Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chile, 1997

Chile
1997
Total fertility rate: 2.20
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chile was 2.20 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (110 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.4 years old. In total, 267,915 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.20
Births
267,915
Births per 1,000 people
17.9
Mean age of mothers
27.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
14,932,434
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
10-141.70.4%1,108
15-1964.114.5%40,194
20-24109.624.8%68,044
25-29109.824.9%68,318
30-3489.520.3%54,062
35-3951.411.7%28,826
40-4413.73.1%6,783
45-491.40.3%578
50-540.00.0%3