Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Chile, 2006

Chile
2006
Total fertility rate: 1.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Chile was 1.80 children per woman in 2006 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (84 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 231,044 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.80
Births
231,044
Births per 1,000 people
14.0
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
16,509,195
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%981
15-1951.714.4%36,217
20-2482.522.9%54,017
25-2984.123.4%52,987
30-3478.621.9%49,173
35-3946.112.8%28,700
40-4414.03.9%8,346
45-491.10.3%621
50-540.00.0%0