Fertility in Jamaica, 2025

Jamaica
2025
Total fertility rate: 1.34
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2025 1995, 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   2025  +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 1.34 children per woman in 2025 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (69 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.9 years old. In total, 31,837 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.34
Births
31,837
Births per 1,000 people
11.2
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
2,837,077
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
10-140.40.2%39
15-1935.513.2%3,787
20-2469.225.8%7,877
25-2964.123.9%7,948
30-3448.318.0%6,323
35-3937.013.8%4,337
40-4413.24.9%1,446
45-490.90.3%81
50-540.00.0%0