Fertility in El Salvador, 2026

El Salvador
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.74
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +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 is projected at 1.74 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (90 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.2 years old. In total, 96,922 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.74
Births
96,922
Births per 1,000 people
15.2
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
6,391,254
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
10-141.50.4%412
15-1951.914.9%13,977
20-2490.125.8%24,695
25-2985.624.5%26,408
30-3469.720.0%19,986
35-3939.011.2%9,151
40-4410.53.0%2,152
45-490.70.2%139
50-540.00.0%0