Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1994

Brazil
1994
Total fertility rate: 2.60
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Brazil was 2.60 children per woman in 1994 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (153 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 3,587,423 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.60
Births
3,587,423
Births per 1,000 people
22.5
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
159,265,006
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%24,550
15-1986.716.6%701,433
20-24153.129.4%1,113,548
25-29127.424.5%864,862
30-3483.716.1%534,583
35-3946.89.0%258,242
40-4417.13.3%78,834
45-493.10.6%11,032
50-540.10.0%341