Fertility in Colombia, 2018

Colombia
2018
Total fertility rate: 1.71
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia was 1.71 children per woman in 2018 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (94 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.4 years old. In total, 695,926 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.71
Births
695,926
Births per 1,000 people
14.2
Mean age of mothers
26.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
49,024,466
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
10-143.61.0%6,916
15-1965.218.9%134,352
20-2494.127.4%201,666
25-2979.723.2%165,377
30-3457.416.7%109,911
35-3933.89.8%61,164
40-449.42.7%15,341
45-490.80.2%1,199
50-540.00.0%0