Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in El Salvador, 1999

El Salvador
1999
Total fertility rate: 3.22
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Year

-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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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 3.22 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (185 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 167,523 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.22
Births
167,523
Births per 1,000 people
28.3
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.48
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
5,913,900
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
10-143.70.6%1,294
15-19107.916.7%34,951
20-24185.228.7%54,029
25-29155.524.1%38,845
30-34101.815.8%22,461
35-3961.89.6%11,588
40-4425.03.9%3,867
45-493.70.6%477
50-540.10.0%12