Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1996

Brazil
1996
Total fertility rate: 2.51
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

Country

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 2.51 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (148 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.4 years old. In total, 3,591,408 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.51
Births
3,591,408
Births per 1,000 people
21.9
Mean age of mothers
26.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
164,202,549
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
10-143.00.6%26,780
15-1987.317.4%737,433
20-24147.629.4%1,114,050
25-29122.024.3%839,408
30-3480.416.0%529,695
35-3944.18.8%258,446
40-4415.33.1%75,718
45-492.40.5%9,637
50-540.10.0%243