Fertility in Chile, 2008

Chile
2008
Total fertility rate: 1.85
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of Chile was 1.85 children per woman in 2008 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (89 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 241,683 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.85
Births
241,683
Births per 1,000 people
14.4
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.89
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
16,838,988
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%1,034
15-1954.814.8%38,763
20-2484.122.7%56,930
25-2989.124.1%56,929
30-3478.521.2%49,351
35-3947.512.8%29,793
40-4413.53.7%8,242
45-491.10.3%643
50-540.00.0%0