Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nicaragua, 1968

Nicaragua
1968
Total fertility rate: 6.88
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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nicaragua was 6.88 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (321 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 107,377 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.88
Births
107,377
Births per 1,000 people
47.2
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
2,275,836
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
10-148.70.6%1,310
15-19165.412.0%20,784
20-24312.922.7%28,587
25-29320.723.3%24,143
30-34259.618.9%16,505
35-39195.714.2%10,813
40-4490.26.6%4,371
45-4921.21.5%833
50-541.00.1%32