Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1962

Brazil
1962
Total fertility rate: 5.98
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Brazil was 5.98 children per woman in 1962 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (311 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 3,282,008 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.98
Births
3,282,008
Births per 1,000 people
42.7
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
76,865,324
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
10-143.00.2%13,957
15-1990.17.5%329,890
20-24269.022.5%848,449
25-29310.826.0%885,830
30-34251.021.0%656,703
35-39178.114.9%389,639
40-4479.56.6%135,686
45-4914.81.2%21,006
50-540.70.1%852