Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Puerto Rico, 1998

Puerto Rico
1998
Total fertility rate: 2.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

Country

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 2.08 children per woman in 1998 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (128 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.6 years old. In total, 61,204 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.08
Births
61,204
Births per 1,000 people
16.2
Mean age of mothers
25.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.8
Population
3,770,557
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
10-142.30.5%335
15-1978.918.9%12,184
20-24128.230.8%19,408
25-29109.126.2%15,522
30-3465.915.8%9,296
35-3926.46.3%3,684
40-445.61.3%742
45-490.30.1%33
50-540.00.0%0