Fertility in Dominican Republic, 1950

Dominican Republic
1950
Total fertility rate: 7.51
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
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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The total fertility rate of Dominican Republic was 7.51 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (353 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 126,330 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.51
Births
126,330
Births per 1,000 people
53.1
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
2,379,894
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
10-1416.81.1%2,547
15-19136.29.1%18,094
20-24315.721.0%34,453
25-29353.423.5%30,903
30-34329.421.9%22,654
35-39228.715.2%12,462
40-44100.86.7%4,443
45-4920.51.4%742
50-541.20.1%34