Fertility in Colombia, 2026

Colombia
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.60
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Colombia is projected at 1.60 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (86 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 26.7 years old. In total, 684,798 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.60
Births
684,798
Births per 1,000 people
12.7
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
53,936,226
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
10-142.90.9%5,153
15-1956.317.5%106,199
20-2485.826.7%178,690
25-2977.724.1%176,034
30-3456.417.5%130,351
35-3932.310.0%68,318
40-449.73.0%18,892
45-490.70.2%1,159
50-540.00.0%0