Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Puerto Rico, 1999

Puerto Rico
1999
Total fertility rate: 2.04
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +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 2.04 children per woman in 1999 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (125 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.7 years old. In total, 59,698 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.04
Births
59,698
Births per 1,000 people
15.7
Mean age of mothers
25.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
3,794,476
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
10-142.10.5%315
15-1975.918.6%11,509
20-24125.030.6%19,184
25-29107.626.4%15,138
30-3465.116.0%9,029
35-3926.76.5%3,750
40-445.41.3%737
45-490.30.1%33
50-540.00.0%0