Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in El Salvador, 1996

El Salvador
1996
Total fertility rate: 3.48
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +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 3.48 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (200 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 175,890 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.48
Births
175,890
Births per 1,000 people
30.3
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
5,805,286
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
10-144.00.6%1,405
15-19118.917.1%38,737
20-24200.028.7%56,124
25-29163.523.5%39,579
30-34110.115.8%23,524
35-3967.89.7%11,856
40-4428.34.1%4,135
45-494.30.6%517
50-540.10.0%12