Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1979

Latin America and the Caribbean
1979
Total fertility rate: 4.25
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1979  +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 4.25 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (213 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 11,530,095 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.25
Births
11,530,095
Births per 1,000 people
32.7
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
352,587,367
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
10-143.40.4%73,089
15-1994.411.1%1,824,812
20-24212.625.0%3,505,696
25-29210.524.7%2,896,354
30-34162.519.1%1,801,194
35-39109.712.9%992,584
40-4448.25.7%373,617
45-498.61.0%60,387
50-540.40.0%2,334