Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in El Salvador, 2011

El Salvador
2011
Total fertility rate: 2.22
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of El Salvador was 2.22 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 119,474 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.22
Births
119,474
Births per 1,000 people
19.6
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.2
Population
6,090,127
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
10-143.00.7%1,043
15-1971.816.1%24,691
20-24121.327.3%35,126
25-29108.524.4%26,898
30-3481.518.3%19,571
35-3943.99.9%9,380
40-4413.33.0%2,523
45-491.50.3%239
50-540.00.0%2