Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chile, 1981

Chile
1981
Total fertility rate: 2.69
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1981  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chile was 2.69 children per woman in 1981 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (156 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 268,040 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.69
Births
268,040
Births per 1,000 people
23.0
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
11,678,716
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
10-141.20.2%745
15-1971.913.3%44,318
20-24156.229.0%89,197
25-29137.825.6%68,898
30-3493.817.4%39,673
35-3955.310.2%18,549
40-4419.83.7%5,759
45-493.20.6%867
50-540.10.0%34