Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1950

Latin America and the Caribbean
1950
Total fertility rate: 5.79
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean was 5.79 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (287 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 7,304,860 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.79
Births
7,304,860
Births per 1,000 people
43.5
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
167,782,158
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
10-144.30.4%39,985
15-19107.09.2%918,752
20-24269.123.2%2,083,555
25-29287.224.8%1,861,860
30-34233.620.1%1,249,336
35-39169.314.6%804,757
40-4474.76.4%297,827
45-4914.21.2%46,969
50-540.70.1%1,793