Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Colombia, 1996

Colombia
1996
Total fertility rate: 2.77
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Colombia was 2.77 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (156 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 886,239 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.77
Births
886,239
Births per 1,000 people
24.3
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
36,462,745
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
10-144.70.8%8,995
15-1992.516.7%167,322
20-24156.328.2%259,784
25-29132.223.8%213,654
30-3493.716.9%144,217
35-3951.89.4%68,510
40-4420.03.6%21,196
45-493.00.5%2,489
50-540.10.0%71