Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in El Salvador, 2007

El Salvador
2007
Total fertility rate: 2.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of El Salvador was 2.35 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (127 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 123,595 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.35
Births
123,595
Births per 1,000 people
20.6
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.3
Population
6,009,824
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
10-143.40.7%1,224
15-1979.616.9%25,446
20-24127.527.1%35,161
25-29115.124.4%30,213
30-3482.517.5%19,298
35-3945.09.6%9,197
40-4415.43.3%2,720
45-492.20.5%328
50-540.10.0%7