Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1976

Brazil
1976
Total fertility rate: 4.34
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Brazil was 4.34 children per woman in 1976 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (224 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 3,672,318 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.34
Births
3,672,318
Births per 1,000 people
33.3
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
110,213,349
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
10-142.30.3%15,851
15-1982.49.5%510,070
20-24215.224.8%1,131,864
25-29223.825.8%958,137
30-34173.220.0%579,286
35-39113.213.0%328,539
40-4448.55.6%127,520
45-498.61.0%20,265
50-540.40.0%784