Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Colombia, 2007

Colombia
2007
Total fertility rate: 2.20
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 2.20 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (124 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.1 years old. In total, 802,116 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.20
Births
802,116
Births per 1,000 people
18.6
Mean age of mothers
26.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
43,235,374
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
10-145.01.1%10,623
15-1987.419.9%177,534
20-24123.628.2%236,255
25-29101.623.2%182,740
30-3468.115.5%111,866
35-3939.49.0%62,285
40-4411.92.7%18,171
45-491.90.4%2,577
50-540.10.0%64