Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Curaçao, 1978

Curaçao
1978
Total fertility rate: 2.38
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Curaçao was 2.38 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (135 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 3,219 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.38
Births
3,219
Births per 1,000 people
20.6
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
156,254
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
10-140.70.1%6
15-1949.710.4%472
20-24124.826.2%980
25-29134.728.3%857
30-34104.021.8%612
35-3947.19.9%228
40-4413.62.9%58
45-491.60.3%6
50-540.10.0%0