Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Colombia, 1986

Colombia
1986
Total fertility rate: 3.15
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 3.15 children per woman in 1986 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (169 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 832,411 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.15
Births
832,411
Births per 1,000 people
27.9
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.45
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
29,879,112
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
10-143.80.6%6,415
15-1985.213.5%141,230
20-24169.426.8%268,008
25-29154.624.5%210,170
30-34113.117.9%123,358
35-3972.111.4%61,190
40-4429.34.6%19,474
45-494.70.7%2,485
50-540.20.0%83