Fertility in Cuba, 1959

Cuba
1959
Total fertility rate: 4.00
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cuba was 4.00 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (256 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.1 years old. In total, 226,134 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.00
Births
226,134
Births per 1,000 people
31.9
Mean age of mothers
26.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
7,092,332
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
10-143.20.4%1,151
15-19151.819.0%51,319
20-24255.932.0%79,076
25-29180.522.5%48,111
30-34106.713.3%25,391
35-3968.88.6%14,560
40-4430.83.8%5,943
45-493.20.4%581
50-540.00.0%1