Fertility in Jamaica, 2024

Jamaica
2024
Total fertility rate: 1.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2024 1994, 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   2024  +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 Jamaica is projected at 1.35 children per woman in 2024 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (70 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.9 years old. In total, 32,508 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.35
Births
32,508
Births per 1,000 people
11.5
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
2,839,175
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
10-140.50.2%43
15-1936.113.3%3,955
20-2469.625.7%8,046
25-2964.523.8%8,263
30-3449.118.1%6,355
35-3937.213.7%4,343
40-4413.34.9%1,421
45-490.90.3%81
50-540.00.0%0