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Fertility in El Salvador sits at 1.74 children per woman in 2026, below the replacement level of 2.1. Over the preceding five years it has fallen by 0.06 children per woman. About 97 thousand babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 15.2 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.83, well below the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children at a mean age of 27.2 years. Mothers aged 15-19 account for 14% of births. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.62 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.74 children/woman
Birth rate
15.2 per 1,000 people
Total births
96.9K
Mean age at birth
27.2 years
El Salvador's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 6.7 children per woman in 1963 to 1.74 today, below the 2.1 replacement level. Teen pregnancy remains notable, with 14% of births to mothers aged 15-19.