Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Central America

Total fertility rate in Central America in 2024 — 1.96 births. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 71.1%.

2024 1.96 births −0.88% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 6.82 births1964
Period minimum 1.96 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Central America, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.79 births1962: 6.81 births1964: 6.82 births1966: 6.76 births1968: 6.64 births1970: 6.47 births1972: 6.24 births1974: 5.96 births1976: 5.62 births1978: 5.32 births1980: 4.93 births1982: 4.65 births1984: 4.42 births1986: 4.21 births1988: 3.93 births1990: 3.74 births1992: 3.58 births1994: 3.43 births1996: 3.26 births1998: 3.1 births2000: 2.98 births2002: 2.86 births2004: 2.74 births2006: 2.63 births2008: 2.54 births2010: 2.47 births2012: 2.41 births2014: 2.33 births2016: 2.21 births2018: 2.14 births2020: 2.07 births2022: 2.01 births2024: 1.96 births
Change over the period: −4.83 (−71.1%) Average annual rate: -1.92 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central America

Central America 1.96 births
World 2.19 births
Total fertility rate — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 1.96 −0.02 −0.88%
2023 1.98 −0.03 −1.34%
2022 2.01 −0.03 −1.42%
2021 2.04 −0.03 −1.41%
2020 2.07 −0.04 −2.06%
2019 2.11 −0.03 −1.43%
2018 2.14 −0.02 −1.09%
2017 2.16 −0.05 −2.27%
2016 2.21 −0.05 −2.23%
2015 2.26 −0.06 −2.78%
2014 2.33 −0.05 −2.2%
2013 2.38 −0.03 −1.35%
2012 2.41 −0.03 −1.23%
2011 2.44 −0.03 −1.13%
2010 2.47 −0.04 −1.43%
2009 2.51 −0.04 −1.45%
2008 2.54 −0.04 −1.63%
2007 2.59 −0.04 −1.67%
2006 2.63 −0.05 −1.94%
2005 2.68 −0.05 −1.97%
2004 2.74 −0.06 −1.97%
2003 2.79 −0.07 −2.35%
2002 2.86 −0.06 −2.08%
2001 2.92 −0.06 −1.95%
2000 2.98 −0.06 −1.95%
1999 3.04 −0.06 −2.03%
1998 3.1 −0.07 −2.32%
1997 3.17 −0.08 −2.55%
1996 3.26 −0.08 −2.51%
1995 3.34 −0.09 −2.5%
1994 3.43 −0.08 −2.25%
1993 3.5 −0.08 −2.13%
1992 3.58 −0.08 −2.14%
1991 3.66 −0.08 −2.25%
1990 3.74 −0.09 −2.24%
1989 3.83 −0.1 −2.57%
1988 3.93 −0.14 −3.39%
1987 4.07 −0.14 −3.34%
1986 4.21 −0.11 −2.54%
1985 4.32 −0.1 −2.28%
1984 4.42 −0.11 −2.47%
1983 4.53 −0.12 −2.62%
1982 4.65 −0.13 −2.81%
1981 4.79 −0.14 −2.92%
1980 4.93 −0.19 −3.71%
1979 5.12 −0.2 −3.71%
1978 5.32 −0.14 −2.58%
1977 5.46 −0.16 −2.78%
1976 5.62 −0.16 −2.85%
1975 5.78 −0.18 −2.94%
1974 5.96 −0.15 −2.43%
1973 6.1 −0.14 −2.23%
1972 6.24 −0.12 −1.93%
1971 6.37 −0.1 −1.56%
1970 6.47 −0.09 −1.43%
1969 6.56 −0.08 −1.24%
1968 6.64 −0.06 −0.92%
1967 6.71 −0.05 −0.73%
1966 6.76 −0.04 −0.59%
1965 6.8 −0.02 −0.36%
1964 6.82 +0 +0.03%
1963 6.82 +0.01 +0.08%
1962 6.81 +0.01 +0.17%
1961 6.8 +0.01 +0.1%
1960 6.79

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.