%5,313
50-540.90.1%195