Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Puerto Rico, 1997

Puerto Rico
1997
Total fertility rate: 2.17
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +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 2.17 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (134 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.7 years old. In total, 64,013 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.17
Births
64,013
Births per 1,000 people
17.1
Mean age of mothers
25.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
3,745,580
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
10-142.40.6%360
15-1981.818.8%12,872
20-24133.630.7%20,060
25-29113.526.1%16,213
30-3469.416.0%9,855
35-3927.66.3%3,821
40-446.11.4%799
45-490.30.1%32
50-540.00.0%0