Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in El Salvador, 1957

El Salvador
1957
Total fertility rate: 6.54
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of El Salvador was 6.54 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (337 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 122,612 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.54
Births
122,612
Births per 1,000 people
47.5
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
2,582,511
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
15-19136.810.5%18,233
20-24318.424.3%36,220
25-29337.525.8%31,314
30-34246.918.9%19,610
35-39189.614.5%12,880
40-4463.34.8%3,549
45-4914.31.1%664
50-540.60.0%24