Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Brazil, 2004

Brazil
2004
Total fertility rate: 1.97
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2004  +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 1.97 children per woman in 2004 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.1 years old. In total, 3,196,886 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.97
Births
3,196,886
Births per 1,000 people
17.5
Mean age of mothers
26.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
182,675,143
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
10-143.60.9%30,373
15-1976.919.4%676,777
20-24112.728.5%990,132
25-2993.623.6%747,143
30-3464.416.3%460,201
35-3933.88.5%224,909
40-449.92.5%61,801
45-491.00.3%5,527
50-540.00.0%22