Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in El Salvador, 1986

El Salvador
1986
Total fertility rate: 4.19
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Year

-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of El Salvador was 4.19 children per woman in 1986 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (233 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 175,334 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.19
Births
175,334
Births per 1,000 people
35.1
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
4,992,768
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
10-142.60.3%825
15-19124.614.8%34,949
20-24233.427.7%58,570
25-29193.623.0%39,353
30-34133.215.8%22,310
35-3996.611.5%13,257
40-4447.15.6%5,186
45-499.61.1%854
50-540.40.0%32