Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chile, 1996

Chile
1996
Total fertility rate: 2.28
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chile was 2.28 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (117 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 276,311 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.28
Births
276,311
Births per 1,000 people
18.8
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
14.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
14,734,046
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
10-141.60.4%1,067
15-1964.114.0%40,029
20-24116.525.5%72,402
25-29114.225.0%70,931
30-3493.420.4%55,835
35-3952.311.4%28,717
40-4414.13.1%6,748
45-491.40.3%578
50-540.00.0%5