Fertility in Guyana, 2005

Guyana
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.65
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 Guyana was 2.65 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (158 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 16,485 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.65
Births
16,485
Births per 1,000 people
21.7
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
760,914
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
10-142.60.5%116
15-1988.316.7%3,197
20-24158.430.0%5,058
25-29125.923.9%3,878
30-3484.916.1%2,475
35-3948.99.3%1,323
40-4415.73.0%378
45-493.10.6%62
50-540.10.0%1