Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1998

Latin America and the Caribbean
1998
Total fertility rate: 2.74
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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Latin America and the Caribbean was 2.74 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (151 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.0 years old. In total, 11,797,968 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.74
Births
11,797,968
Births per 1,000 people
23.3
Mean age of mothers
27.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
505,972,765
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
10-143.10.6%82,043
15-1984.815.5%2,170,231
20-24151.027.5%3,535,324
25-29133.824.4%2,833,616
30-3496.417.6%1,870,160
35-3955.910.2%970,051
40-4420.33.7%298,011
45-493.10.6%37,501
50-540.10.0%1,029