Fertility in Cuba, 2008

Cuba
2008
Total fertility rate: 1.58
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 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

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The total fertility rate of Cuba was 1.58 children per woman in 2008 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (98 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 123,199 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.58
Births
123,199
Births per 1,000 people
10.9
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.7
Population
11,291,762
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
10-141.00.3%349
15-1949.415.7%20,049
20-2498.131.1%38,658
25-2986.327.3%28,148
30-3452.816.7%21,276
35-3923.97.6%12,444
40-444.01.3%2,184
45-490.20.1%89
50-540.00.0%1