Fertility in Dominican Republic, 1961

Dominican Republic
1961
Total fertility rate: 7.49
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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The total fertility rate of Dominican Republic was 7.49 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (348 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 172,568 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.49
Births
172,568
Births per 1,000 people
51.2
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.77
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
3,373,232
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
10-1412.70.8%2,643
15-19148.29.9%24,138
20-24323.021.6%46,182
25-29348.323.2%42,577
30-34324.521.7%32,159
35-39223.514.9%17,740
40-4496.96.5%6,076
45-4920.41.4%1,009
50-541.10.1%43