Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Puerto Rico, 1973

Puerto Rico
1973
Total fertility rate: 2.90
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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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 2.90 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (178 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 68,623 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.90
Births
68,623
Births per 1,000 people
23.9
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
2,871,124
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
10-141.60.3%269
15-1980.813.9%12,513
20-24178.330.7%23,632
25-29159.327.4%18,221
30-3494.016.2%8,793
35-3948.08.3%3,899
40-4415.72.7%1,110
45-492.70.5%177
50-540.10.0%8