Fertility in Colombia, 2009

Colombia
2009
Total fertility rate: 2.10
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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   2009  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 2.10 children per woman in 2009 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (116 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.1 years old. In total, 781,638 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.10
Births
781,638
Births per 1,000 people
17.7
Mean age of mothers
26.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
44,271,541
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
10-144.81.2%10,214
15-1984.020.0%175,710
20-24115.827.6%223,799
25-2997.123.2%179,672
30-3467.216.0%113,488
35-3937.58.9%59,252
40-4411.02.6%17,103
45-491.70.4%2,349
50-540.00.0%51