Fertility in Puerto Rico, 2005

Puerto Rico
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.84
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Puerto Rico was 1.84 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (118 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.9 years old. In total, 50,776 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.84
Births
50,776
Births per 1,000 people
13.4
Mean age of mothers
25.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.9
Population
3,788,415
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
10-141.40.4%199
15-1961.116.6%8,586
20-24118.432.2%16,326
25-2995.726.0%13,596
30-3460.416.4%7,990
35-3925.16.8%3,311
40-445.41.5%735
45-490.20.1%31
50-540.00.0%0