Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Argentina, 1988

Argentina
1988
Total fertility rate: 3.05
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Argentina was 3.05 children per woman in 1988 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (167 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 706,153 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.05
Births
706,153
Births per 1,000 people
22.2
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.42
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
31,780,532
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
10-142.30.4%3,461
15-1970.311.6%92,868
20-24159.026.1%189,888
25-29167.127.4%194,445
30-34119.419.6%133,170
35-3966.811.0%70,126
40-4421.23.5%20,072
45-492.50.4%2,068
50-540.10.0%59