Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nicaragua, 2007

Nicaragua
2007
Total fertility rate: 2.70
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Nicaragua was 2.70 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (150 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.1 years old. In total, 138,398 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.70
Births
138,398
Births per 1,000 people
25.2
Mean age of mothers
26.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
25.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.3
Population
5,497,243
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
10-146.31.2%2,041
15-19108.920.1%34,601
20-24149.927.7%43,001
25-29123.722.9%30,604
30-3483.815.5%17,231
35-3949.89.2%8,402
40-4416.13.0%2,228
45-492.50.5%281
50-540.10.0%6