Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Colombia, 2006

Colombia
2006
Total fertility rate: 2.24
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Colombia was 2.24 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (126 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 809,616 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.24
Births
809,616
Births per 1,000 people
19.0
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
42,691,084
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
10-144.91.1%10,433
15-1987.719.6%175,670
20-24126.228.2%240,249
25-29103.723.2%183,489
30-3470.115.7%113,884
35-3940.79.1%64,356
40-4412.52.8%18,766
45-492.10.5%2,698
50-540.10.0%73