Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Puerto Rico, 1979

Puerto Rico
1979
Total fertility rate: 2.77
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1979  +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 2.77 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (174 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.3 years old. In total, 73,867 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.77
Births
73,867
Births per 1,000 people
23.3
Mean age of mothers
26.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
3,165,038
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
10-141.90.3%325
15-1978.514.2%12,956
20-24174.531.6%25,215
25-29155.828.2%19,599
30-3490.016.3%10,750
35-3939.67.2%3,943
40-4411.52.1%987
45-491.20.2%88
50-540.10.0%4