Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Puerto Rico, 1954

Puerto Rico
1954
Total fertility rate: 4.68
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +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 Puerto Rico was 4.68 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (269 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 78,875 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.68
Births
78,875
Births per 1,000 people
34.4
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
2,291,109
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
10-140.40.0%61
15-1995.610.2%10,747
20-24268.528.7%25,640
25-29216.323.1%18,763
30-34157.316.8%11,855
35-39137.214.7%8,675
40-4451.05.5%2,789
45-498.30.9%341
50-540.30.0%8