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If 2026 rates held for a lifetime, a woman in Jamaica would have about 1.33 children, below the 2.1 needed to sustain the population. Over the preceding five years it has held broadly steady. About 31 thousand babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 11.1 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.64, well below the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children later in life, at a mean age of 28.0 years, up from 26.9 in 1980. Mothers aged 15-19 account for 12% of births. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.50 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.33 children/woman
Birth rate
11.1 per 1,000 people
Total births
31.3K
Mean age at birth
28.0 years
Jamaica's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 5.8 children per woman in 1964 to 1.33 today, below the 2.1 replacement level. Teen pregnancy remains notable, with 12% of births to mothers aged 15-19.