Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1982

Brazil
1982
Total fertility rate: 3.84
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Brazil was 3.84 children per woman in 1982 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (200 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 3,993,366 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.84
Births
3,993,366
Births per 1,000 people
31.5
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
126,923,155
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
10-142.50.3%17,640
15-1983.110.8%573,471
20-24200.426.0%1,257,120
25-29195.925.4%1,047,071
30-34144.818.8%637,813
35-3995.512.4%324,826
40-4440.75.3%117,936
45-496.50.8%16,848
50-540.30.0%641