Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nicaragua, 2003

Nicaragua
2003
Total fertility rate: 2.83
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nicaragua was 2.83 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (156 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.4 years old. In total, 135,094 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.83
Births
135,094
Births per 1,000 people
25.9
Mean age of mothers
26.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
24.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
5,210,964
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
10-146.21.1%2,044
15-19108.719.2%33,677
20-24156.027.5%42,686
25-29129.422.8%29,451
30-3489.915.9%16,489
35-3954.49.6%8,107
40-4418.23.2%2,227
45-494.00.7%400
50-540.20.0%14