Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Argentina, 2006

Argentina
2006
Total fertility rate: 2.40
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Argentina was 2.40 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (118 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 719,581 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.40
Births
719,581
Births per 1,000 people
18.2
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.13
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
39,622,115
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
10-141.70.4%2,974
15-1964.213.4%107,001
20-24113.323.6%181,901
25-29117.524.5%185,337
30-34102.421.3%144,029
35-3961.912.9%75,886
40-4418.03.8%20,851
45-491.40.3%1,601
50-540.00.0%0