Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Colombia, 2003

Colombia
2003
Total fertility rate: 2.45
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 2.45 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.3 years old. In total, 856,735 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.45
Births
856,735
Births per 1,000 people
20.9
Mean age of mothers
26.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
40,937,429
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%10,273
15-1992.718.9%179,785
20-24136.127.8%252,053
25-29114.123.3%192,561
30-3479.816.3%127,637
35-3945.09.2%70,434
40-4415.13.1%21,165
45-492.40.5%2,754
50-540.10.0%70