Fertility in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), 2001

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.78
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) was 2.78 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (154 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 589,494 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.78
Births
589,494
Births per 1,000 people
23.6
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
24,979,922
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
10-144.10.7%5,506
15-1995.817.2%119,667
20-24154.427.8%177,810
25-29132.223.8%136,094
30-3495.517.2%89,701
35-3954.19.7%45,960
40-4417.33.1%12,970
45-492.80.5%1,735
50-540.10.0%46