Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Trinidad and Tobago, 1997

Trinidad and Tobago
1997
Total fertility rate: 1.83
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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Trinidad and Tobago was 1.83 children per woman in 1997 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (104 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 20,259 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.83
Births
20,259
Births per 1,000 people
15.5
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
1,305,836
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%36
15-1941.011.2%2,704
20-24104.428.6%5,846
25-2999.227.2%5,087
30-3473.420.1%4,082
35-3936.39.9%2,010
40-449.52.6%464
45-490.80.2%30
50-540.00.0%0