Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1973

Brazil
1973
Total fertility rate: 4.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Brazil was 4.64 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (245 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 3,511,293 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.64
Births
3,511,293
Births per 1,000 people
34.2
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
102,600,976
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
10-143.10.3%20,009
15-1980.98.7%459,128
20-24219.123.6%1,040,942
25-29244.826.4%902,270
30-34188.220.3%582,121
35-39125.313.5%345,238
40-4454.75.9%138,402
45-4910.41.1%22,311
50-540.50.1%874