Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in El Salvador, 1962

El Salvador
1962
Total fertility rate: 6.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1962  +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 6.68 children per woman in 1962 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (319 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 138,971 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.68
Births
138,971
Births per 1,000 people
47.1
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
2,949,204
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
10-140.90.1%162
15-19132.69.9%19,846
20-24317.323.8%40,431
25-29319.123.9%34,173
30-34268.120.1%23,326
35-39207.615.6%15,485
40-4474.85.6%4,778
45-4914.21.1%748
50-540.50.0%23