Fertility in Colombia, 2016

Colombia
2016
Total fertility rate: 1.72
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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

Year

-5 -1   2016  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 1.72 children per woman in 2016 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (95 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.3 years old. In total, 677,004 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.72
Births
677,004
Births per 1,000 people
14.3
Mean age of mothers
26.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
47,437,512
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
10-143.71.1%7,261
15-1966.819.4%137,839
20-2494.627.4%198,215
25-2978.722.8%153,824
30-3458.216.9%107,764
35-3933.19.6%56,969
40-448.82.5%13,859
45-490.80.2%1,270
50-540.00.0%0