Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1956

Brazil
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Brazil was 6.08 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (316 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 2,907,347 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.08
Births
2,907,347
Births per 1,000 people
45.4
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
64,033,995
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
10-142.90.2%10,236
15-1992.17.6%289,309
20-24273.622.4%786,851
25-29316.426.0%826,996
30-34256.621.0%552,546
35-39181.814.9%307,697
40-4480.36.6%115,320
45-4915.01.2%17,726
50-540.70.1%667