Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Colombia, 1997

Colombia
1997
Total fertility rate: 2.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 2.74 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (155 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 889,567 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.74
Births
889,567
Births per 1,000 people
24.0
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
37,121,150
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
10-144.60.8%9,021
15-1991.716.7%168,718
20-24154.528.1%260,069
25-29131.023.9%211,639
30-3493.016.9%145,375
35-3951.59.4%70,528
40-4419.53.6%21,618
45-492.90.5%2,527
50-540.10.0%69