Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Trinidad and Tobago, 1998

Trinidad and Tobago
1998
Total fertility rate: 1.78
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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Trinidad and Tobago was 1.78 children per woman in 1998 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (101 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.3 years old. In total, 19,845 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.78
Births
19,845
Births per 1,000 people
15.1
Mean age of mothers
27.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
1,310,225
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%35
15-1940.011.3%2,716
20-24101.328.5%5,760
25-2997.027.3%5,007
30-3472.520.4%3,906
35-3934.39.6%1,933
40-449.22.6%458
45-490.70.2%30
50-540.00.0%0