Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Argentina, 1997

Argentina
1997
Total fertility rate: 2.71
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Argentina was 2.71 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (141 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 717,421 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.71
Births
717,421
Births per 1,000 people
20.0
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.4
Population
35,947,792
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
10-142.10.4%3,455
15-1969.912.9%112,784
20-24130.724.1%192,081
25-29140.626.0%179,697
30-34113.120.9%133,658
35-3963.711.8%72,873
40-4419.33.6%21,092
45-491.80.3%1,773
50-540.00.0%6