Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1989

Brazil
1989
Total fertility rate: 3.01
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Brazil was 3.01 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (170 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.1 years old. In total, 3,756,979 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.01
Births
3,756,979
Births per 1,000 people
25.6
Mean age of mothers
27.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.35
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
146,502,972
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
10-142.80.5%22,716
15-1989.514.8%655,870
20-24169.928.2%1,164,871
25-29149.424.8%963,937
30-34100.416.7%560,982
35-3959.99.9%279,776
40-4425.74.3%93,840
45-494.90.8%14,434
50-540.20.0%553