Fertility in Brazil, 2001

Brazil
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.16
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Brazil was 2.16 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (126 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.0 years old. In total, 3,382,286 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.16
Births
3,382,286
Births per 1,000 people
19.2
Mean age of mothers
26.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
176,301,203
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
10-143.60.8%31,425
15-1984.219.4%750,569
20-24126.429.2%1,060,875
25-29102.323.6%766,056
30-3468.815.9%469,321
35-3936.08.3%234,812
40-4410.82.5%62,568
45-491.40.3%6,554
50-540.00.0%104