Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chile, 1988

Chile
1988
Total fertility rate: 2.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chile was 2.59 children per woman in 1988 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (144 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 291,901 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.59
Births
291,901
Births per 1,000 people
22.5
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
12,999,424
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%734
15-1967.313.0%42,150
20-24144.327.8%88,643
25-29142.127.3%81,831
30-3497.418.7%50,096
35-3950.79.7%22,504
40-4415.12.9%5,371
45-491.90.4%559
50-540.10.0%18