Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1991

Brazil
1991
Total fertility rate: 2.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1991  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Brazil was 2.80 children per woman in 1991 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (162 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 3,649,867 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.80
Births
3,649,867
Births per 1,000 people
24.1
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
151,724,256
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%23,966
15-1987.915.6%668,096
20-24162.428.9%1,128,848
25-29138.824.7%924,178
30-3491.616.3%542,652
35-3952.19.3%260,761
40-4421.73.9%87,725
45-494.20.7%13,147
50-540.20.0%498