Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Trinidad and Tobago, 1996

Trinidad and Tobago
1996
Total fertility rate: 1.89
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-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Trinidad and Tobago was 1.89 children per woman in 1996 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (109 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 20,883 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.89
Births
20,883
Births per 1,000 people
16.1
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
1,300,928
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
10-140.50.1%37
15-1942.911.4%2,742
20-24109.328.9%6,040
25-29102.727.2%5,302
30-3474.619.8%4,264
35-3937.19.8%2,005
40-449.62.5%459
45-490.90.2%32
50-540.00.0%1