Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chile, 1956

Chile
1956
Total fertility rate: 4.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chile was 4.79 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (228 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 275,792 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.79
Births
275,792
Births per 1,000 people
36.8
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
7,489,533
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
10-141.40.1%560
15-1996.010.0%34,858
20-24205.821.4%69,229
25-29228.223.8%73,988
30-34191.019.9%50,048
35-39149.815.6%31,421
40-4474.67.8%13,573
45-4913.21.4%2,052
50-540.50.1%62