Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1979

Brazil
1979
Total fertility rate: 4.12
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Brazil was 4.12 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (213 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 3,875,118 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.12
Births
3,875,118
Births per 1,000 people
32.7
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
13.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
118,380,820
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%16,037
15-1980.89.8%536,377
20-24208.225.2%1,203,243
25-29212.725.8%1,031,287
30-34163.219.8%620,229
35-39105.012.7%325,642
40-4445.05.5%123,058
45-497.40.9%18,515
50-540.30.0%727