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If 2026 rates held for a lifetime, a woman in Ecuador would have about 1.78 children, below the 2.1 needed to sustain the population. Over the preceding five years it has fallen by 0.13 children per woman. About 267 thousand babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 14.5 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.85, well below the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children at a mean age of 27.5 years. Mothers aged 15-19 account for 15% of births. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.65 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.78 children/woman
Birth rate
14.5 per 1,000 people
Total births
267K
Mean age at birth
27.5 years
Ecuador's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 6.8 children per woman in 1955 to 1.78 today, below the 2.1 replacement level. Teen pregnancy remains notable, with 15% of births to mothers aged 15-19.