Fertility in Colombia, 2005

Colombia
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.31
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 2.31 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (130 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.3 years old. In total, 824,839 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.31
Births
824,839
Births per 1,000 people
19.6
Mean age of mothers
26.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
42,128,977
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
10-144.81.0%10,128
15-1988.119.1%174,122
20-24129.928.1%246,007
25-29106.923.2%186,161
30-3474.016.0%119,066
35-3942.69.2%67,273
40-4413.02.8%19,250
45-492.20.5%2,753
50-540.10.0%78