Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Puerto Rico, 1957

Puerto Rico
1957
Total fertility rate: 4.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +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 4.59 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (279 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 76,982 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.59
Births
76,982
Births per 1,000 people
33.1
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
2,324,735
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%65
15-1996.910.6%11,315
20-24279.530.6%25,822
25-29216.723.7%17,720
30-34144.115.8%10,939
35-39121.113.2%8,075
40-4447.15.2%2,656
45-498.20.9%379
50-540.30.0%12