Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chile, 1998

Chile
1998
Total fertility rate: 2.15
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chile was 2.15 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (108 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 262,804 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.15
Births
262,804
Births per 1,000 people
17.4
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
15,127,799
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%1,113
15-1964.214.9%40,492
20-24103.824.1%64,460
25-29107.625.0%67,035
30-3487.120.3%53,148
35-3950.911.8%29,080
40-4413.63.2%6,896
45-491.30.3%580
50-540.00.0%2