Fertility in Panama, 2001

Panama
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.72
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Panama was 2.72 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (149 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.7 years old. In total, 71,276 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.72
Births
71,276
Births per 1,000 people
23.2
Mean age of mothers
26.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
3,069,537
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
10-143.60.7%553
15-1992.817.0%13,654
20-24148.627.3%20,252
25-29130.223.9%17,206
30-3498.718.1%12,213
35-3953.19.7%5,831
40-4415.12.8%1,363
45-492.60.5%195
50-540.10.0%5