Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1954

Brazil
1954
Total fertility rate: 6.09
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +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 Brazil was 6.09 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (317 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 2,764,262 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.09
Births
2,764,262
Births per 1,000 people
45.9
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
60,235,122
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
10-142.80.2%9,588
15-1992.07.5%278,706
20-24273.222.4%769,942
25-29316.926.0%782,485
30-34257.121.1%507,108
35-39181.814.9%289,855
40-4480.66.6%109,710
45-4914.91.2%16,253
50-540.70.1%614