Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Argentina, 1996

Argentina
1996
Total fertility rate: 2.78
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Argentina was 2.78 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (146 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 725,246 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.78
Births
725,246
Births per 1,000 people
20.4
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
35,513,793
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
10-142.20.4%3,525
15-1969.912.6%111,992
20-24135.324.3%193,601
25-29146.226.3%182,537
30-34116.521.0%137,400
35-3964.511.6%73,359
40-4419.43.5%20,977
45-491.80.3%1,838
50-540.00.0%17