Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1965

Latin America and the Caribbean
1965
Total fertility rate: 5.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1965  +1 +5

Country

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 Latin America and the Caribbean was 5.68 children per woman in 1965 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (283 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 10,002,701 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.68
Births
10,002,701
Births per 1,000 people
39.8
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
251,412,629
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
10-143.90.3%59,269
15-19101.38.9%1,277,297
20-24265.423.4%2,731,053
25-29283.325.0%2,481,743
30-34229.120.2%1,805,427
35-39164.314.5%1,153,268
40-4473.16.4%426,351
45-4913.81.2%65,603
50-540.60.1%2,669