Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1966

Brazil
1966
Total fertility rate: 5.52
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Brazil was 5.52 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (288 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 3,328,213 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.52
Births
3,328,213
Births per 1,000 people
38.6
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
86,139,359
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
10-142.90.3%15,856
15-1980.97.3%358,045
20-24252.422.9%877,076
25-29288.026.1%872,782
30-34229.620.8%633,492
35-39160.714.6%400,515
40-4472.26.5%146,986
45-4914.21.3%22,504
50-540.70.1%960