Fertility in Colombia, 2008

Colombia
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.16
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2008  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 2.16 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.1 years old. In total, 796,007 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.16
Births
796,007
Births per 1,000 people
18.2
Mean age of mothers
26.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
43,758,808
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
10-145.01.2%10,567
15-1986.320.0%178,033
20-24120.728.0%231,736
25-2999.923.2%182,513
30-3467.215.6%111,887
35-3938.69.0%60,969
40-4411.52.7%17,785
45-491.80.4%2,460
50-540.10.0%56