Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 2003

Brazil
2003
Total fertility rate: 2.01
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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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 2.01 children per woman in 2003 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (116 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.0 years old. In total, 3,218,588 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.01
Births
3,218,588
Births per 1,000 people
17.8
Mean age of mothers
26.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
180,622,688
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%30,948
15-1978.019.4%691,746
20-24116.128.9%1,008,764
25-2995.023.6%741,562
30-3464.816.1%454,950
35-3933.88.4%224,306
40-449.92.5%60,494
45-491.10.3%5,759
50-540.00.0%56