Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1978

Brazil
1978
Total fertility rate: 4.20
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Brazil was 4.20 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (217 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 3,812,431 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.20
Births
3,812,431
Births per 1,000 people
33.0
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
115,600,942
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%15,751
15-1981.79.7%531,426
20-24210.425.1%1,178,901
25-29217.025.8%1,014,109
30-34166.519.8%602,627
35-39107.612.8%326,083
40-4446.05.5%123,773
45-497.70.9%19,027
50-540.40.0%734