Fertility in Chile, 2005

Chile
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.82
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chile was 1.82 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (86 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 232,635 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.82
Births
232,635
Births per 1,000 people
14.2
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
16,348,778
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
10-141.40.4%966
15-1950.813.9%35,141
20-2483.923.0%54,233
25-2985.723.5%53,777
30-3480.522.1%50,371
35-3947.112.9%29,148
40-4414.33.9%8,386
45-491.20.3%615
50-540.00.0%0