Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Colombia, 1999

Colombia
1999
Total fertility rate: 2.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 2.64 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (146 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 880,066 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.64
Births
880,066
Births per 1,000 people
22.9
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
38,454,863
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
10-145.00.9%9,745
15-1994.517.9%179,112
20-24146.427.7%253,956
25-29123.923.5%200,826
30-3488.816.8%141,440
35-3948.89.3%71,122
40-4417.53.3%21,170
45-492.80.5%2,627
50-540.10.0%69