Fertility in Colombia, 2001

Colombia
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.52
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 2.52 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (139 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.4 years old. In total, 862,583 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.52
Births
862,583
Births per 1,000 people
21.7
Mean age of mothers
26.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
39,709,262
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%10,066
15-1994.118.6%180,989
20-24139.227.6%249,447
25-29117.623.3%193,297
30-3484.016.6%134,346
35-3946.49.2%70,618
40-4416.13.2%21,007
45-492.60.5%2,737
50-540.10.0%73