Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chile, 1989

Chile
1989
Total fertility rate: 2.59
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chile was 2.59 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (142 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.2 years old. In total, 295,348 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.59
Births
295,348
Births per 1,000 people
22.3
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.23
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
13,215,005
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%768
15-1968.913.3%43,053
20-24141.427.2%87,322
25-29141.827.3%82,866
30-3498.619.0%51,973
35-3951.09.8%23,313
40-4414.82.8%5,509
45-491.80.3%531
50-540.10.0%14