Fertility in Dominican Republic, 1970

Dominican Republic
1970
Total fertility rate: 6.18
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1970
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 6.18 children per woman in 1970 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (288 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 184,362 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.18
Births
184,362
Births per 1,000 people
41.9
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.50
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
4,399,290
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
10-149.80.8%3,008
15-19126.610.3%31,395
20-24282.322.9%52,435
25-29288.323.3%40,054
30-34254.420.6%31,161
35-39181.414.7%18,816
40-4475.66.1%6,379
45-4915.81.3%1,073
50-540.80.1%43