Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in El Salvador, 1998

El Salvador
1998
Total fertility rate: 3.34
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +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 3.34 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (194 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 172,835 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.34
Births
172,835
Births per 1,000 people
29.4
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
5,880,781
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
10-143.80.6%1,310
15-19113.216.9%36,947
20-24193.728.9%55,890
25-29159.623.8%39,427
30-34105.615.8%23,112
35-3964.29.6%11,768
40-4425.63.8%3,886
45-493.80.6%483
50-540.10.0%12