Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Puerto Rico, 1993

Puerto Rico
1993
Total fertility rate: 2.21
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1993  +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 2.21 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.8 years old. In total, 65,005 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.21
Births
65,005
Births per 1,000 people
17.9
Mean age of mothers
25.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
3,637,206
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
10-142.50.6%402
15-1976.517.3%12,245
20-24137.131.1%20,705
25-29120.227.2%17,297
30-3471.416.2%9,924
35-3927.66.2%3,649
40-446.01.4%747
45-490.30.1%36
50-540.00.0%0