Fertility in Colombia, 2000

Colombia
2000
Total fertility rate: 2.57
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 2.57 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (142 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 870,048 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.57
Births
870,048
Births per 1,000 people
22.3
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
39,089,934
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
10-145.01.0%9,958
15-1994.518.3%180,761
20-24142.127.6%250,419
25-29120.523.4%196,377
30-3486.316.7%137,819
35-3947.69.2%71,088
40-4416.63.2%20,842
45-492.70.5%2,710
50-540.10.0%74