Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Colombia, 2011

Colombia
2011
Total fertility rate: 1.94
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 1.94 children per woman in 2011 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (107 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.1 years old. In total, 738,679 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.94
Births
738,679
Births per 1,000 people
16.3
Mean age of mothers
26.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
45,259,614
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
10-144.51.2%9,356
15-1979.420.5%168,289
20-24107.227.6%212,565
25-2988.022.7%165,317
30-3463.516.4%110,854
35-3934.18.8%54,597
40-4410.12.6%15,680
45-491.30.3%1,990
50-540.00.0%32