Fertility in Cuba, 1961

Cuba
1961
Total fertility rate: 4.27
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
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   1961  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Cuba was 4.27 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (271 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 248,708 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.27
Births
248,708
Births per 1,000 people
33.7
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
7,387,117
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
10-143.10.4%1,182
15-19158.718.6%54,670
20-24270.531.7%86,616
25-29193.522.7%53,947
30-34115.913.6%28,579
35-3975.38.8%16,479
40-4433.84.0%6,643
45-493.20.4%591
50-540.00.0%0