TOTAL FERTILITY RATES
Country 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Bahamas 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0
Barbados 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8
Cuba 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9
Dominican Republic 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2
Guadeloupe 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1
Haiti 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.7
Jamaica 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3
Martinique 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9
Trinidad and Tobago 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7
CARIBBEAN 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9
Costa Rica 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1
El Salvador 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.9
Guatemala 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.2
Honduras 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.8
Nicaragua 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.9
Panama 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8
CENTRAL AMERICA 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.4
Argentina 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7
Bolivia 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.4
Brazil 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7
Chile 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6
Colombia 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6
Ecuador 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5
Guyana 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5
Paraguay 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3
Peru 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.5
Suriname 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6
Uruguay 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3
Venezuela 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0
SOUTH AMERICA 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8
Mexico 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.1
LAC REGION 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.0
Source: Center for International Health Information (CIHI), 3/94
Estimates of total fertility rates based on interpolations between 5-year period estimates drawn from the UN World
Population Prospects, 1992.
Definition: The est. of the average number of children a woman would bear in her lifetime given current age-specific
fertility rates.
Averages are not weighted but are straight averages.