Fertility in Nicaragua, 2026

Nicaragua
2026
Total fertility rate: 2.16
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Nicaragua is projected at 2.16 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (115 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 26.0 years old. In total, 131,205 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.16
Births
131,205
Births per 1,000 people
18.5
Mean age of mothers
26.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
7,097,329
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
10-145.41.2%1,771
15-1991.421.2%29,739
20-24115.126.6%35,630
25-29100.423.2%30,246
30-3469.616.1%20,447
35-3938.68.9%10,595
40-4410.62.5%2,590
45-490.90.2%189
50-540.00.0%0