Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nicaragua, 1957

Nicaragua
1957
Total fertility rate: 7.15
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nicaragua was 7.15 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (337 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 83,564 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.15
Births
83,564
Births per 1,000 people
51.3
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.38
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
1,629,465
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
10-148.20.6%757
15-19162.711.4%12,984
20-24326.822.8%22,432
25-29337.323.6%20,424
30-34273.419.1%14,421
35-39207.114.5%8,751
40-4493.96.6%3,177
45-4921.21.5%592
50-541.00.1%24