Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nicaragua, 1958

Nicaragua
1958
Total fertility rate: 7.16
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nicaragua was 7.16 children per woman in 1958 — 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, 85,437 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.16
Births
85,437
Births per 1,000 people
50.9
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
1,678,739
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
10-148.10.6%786
15-19163.511.4%13,354
20-24327.022.8%22,917
25-29337.523.6%20,653
30-34273.419.1%14,731
35-39207.114.5%9,106
40-4494.06.6%3,259
45-4921.31.5%610
50-541.00.1%25