Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1997

Latin America and the Caribbean
1997
Total fertility rate: 2.79
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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean was 2.79 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (154 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 11,839,594 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.79
Births
11,839,594
Births per 1,000 people
23.8
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
498,098,890
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
10-143.00.5%80,873
15-1985.315.2%2,155,285
20-24154.227.6%3,561,225
25-29136.724.4%2,849,765
30-3498.317.6%1,882,583
35-3957.410.3%969,351
40-4421.13.8%301,056
45-493.30.6%38,351
50-540.10.0%1,078