Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Colombia, 2014

Colombia
2014
Total fertility rate: 1.82
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 1.82 children per woman in 2014 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (100 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.1 years old. In total, 710,473 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.82
Births
710,473
Births per 1,000 people
15.3
Mean age of mothers
26.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
46,565,429
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
10-144.11.1%8,324
15-1973.820.2%154,525
20-24100.227.4%207,457
25-2981.522.3%155,434
30-3461.716.9%112,665
35-3933.99.3%56,406
40-449.12.5%14,175
45-491.00.3%1,479
50-540.00.0%4