Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1974

Brazil
1974
Total fertility rate: 4.50
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Brazil was 4.50 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (236 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 3,539,644 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.50
Births
3,539,644
Births per 1,000 people
33.7
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
105,089,675
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
10-142.80.3%18,831
15-1981.39.0%475,900
20-24216.624.1%1,066,979
25-29236.426.3%914,594
30-34181.220.1%573,418
35-39119.513.3%334,426
40-4451.75.7%132,859
45-499.81.1%21,774
50-540.50.1%860