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If 2026 rates held for a lifetime, a woman in Cuba would have about 1.46 children, below the 2.1 needed to sustain the population. Over the preceding five years it has held broadly steady. About 92 thousand babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 8.5 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.70, well below the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children later in life, at a mean age of 26.3 years, up from 24.5 in 1980. Mothers aged 15-19 account for 15% of births. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.57 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.46 children/woman
Birth rate
8.5 per 1,000 people
Total births
92.3K
Mean age at birth
26.3 years
Cuba's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 4.6 children per woman in 1963 to 1.46 today, below the 2.1 replacement level. Teen pregnancy remains notable, with 15% of births to mothers aged 15-19.