Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in El Salvador, 2003

El Salvador
2003
Total fertility rate: 2.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2003  +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 2.64 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (147 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 138,834 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.64
Births
138,834
Births per 1,000 people
23.1
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
5,998,598
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
10-143.50.7%1,240
15-1987.216.5%27,232
20-24146.527.8%42,804
25-29129.724.6%33,984
30-3487.516.6%19,817
35-3950.89.6%10,114
40-4419.23.6%3,208
45-493.00.6%422
50-540.10.0%12