Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Colombia, 1994

Colombia
1994
Total fertility rate: 2.94
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 2.94 children per woman in 1994 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (166 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 912,584 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.94
Births
912,584
Births per 1,000 people
26.0
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
35,127,410
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
10-144.40.8%8,421
15-1993.415.9%163,490
20-24165.928.2%271,999
25-29140.823.9%226,619
30-3499.416.9%146,282
35-3957.89.8%70,620
40-4423.64.0%22,786
45-493.10.5%2,311
50-540.10.0%56