Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 2002

Brazil
2002
Total fertility rate: 2.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Brazil was 2.08 children per woman in 2002 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.0 years old. In total, 3,300,495 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.08
Births
3,300,495
Births per 1,000 people
18.5
Mean age of mothers
26.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
178,503,484
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
10-143.70.9%31,407
15-1981.119.4%722,751
20-24121.429.1%1,037,992
25-2998.323.5%751,157
30-3466.616.0%460,241
35-3934.88.3%229,514
40-4410.32.5%61,187
45-491.20.3%6,166
50-540.00.0%83