Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Nicaragua, 2012

Nicaragua
2012
Total fertility rate: 2.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nicaragua was 2.53 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.0 years old. In total, 139,361 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.53
Births
139,361
Births per 1,000 people
23.6
Mean age of mothers
26.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
24.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
5,901,286
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
10-146.21.2%1,976
15-19105.720.8%33,814
20-24136.626.9%41,593
25-29117.623.2%31,848
30-3480.415.9%18,822
35-3945.48.9%8,889
40-4413.62.7%2,193
45-491.70.3%223
50-540.00.0%1