Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Puerto Rico, 1974

Puerto Rico
1974
Total fertility rate: 2.87
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Year

-5 -1   1974  +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 2.87 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (177 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 69,822 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.87
Births
69,822
Births per 1,000 people
23.9
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.34
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
2,918,194
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
10-141.70.3%292
15-1981.714.2%12,836
20-24176.930.8%23,742
25-29157.427.4%18,743
30-3493.616.3%9,123
35-3946.18.0%3,861
40-4414.52.5%1,064
45-492.40.4%155
50-540.10.0%7