Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1968

Brazil
1968
Total fertility rate: 5.17
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Brazil was 5.17 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (271 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 3,297,984 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.17
Births
3,297,984
Births per 1,000 people
36.3
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
90,741,240
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
10-143.00.3%17,041
15-1975.97.4%365,811
20-24241.323.4%905,734
25-29271.326.3%856,454
30-34213.620.7%602,180
35-39146.914.2%381,745
40-4465.66.4%144,864
45-4913.51.3%23,156
50-540.70.1%1,000