Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Argentina, 1979

Argentina
1979
Total fertility rate: 3.34
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Argentina was 3.34 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (180 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 692,524 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.34
Births
692,524
Births per 1,000 people
25.1
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.54
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
27,568,895
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-142.70.4%3,210
15-1978.311.7%90,543
20-24175.126.2%194,486
25-29180.327.0%191,593
30-34129.519.4%126,546
35-3973.711.0%63,482
40-4425.33.8%19,851
45-493.60.5%2,707
50-540.10.0%105