Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Cuba, 1956

Cuba
1956
Total fertility rate: 3.89
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cuba was 3.89 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (249 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.1 years old. In total, 207,496 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.89
Births
207,496
Births per 1,000 people
31.1
Mean age of mothers
26.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
23.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
6,676,052
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
10-143.30.4%1,141
15-19147.719.0%48,218
20-24249.332.0%70,984
25-29175.422.5%44,225
30-34103.313.3%23,170
35-3966.88.6%13,489
40-4430.23.9%5,733
45-493.20.4%534
50-540.00.0%1