Fertility in El Salvador, 1960

El Salvador
1960
Total fertility rate: 6.62
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
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 El Salvador was 6.62 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (328 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 131,250 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.62
Births
131,250
Births per 1,000 people
47.0
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.34
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
2,791,459
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%142
15-19128.89.7%18,295
20-24315.723.9%38,376
25-29328.124.8%33,155
30-34264.620.0%21,761
35-39201.715.2%14,606
40-4469.15.2%4,177
45-4914.31.1%713
50-540.60.0%24