Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Colombia, 1993

Colombia
1993
Total fertility rate: 2.98
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 2.98 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (168 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 912,234 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.98
Births
912,234
Births per 1,000 people
26.5
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
34,441,473
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
10-144.50.8%8,412
15-1994.615.9%163,167
20-24168.028.2%275,060
25-29142.924.0%228,588
30-3499.716.7%142,760
35-3959.39.9%69,465
40-4424.44.1%22,438
45-493.20.5%2,289
50-540.10.0%54