Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Argentina, 1998

Argentina
1998
Total fertility rate: 2.66
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Argentina was 2.66 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 716,801 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.66
Births
716,801
Births per 1,000 people
19.7
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.5
Population
36,372,860
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
10-142.00.4%3,313
15-1968.612.9%111,036
20-24128.424.1%193,755
25-29137.225.8%179,862
30-34111.821.0%132,642
35-3963.511.9%73,307
40-4419.23.6%21,136
45-491.70.3%1,748
50-540.00.0%2