Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1998

Brazil
1998
Total fertility rate: 2.42
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +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 2.42 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (142 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 3,589,766 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.42
Births
3,589,766
Births per 1,000 people
21.2
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.12
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
169,159,655
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
10-143.20.7%28,738
15-1988.018.2%768,050
20-24142.029.3%1,115,761
25-29116.524.1%824,182
30-3477.015.9%515,200
35-3941.68.6%256,773
40-4413.82.8%72,576
45-491.90.4%8,317
50-540.10.0%171