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If 2026 rates held for a lifetime, a woman in Colombia would have about 1.60 children, below the 2.1 needed to sustain the population. Over the preceding five years it has fallen by 0.07 children per woman. About 685 thousand babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 12.7 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.77, well below the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children at a mean age of 26.7 years. Mothers aged 15-19 account for 16% of births. By 2100, projections see it holding near 1.60 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.60 children/woman
Birth rate
12.7 per 1,000 people
Total births
684.8K
Mean age at birth
26.7 years
Colombia's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 6.7 children per woman in 1959 to 1.60 today, below the 2.1 replacement level. Teen pregnancy remains notable, with 16% of births to mothers aged 15-19.