Fertility in El Salvador, 2001

El Salvador
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.93
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of El Salvador was 2.93 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (166 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 154,131 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.93
Births
154,131
Births per 1,000 people
25.8
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
5,968,060
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%1,324
15-1999.116.9%31,336
20-24166.228.3%49,080
25-29142.324.2%36,502
30-3494.216.0%20,975
35-3955.89.5%10,859
40-4422.33.8%3,587
45-493.40.6%455
50-540.10.0%12