Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in El Salvador, 1956

El Salvador
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.50
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +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 6.50 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (341 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 119,485 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.50
Births
119,485
Births per 1,000 people
47.4
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
2,518,165
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
10-140.80.1%121
15-19133.710.3%17,486
20-24321.924.7%35,754
25-29340.726.2%30,787
30-34241.818.6%19,029
35-39185.214.2%12,261
40-4461.64.7%3,368
45-4914.41.1%655
50-540.70.1%24