Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1995

Brazil
1995
Total fertility rate: 2.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1995  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Brazil was 2.57 children per woman in 1995 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (151 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.5 years old. In total, 3,603,870 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.57
Births
3,603,870
Births per 1,000 people
22.3
Mean age of mothers
26.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
161,735,074
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
10-142.90.6%25,709
15-1987.317.0%722,518
20-24151.029.4%1,117,965
25-29125.224.4%854,330
30-3482.416.0%535,500
35-3945.68.9%259,586
40-4416.33.2%77,574
45-492.80.5%10,395
50-540.10.0%290