Fertility in El Salvador, 2005

El Salvador
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.44
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of El Salvador was 2.44 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (131 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 128,358 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.44
Births
128,358
Births per 1,000 people
21.4
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
6,005,578
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%1,252
15-1982.516.9%25,969
20-24131.226.9%37,130
25-29119.824.5%31,798
30-3484.517.3%19,459
35-3946.59.5%9,375
40-4417.33.6%2,994
45-492.60.5%371
50-540.10.0%10