Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in El Salvador, 1953

El Salvador
1953
Total fertility rate: 6.39
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of El Salvador was 6.39 children per woman in 1953 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (338 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 110,833 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.39
Births
110,833
Births per 1,000 people
47.3
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
2,341,983
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%101
15-19124.19.7%15,269
20-24333.326.1%34,299
25-29338.126.4%29,210
30-34236.618.5%17,736
35-39168.413.2%10,395
40-4462.24.9%3,181
45-4914.51.1%616
50-540.70.1%26