Fertility in Chile, 2001

Chile
2001
Total fertility rate: 2.01
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chile was 2.01 children per woman in 2001 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (101 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 249,600 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.01
Births
249,600
Births per 1,000 people
15.9
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.97
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
15,683,849
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
10-141.50.4%1,077
15-1959.214.8%38,595
20-2490.822.6%56,913
25-29100.625.1%62,689
30-3482.820.6%51,480
35-3951.112.7%30,532
40-4414.13.5%7,721
45-491.20.3%593
50-540.00.0%0