Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in El Salvador, 2002

El Salvador
2002
Total fertility rate: 2.77
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2002  +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 2.77 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (155 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 146,110 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.77
Births
146,110
Births per 1,000 people
24.4
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
5,986,630
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
10-143.60.6%1,267
15-1992.216.6%28,894
20-24155.327.9%45,771
25-29137.224.7%35,593
30-3490.616.3%20,348
35-3952.59.4%10,346
40-4420.93.8%3,433
45-493.30.6%446
50-540.10.0%13