Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Colombia, 1966

Colombia
1966
Total fertility rate: 6.16
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 6.16 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (292 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 772,959 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.16
Births
772,959
Births per 1,000 people
41.3
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.56
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
18,702,688
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
10-143.70.3%4,439
15-19101.68.3%100,218
20-24288.623.5%227,731
25-29292.423.8%183,710
30-34241.219.6%128,496
35-39195.515.9%89,048
40-4488.27.2%33,385
45-4918.31.5%5,694
50-540.90.1%235