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Fertility in Puerto Rico sits at 0.94 children per woman in 2026, below the replacement level of 2.1. Over the preceding five years it has held broadly steady. About 19K babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 5.9 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.45, just under the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children later in life, at a mean age of 28.1 years, up from 26.2 in 1980. By 2100, projections put it at 1.35 children per woman.
Fertility rate
0.94 children/woman
Birth rate
5.9 per 1,000 people
Total births
19.1K
Mean age at birth
28.1 years
Puerto Rico's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 5.2 children per woman in 1950 to 0.94 today, below the 2.1 replacement level.