Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chile, 1957

Chile
1957
Total fertility rate: 4.77
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chile was 4.77 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (229 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 279,122 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.77
Births
279,122
Births per 1,000 people
36.5
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
12.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
7,651,304
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
10-141.30.1%542
15-1995.19.9%35,002
20-24206.021.6%69,499
25-29229.224.0%74,420
30-34190.019.9%52,194
35-39147.915.5%31,860
40-4472.97.6%13,456
45-4913.11.4%2,084
50-540.50.1%65