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If 2026 rates held for a lifetime, a woman in Venezuela would have about 2.04 children, below the 2.1 needed to sustain the population. Over the preceding five years it has fallen by 0.06 children per woman. About 440 thousand babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 15.3 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.97, just under the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children at a mean age of 26.3 years. Mothers aged 15-19 account for 22% of births. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.72 children per woman.
Fertility rate
2.04 children/woman
Birth rate
15.3 per 1,000 people
Total births
439.5K
Mean age at birth
26.3 years
Venezuela's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 6.6 children per woman in 1950 to 2.04 today, below the 2.1 replacement level. Teen pregnancy remains notable, with 22% of births to mothers aged 15-19.