Fertility in Ecuador, 2005

Ecuador
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Ecuador was 2.80 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (155 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 322,850 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.80
Births
322,850
Births per 1,000 people
23.3
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
13,846,162
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
10-144.10.7%3,030
15-1986.515.4%59,479
20-24154.627.6%99,238
25-29131.723.5%75,096
30-3496.917.3%49,022
35-3959.810.7%26,679
40-4423.74.2%9,158
45-493.40.6%1,117
50-540.10.0%29