Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 1999

Brazil
1999
Total fertility rate: 2.34
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Brazil was 2.34 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.2 years old. In total, 3,532,491 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.34
Births
3,532,491
Births per 1,000 people
20.6
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
171,641,543
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
10-143.40.7%29,577
15-1987.018.6%768,313
20-24136.829.2%1,099,241
25-29111.923.9%806,801
30-3474.415.9%500,198
35-3939.88.5%251,237
40-4412.72.7%69,232
45-491.70.4%7,744
50-540.00.0%149